Web3 Scholars Conference 2024
April 9, 2024
Stage 2, Hall3FG,
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
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The Web3 Scholars Conference primarily focuses on technical and organizational innovations within the blockchain ecosystem, including but not limited to security, MEV, cryptography, crypto-economics, scaling, DAOs, and organizational studies. We aim to drive the innovation of Web3 Community, and enhance collaboration among scholars, researchers, and practitioners.
Previous conference talks are available here: WSC 2023
Conference Date: April 9, 2024
Venue: Stage 2, Hall3FG, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Speakers
(in speaking order)
Vitalik Buterin
Ethereum
Duncan Chiu
Legislative Council Member (Technology & Innovation Constituency), Hong Kong
Eric Chan
Chief Public Mission Officer
Hong Kong Cyberport
Jiannong Cao
Chair Professor
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Patrick McCorry
Arbitrum Foundation
YQ
Founder of AltLayer
Mo Dong
Cofounder of Brevis
Leo Fan
Co-founder of Cysic /
Assistant Professor at Rutgers University
Daniel Xiapu Luo
Professor
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Liyi Zhou
Imperial College London / Berkeley RDI /
Co-Founder of Decentralized Intelligence AG
Xuechao Wang
Assistant Professor
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
Ren Zhang
Lead Researcher
Cryptape and Nervos
Yi Tang
Principal
Qiming Venture Partners
Emma Cui
Cofounder and Managing Partner
LongHash Ventures
Tina Zhen
Cofounder and Steward
Flashbots
James Parillo
Managing Partner, Figment Capital
Kun Peng
Founder, Stanford Blockchain Accelerator
Zhe Ye
UC Berkeley & Berkeley RDI
Kanye Ye Wang
Assistant Professor
University of Macau
Cathie So
Chief Scientist at ORA
Luyao Zhang
Assistant Professor
Duke Kunshan University (DKU)
Jiahao Sun
CEO of FLock.io /
Research Fellow at Imperial College London
Zoey Ziyi Li
Monash University
Audrey Tang
Founder of DRK Lab
Program
10:00 – 10:05
Welcome to WSC 2024
——
Audrey Tang, Founder of DRK Lab
10:05 – 10:15
Opening Remarks
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Duncan Chiu, Legislative Council Member (Technology & Innovation Constituency), Hong Kong
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Eric Chan, Chief Public Mission Officer, Hong Kong Cyberport
10:15 – 10:40
Reaching the Limits of Protocol Design
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Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum
Session 1: Scaling
10:40 – 10:55
Decentalized Computing Infrastructure for Web 3.0
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Jiannong Cao, the Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Professor in Data Science and the Chair Professor of Distributed and Mobile Computing in the Department of Computing at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
10:55 – 11:10
Validating Bridges
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Patrick McCorry, Arbitrum Foundation
11:10 - 11:25
MACH: A Fast Finality Layer (“FFL”) for Ethereum Rollups
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YQ, Founder of AltLayer
Session 2: ZK
11:25 - 11:40
Harness ZK Proof to Build Data-driven dApps Using Brevis
——
Mo Dong, Cofounder of Brevis
11:40 - 11:55
New Paradigm in Designing ZK-ASICs, the zkVM Way
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Leo Fan, Cofounder of Cysic & Assistant Professor at Rutgers University
12:00 - 14:00
Lunch
Session 3: Security
14:00 - 14:20
Speculative Denial-of-Service Attacks in Ethereum
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Liyi Zhou, Imperial College London & Berkeley RDI & Co-founder of Decentralized Intelligence AG
14:20 - 14:40
Security Analysis of Ethereum and its Smart Contracts
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Daniel Xiaopu Luo, Professor at the Department of Computing and the Director of Research Centre for Blockchain Technology of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Session 4: Consensus
14:40 - 15:00
TrustBoost: Boosting Trust among Interoperable Blockchains
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Xuechao Wang, Assistant Professor in Thrust of Fintech at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
15:00 - 15:20
My Biases against Every Consensus Protocol that is not Nakamoto Consensus
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Ren Zhang, Lead Researcher at Cryptape & Nervos
Session 5: Panel
15:20 - 16:00
Panel: East & West, Industry & Academia
Moderator
——
Audrey Tang, Founder of DRK Lab
Panellists
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Yi Tang, Principal, Qiming Venture Partners
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Emma Cui, Cofounder and Managing Partner, LongHash Ventures
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Tina Zhen, Cofounder and Steward, Flashbots
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James Parillo, Managing Partner, Figment Capital
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Kun Peng, Founder, Stanford Blockchain Accelerator
Session 6: Liquidity
16:00 - 16:20
Towards Secure, Trust-minimized Optimistic Rollup
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Zhe Ye, UC Berkeley & Berkeley RDI
16:20 - 16:40
Unraveling the Success Behind MEV Bots: Strategies for Making Money in Web3 Ecosystem
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Ye Wang, Assistant Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor at the Department of Computer and Information Science and the Asia-Pacific Academy of Economics and Management at the University of Macau
Session 7: Decentralization & AI
16:40 - 17:00
opp/ai: Optimistic Privacy-Preserving AI on Blockchain
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Cathie So, Chief Scientist at ORA
17:00 - 17:20
Engineering the Blockchain Brain: Integrating Mechanism Design, Reinforcement Learning, and Advanced Language Models
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Luyao Zhang, Assistant Professor of Economics and Senior Research Scientist at the Data Science Research Center at Duke Kunshan University (DKU)
17:20 - 17:40
FLock: Defending Against Poisoning Attacks in Federated Learning with Blockchain
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Jiahao Sun, CEO of FLock.io & Research Fellow at Imperial College London
17:40 - 18:00
Decentralized Learning Autonomy: Blockchain and AI Revolutionize Talent Cultivation and Recruitment
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Zoey Ziyi Li, Monash University
