Course description ================== Instructor ---------- Dimitri Saingre Currently a research engineer at IMT Atlantique, conducting research projects on evaluating the energy consumption of AI models. Before, I was a research engineer at `Davidson Consulting `_, working on Cloud applications energy efficiency. Even before, I was a PhD student at IMT Atlantique, working on better understanding the energy consumption of blockchains. email: firstname dot lastname at imt-atlantique dot fr Website: https://dimitri-saingre.fr Course description ------------------ Blockchains are the distributed databases behind the now well-known cryptocurrencies. This concept appeared first with Bitcoin. Since, a wide and complex ecosystem of actors, technologies and use-cases has emerged. This mini-course aim to teach you the basic concepts behind blockchain and smart-contracts. Through practical sessions and programming, you should be able to better understand the technical realities behind blockchain-related projects. Educational expectations ------------------------ After the end of this mini-course, you should be able to: * Understand the key concepts behind blockchains * Understand how transactions are processed on a blockchain network * Understand what are smart-contracts and how they relate to blockchains * Develop your own basic smart-contracts We will apply this new knowledge in the context of virtual power plants. Prerequisite ------------ This course expect basic skills in programming, especially with Python. Course slides ------------- Slides can be found `here `_