Blockchain Architecture Design and Use Cases

COURSE OUTLINE: The widespread popularity of digital cryptocurrencies has led the foundation of Blockchain, which is fundamentally a public digital ledger to share information in a trustworthy and secure way. The concept and applications of Blockchain have now spread from cryptocurrencies to various other domains, including business process management, smart contracts, IoT and so on. This course is a joint venture from academia and industry, where the target is to cover both the conceptual as well as application aspects of Blockchain. This includes the fundamental design and architectural primitives of Blockchain, the system and the security aspects, along with various use cases from different application domains.

ABOUT INSTRUCTOR:  Prof. Sandip Chakraborty received the Ph.D. and M.Tech. degrees from Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, India. Presently, he is an Assistant Professor with Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Kharagpur. Dr. Praveen Jayachandran is a research staff member, master inventor and manager of the Blockchain and Smart Contracts team at IBM Research, India. His work spans different aspects of blockchain technology, including developing an enterprise-grade blockchain platform, development of smart contracts, and reimagining industry use cases in the blockchain world.

Blockchain Components and Concepts.
Blockchain for Enterprise - Overview.
Fabric – Membership and Identity Management.
Hyperledger Fabric Details.
Hyperledger Fabric – Transaction Flow.
Blockchain Architecture Design and Use Cases - Introduction to Dr. Praveen Jayachandran.
Fabric Demo on IBM Blockchain Cloud – I.
Revolutionizing Global Trade.
Hyperledger Composer – Network Administration.
Blockchain Use Cases.
Hyperledger Composer – Application Development.
Hyperledger Fabric Network Setup.
Blockchain in Financial Service – I Payments and Secure Trading.
Blockchain in Supply Chain – I.
Blockchain in Financial Service II - Compliance and Mortgage.
Blockchain in Financial Service – III Financial Trade.
Blockchain in Supply Chain – II.
Permissioned Blockchain – III (RAFT Consensus).
Permissioned Blockchain – IV (Byzantine General Problem).
Permissioned Blockchain – V (Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance).
Blockchain in Government – I (Advantages).
Blockchain in Government – II (Use Cases).
Blockchain in Government – III (Digital Identity).
Blockchain in Government – IV (Hyperledger Indy).
Blockchain in Government – V (Tax Payments and Land Registry Records).
Research Aspects – I (Consensus Scalability).
Research Aspects – II (Bitcoin-NG).
Research Aspects -III (Collective Signing).
Research Aspects – IV (Byzcoin).
Blockchain Security – III (Privacy in Fabric).