Course

CS-438: Decentralized systems engineering

Summary

A decentralized system is one that works when no single party is in charge or fully trusted. This course teaches decentralized systems principles while guiding students through the engineering of their own decentralized system featuring messaging, file sharing, encryption, and blockchain concepts.

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Instructors (2)

Bryan Alexander Ford

Links DEDIS lab home pagePersonal home page Curriculum vitae https://bford.info/cv.pdf Teaching & PhD PhD Students Shailesh Mishra Past EPFL PhD Students Eleftherios Kokoris Kogias, Kirill Nikitin, Cristina Basescu, Enis Ceyhun Alp, Simone Colombo, Pasindu Nivanthaka Tennage, Louis-Henri Manuel Jakob Merino Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector David Froelicher, Ludovic Barman, Georgia Fragkouli Courses Decentralized systems engineering CS-438 A decentralized system is one that works when n

Pierluca Borsò

Expertise Teaching & PhD Courses Decentralized systems engineering CS-438 A decentralized system is one that works when no single party is in charge or fully trusted. This course teaches decentralized systems principles while guiding students through the engineering of their own decentralized system featuring messaging, file sharing, encryption, and blockchain concepts.

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/decentralized-systems-engineering-CS-438

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/CS-438

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Summary

Lectures

Instructors (2)

Bryan Alexander Ford

Pierluca Borsò

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/decentralized-systems-engineering-CS-438

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/CS-438

Lectures in this course (47)

CS-438 Week 1 - Sep 9, 2024

CS-438 Week 2 - Sep 16, 2024

CS-438 Week 3 - Sep 23, 2024

CS-438 Week 3 (Go Lecture) - Sep 23, 2024

CS-438 Week 4 - Sep 30, 2024

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