Web3 Scholars Conference 2024

April 9, 2024

Stage 2, Hall3FG,
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

Web3 Scholars Conference 2024

April 9, 2024

Stage 2, Hall3FG,
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

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

Program

Tuesday, Apr. 9, 2024

Tuesday, Apr. 9, 2024

Tuesday, Apr. 9, 2024

10:00 – 10:05

Welcome to WSC 2024 [video]

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Audrey Tang, Founder of DRK Lab

10:05 – 10:15

Opening Remarks [video1] [video2]

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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 [video]

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Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum

Session 1: Scaling

10:40 – 10:55

Decentalized Computing Infrastructure for Web 3.0 [video]

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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 [video]

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Patrick McCorry, Arbitrum Foundation

11:10 - 11:25

MACH: A Fast Finality Layer (“FFL”) for Ethereum Rollups [video]

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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 [video]

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Mo Dong, Cofounder of Brevis

11:40 - 11:55

New Paradigm in Designing ZK-ASICs, the zkVM Way [video]

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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 [video]

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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 [video]

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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 [video]

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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 [video]

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Ren Zhang, Lead Researcher at Cryptape & Nervos

Session 5: Panel

15:20 - 16:00

Panel: East & West, Industry & Academia [video]

Moderator

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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 [video]

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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 [video]

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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 [video]

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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 [video]

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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 [video]

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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 [video]

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Zoey Ziyi Li, Monash University

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

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Substage 2, Hall3FG, Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2024, Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

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Substage 2, Hall3FG, Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2024, Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

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Substage 2, Hall3FG, Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2024, Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

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