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September 11, 2018: Training & Tutorials
September 12–13, 2018: Keynotes & Sessions
New York, NY

Schedule: Blockchain and decentralization sessions

10:25am–10:45am Wednesday, 09/12/2018
Location: 3E
Joseph Lubin (Consensus Systems)
Average rating: ***..
(3.00, 12 ratings)
Ethereum is a world computer on top of a peer-to-peer network that runs smart contracts - applications that run exactly as programmed without the possibility of censorship, fraud, or third-party interference. Until now, businesses had to build their systems on database technologies that resulted in siloed and redundant information in typically adversarial contexts. Read more.
1:15pm–1:55pm Wednesday, 09/12/2018
Location: 1A 21/22 Level: Intermediate
Minh Chau Nguyen (ETRI), Heesun Won (ETRI)
Average rating: **...
(2.20, 5 ratings)
Minh Chau Nguyen and Heesun Won explain how to implement analytics services in data marketplace systems on a single Hadoop cluster across distributed data centers. The solution extends the overall architecture of the Hadoop ecosystem with the blockchain so that multiple tenants and authorized third parties can securely access data while still maintaining privacy, scalability, and reliability. Read more.
2:05pm–2:45pm Wednesday, 09/12/2018
Location: 1A 21/22 Level: Non-technical
Jim Scott (NVIDIA)
Average rating: **...
(2.67, 3 ratings)
Jim Scott details relevant use cases for blockchain-based solutions across a variety of industries, focusing on a suggested architecture to achieve high-transaction-rate private blockchains and decentralized applications backed by a blockchain. Along the way, Jim compares public and private blockchain architectures. Read more.
4:35pm–5:15pm Wednesday, 09/12/2018
Location: Expo Hall Level: Intermediate
Dan Harple (Context Labs)
Dan Harple explains how distributed systems are being influenced by and are influencing operational, financial, and social impact requirements of a wide range of enterprises and how trust in these distributed systems is being challenged, elevated, and resolved by engineers and architects today. Read more.