2025 Archimedes Summer School on Blockchain, Economics, and AI
This summer school is being organized by Archimedes , Athena Research Center, Greece , the School of Electrical & Computer Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece, and is being supported by Mobby.ai
The purpose of this summer school is to bring together leading experts and interested researchers in the fields of Blockchain, Economics, and Artificial Intelligence, and to provide the opportunity for young and experienced coders to participate in a hackathon with blockchain challenges.
Registration link here: https://forms.gle/2UG6kPTH4wCbCLKg6
Day 1, Focus on Blockchain, Foundations, and Distributed Ledger Technologies
Thur May 22nd
| 9:00 – 9:50 | Coffee & Cookies will be available |
| 9:50 – 10:00 | Opening Remarks by Aris Pagourtzis, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NTUA, Greece & Archimedes, Athena Research Center, Greece, and Vassilis Zikas, School of Cybersecurity and Privacy, Georgia Tech, USA & Archimedes, Athena Research Center, Greece & Mobby.ai |
| 0:00 – 11:30 | Lecture 1 - “Cryptographic Foundations of Blockchains” by Juan Garay, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA & Global Cyber Research Institute Texas A&M University, USA |
| 11:30 – 12.00 | Coffee Break |
| 2.00 – 1:30 | Lecture 2 - “From Distributed Computing to Blockchain” by Ran Cohen, Efi Arazi School of Computer Science, Reichman University, Israel & FACT (Foundations and Applications of Cryptographic Theory) Research Center, Israel |
| 1.30 – 3.30 | Lunch (Catered) |
| 3:30 – 5:00 | Lecture 3 - “Blockchains based on Different Resources” by Michele Ciampi, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, UK & Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science, UK |
| 5:00 – 5.30 | Coffee Break |
| 5.30 – 6.00 | Students' Talk |
Chair: Vassilis Zikas, School of Cybersecurity and Privacy, Georgia Tech, USA & Archimedes, Athena Research Center, Greece & Mobby.ai
Day 2, Focus on Game Theory, Economics, and AI
Fri May 23rd
| 9.00 – 10.00 | Coffee and Cookies will be available |
| 10.00 – 11.00 | Lecture 4 - “Cryptography and Game Theory” by Athina Terzoglou, Department of Computer Science, Purdue University, USA |
| 11.00 – 12.00 | Lecture 5 - “Reputation Games & Applications to Proof of Reputation” by Vassilis Zikas, School of Cybersecurity and Privacy, Georgia Tech, USA & Archimedes, Athena Research Center, Greece & Mobby.ai |
| 12.00 – 12:30 | Coffee Break |
| 12:30 – 2:00 | Lecture 6 - “Crypto Economics” by Julien Prat, Researcher at CNRS-CREST (Center for Research in Economics and Statistics) & Blockchains and Platforms at École Polytechnique, France |
| 2:00 – 3.30 | Lunch (Catered) |
| 3:30 – 4:30 | Lecture 7 - “Pool Formation in Oceanic Games: Shapley Value and Proportional Sharing” by Evangelos Markakis, Department of Informatics, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece & Archimedes, Athena Research Center, Greece |
| 4.30 – 5.30 | Research Talks on Blockchain and Economics (Students & Participants) |
Chair: Aris Pagourtzis, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NTUA, Greece & Archimedes, Athena Research Center, Greece
Day 3, Training Sessions & Hackathon
| 10.00 – 11.00 | Session 1 - “Session for Setting-up and Testing Hackathon Environment” by Muhammad Ishaq , Chief Technology Officer at Mobby.ai and Dimitris Starantzis, System Software Engineer at Mobby.ai |
| 11.00 – 12:30 | Session 2 - “Training Session on Hackathon” by Muhammad Ishaq Malik, Chief Technology Officer at Mobby.ai and Dimitris Starantzis, System Software Engineer at Mobby.ai |
| 12:30 - 4.00 | Lunch (Catered) & Hackathon (on Rust programming and Blockchain concepts) |
Chair: Muhammad Ishaq, Mobby.ai
