{"id":1726,"date":"2019-08-19T11:18:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T18:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan.uvic.ca\/wordpress\/?p=1726"},"modified":"2021-10-31T15:16:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T22:16:31","slug":"blockchain-seminar-friday-august-23-230pm-eow430","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan.uvic.ca\/wordpress\/2019\/08\/19\/blockchain-seminar-friday-august-23-230pm-eow430\/","title":{"rendered":"BlockChain Seminar: Friday, August 23, 2:30pm, EOW430"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Besides the exciting IEEE Pacrim Conference and programs, there are a few<br>exciting events this week by Pacrim attendees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arcblock Forge: A Framework To Build Reusable Interconnected Blockchains<br>and Decentralized Applications For Research and Proof of Concepts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaker: Robert Mao and Tian Chen, ArcBlock<br>Time: 2:30&#8211;3:30pm, Friday, August 23, 2019<br>Location: EOW (Engineering Office Wing) 430<br>Free and open to the public<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abstract: Even though blockchain technologies and decentralized<br>applications have seen significant adoption over the past few years, there<br>are still a lot of unknowns about this new technology. Today, creating a<br>viable project using<br>a custom blockchain network or decentralized application requires<br>technical expertise and researchers have many difficult decisions to make<br>before they can begin their research. This talk will give a demonstration<br>of how today\u2019s researches and students are able to use the Forge<br>Blockchain Application Framework to begin researching blockchain and<br>building prototypes without having to start from scratch each time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biography: Robert Mao (Founder &amp; CEO): Robert is an industry thought<br>leader in the blockchain industry and has been covered widely by global<br>news media, including TechCrunch, CNN, USA Today, and other outlets. He<br>was introduced to Bitcoin in 2009 and have been researching and<br>experimenting with blockchain technology since 2013. He is a regular<br>speaker about cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology at events around<br>the world. Prior to ArcBlock, Robert worked for Microsoft Research&#8217;s<br>Future Social Experiences (FUSE) labs, a research center focusing on<br>social computing and machine learning. Robert Mao has authored more than<br>30 peer-reviewed academic conference papers, journal articles, and<br>publications, and also owns several patents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tian Chen (Vice President of Engineering): Tian Chen has over fifteen<br>years of experience working in the software industry. Prior to ArcBlock,<br>Tian Chen was the former Vice President of Research and Development for<br>Tubi TV San Francisco Ventures and helped lead Tubi TV\u2019s Research and<br>Development Team helping to grow the business dozens of times over during<br>his tenure. Since 2014, Tian Chen has written almost 400 technical<br>articles, many of which have been recommended by leading technology blogs<br>and outlets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Besides the exciting IEEE Pacrim Conference and programs, there are a fewexciting events this week by Pacrim attendees Arcblock Forge: A Framework To Build Reusable Interconnected Blockchainsand Decentralized Applications For Research and Proof of Concepts Speaker: Robert Mao and Tian &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pan.uvic.ca\/wordpress\/2019\/08\/19\/blockchain-seminar-friday-august-23-230pm-eow430\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feng"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan.uvic.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan.uvic.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan.uvic.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan.uvic.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan.uvic.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pan.uvic.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1727,"href":"https:\/\/pan.uvic.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1726\/revisions\/1727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan.uvic.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan.uvic.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan.uvic.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}