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475009-FS2022-0-Seminar Law and Computer Science: Distributed Trust in Finance





Root number 475009
Semester FS2022
Type of course Seminar
Allocation to subject Law
Type of exam Seminar paper
Title Seminar Law and Computer Science: Distributed Trust in Finance
Description This interdisciplinary seminar is offered jointly by the Institute for Civil Law and the Institute of Computer Science. Students of computer science and law will work closely together on questions that arise from tensions between the progressing digitalization of the world and the existing law. Participants will work in interdisciplinary groups, and each group addresses one specific problem from a legal perspective and from a technical perspective. The goal is to provide assessments and to develop solutions for the problem from both perspectives.

The topic of the seminar in Spring 2022 will be distributed trust in finance. Recent progress in blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies has led to new forms of financial instruments, markets, exchanges, and services. Those structures are realized only through open-source protocols on public networks, without real-world or legal intermediaries. This field is often summarized as Decentralized Finance (DeFi). Dozens of billions (in CHF) have been invested into Decentralized Finance so far.

Information Session: 15.12.2021, 17.30h
Start of the registration period: 15.12.2021, 18.00h
Seminar days: 25.02.2022, 13.00h – 16.00h and 13.05.2022, ca. 08.30 – 17.00h
ILIAS-Link (Learning resource for course) No registration/deregistration in CTS (Admission in ILIAS possible). ILIAS
Link to another web site
Lecturers Prof. Dr. Mirjam Eggen, Institute for Civil Law ✉
Prof. Dr. Christian Cachin, Institute of Computer Science ✉
Dr. Christian Sillaber, Institute for Civil Law ✉
ECTS 5
Recognition as optional course possible Yes
Grading 1 to 6
 
Dates Wednesday 15/12/2021 17:30-18:30
Friday 25/2/2022 13:00-16:00
Friday 13/5/2022 08:30-17:00
 
Rooms Hörraum 124, Mittelstrasse 43
Kursraum B -105, UniS
Seminarraum S 101, UniS
 
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