University of Pisa funds a PhD scholarship in the context of the Italian
national PhD program in Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Curriculum “Social Systems and Smart societies”, Scholarship code: B01
- Research theme: DLT solutions for social good: applications and infrastructures
- Application Deadline: August 28, 2023 1PM CEST
- Contacts: Laura Emilia Maria Ricci (laura.ricci@unipi.it)
- More details : //isas.unicam.it/dni/phd-blockchain-dlt/how-apply
Hosting laboratory: The research activities will be held at the Pisa Distributed Ledger Laboratory (https://sites.google.com/unipi.it/pisadltlaboratory),
led by Professor Laura Ricci, who has been member of the group for the
definition of the Italian National Strategy for Blockchain Technology.
The Laboratory includes 2 Full Professors, 3 Researchers with temporary
positions and 5 PhD students, all working on the topic of blockchain.
The group has both national collaborations with CNR, and international
collaborations, among the others, with the University of Cambridge and
with the Ethereum foundation. Laura Ricci is the Principal Investigator
of the National Project PRIN “AWESOME: Analysis framework for WEB3
Social Media”, a project focused on blockchain data analytics, starting
in Autumn 2023.
Research theme: The research program is centered on two main
pillars: the development of DLT-based solutions for the improvement of
social good and the investigation of solutions to overcome pitfalls not
yet completely solved for DLT, like the scalability of the blockchain
and the privacy issues. In particular, the topics of layer-2
technologies, like inter-ledger technologies, cryptographic techniques
for enhancing data privacy, off-chain channels, will all have a central
role in the research program.
Doctoral school:
The PhD School on Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology is a
new PhD program jointly managed by several research institutions and
with administrative headquarters at the University of Camerino.
Eligibility & application:
Candidate are eligible provided that they will be awarded an MSc
degree by the date of their enrolment in the PhD programme (1st of
December 2023). Information and details about the application process
are available at
https://isas.unicam.it/dni/phd-blockchain-dlt/how-apply
Best Regards
Laura Ricci