How the Blockchain Ushers in a New Form of Trust

Blockchain is one of the biggest buzzwords in technology today, but confusion exists about what it is exactly. Kevin Werbach provides an in-depth explanation of the blockchain, as presented in his new book, The Blockchain and the New Architecture of Trust.

Legal Studies & Business Ethics

Resilience in Networked Systems

The Wharton Prof Teaching a Hands-On Crypto Class

Two weeks ago, Kevin Werbach welcomed students to a brand-new course entitled Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and Distributed Ledger Technology. In what may well be a first for a college course, students are getting a small amount of money to purchase cryptocurrencies, which they’ll use in a series of class exercises.

Legal Studies & Business Ethics

Resilience in Networked Systems

The Warren Center welcomes its newest postdoc, Victor Amelkin

Victor Amelkin, hosted by Rakesh Vohra, George Pappas, and Victor Preciado, is working on network science, with a general emphasis on analysis, modeling, and control of network processes, and a specific emphasis on network (process) resilience.

Electrical and Systems Engineering

Resilience in Networked Systems

How Big Banks Can Become Too Big to Fail

In a wide-lens view of the dynamics at play, Chaojun Wang, whose research focuses on how financial markets are organized, explains why some financial markets are so concentrated, which can lead to the problem of too-big-to-fail banks.

Finance

Resilience in Networked Systems

Blockchain Fever

Cryptographic sorcery, entrepreneurial zeal, and utopian dreams have gripped a striking number of Penn students and alumni this year. Why are people so excited? “To me,” Kevin Werbach reflected, “blockchain is a foundational technical innovation that will have tremendous impacts on just about every company in the world."

Legal Studies & Business Ethics

Resilience in Networked Systems

Blockchain Isn’t a Revolution

These days it’s hard to avoid pronouncements about how cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology could change everything. The truth is that there isn’t a blockchain phenomenon to be for or against. There are three, and Kevin Werbach helps to clarify the similarities and differences.

Legal Studies & Business Ethics

Resilience in Networked Systems

Alejandro Ribeiro: Expanding Applications of Network Science

As an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Alejandro Ribeiro uses complex mathematical frameworks to understand how networks behave. Instead of looking at individual points in that network, he examines what’s going on between those points.

Electrical and Systems Engineering

Resilience in Networked Systems

News

How the Blockchain Ushers in a New Form of Trust

The Wharton Prof Teaching a Hands-On Crypto Class

The Warren Center welcomes its newest postdoc, Victor Amelkin

How Big Banks Can Become Too Big to Fail

Blockchain Fever

Blockchain Isn’t a Revolution

Alejandro Ribeiro: Expanding Applications of Network Science