Events
2023 C3 Workshop: Consensus, Concurrency & Cryptography
The Crystal Centre organized a 3-day hybrid workshop from December 12 to December 14, 2022. The workshop aimed to introduce attendees to the algorithmic foundations of blockchains and distributed systems, focusing on three active research areas with practical utility: Consensus Protocols, Concurrency, and Cryptography in the post-quantum world.
Take-home exercises were given and five shortlisted winners with the most outstanding solutions were rewarded with an invitation to a sponsored visit to the National University of Singapore (NUS) for the Computer Science Research Week in February 2023.
NUS Fintech Month 2022
Crystal Centre will be co-organizing with NUS FinTech Society to present NUS Fintech Month 2022, happening this coming January 2022! This year’s Fintech Month consists of a slew of workshops and symposiums to introduce students to the world of Fintech, as well as a hackathon for students to try their hand at building an innovative solution to our problem statement, soon to be revealed.
Registration for the Workshops and Symposiums can be made here.
Check out our poster for more details!
2020 April Collaboration Talk
Join our talk on 3 April 2020 for insights into FinTech and more!
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2019 Q1 Collaboration Talk
The Collaboration Talk was exclusively for Crystal Centre sponsors and was attended by Crystal Centre Co-PIs and relevant experts from other departments of NUS.
We had aimed to bring together researchers, experts and industry leaders to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Computing Science.
Our first annual event: The Blockchain and Cybersecurity Workshop co-organized by the NUS Crystal Centre and Singapore Cybersecurity Consortium. The event invitation was extended to the domain experts from Academia and the Industry to share their knowledge and expertise on blockchain and cybersecurity.
2018 Blockchain & Cybersecurity Workshop
Press Release
The School of Computing of National University of Singapore (NUS) announced the creation of the CRYSTAL (Cryptocurrency Strategy, Techniques, and Algorithms) Centre; an academic research laboratory and think tank aiming to lead as one of the world’s foremost centres for research on blockchains.