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👨‍🏫 Teaching

Currently, I am working as a teaching assistant in the Communication Systems Group (CSG) at the University of Zurich (UZH). Hence, I am directly involved in the teaching activities of the following classes:

• Blockchains and Overlay Networks (Every Spring)
• Computer Engineering and Communication Networks (CECN) (Every Fall)
• Seminar: Communication Systems (Every Spring )
• Seminar: Internet Economics (Every Fall)
• Current Fall Semester

Further, I am involved in teaching activities within the UZH, the UZH Blockchain Center, and projects, such as:

• Certificate of Advanced Studies in Blockchain [Speaker, Final Report Supervisor]
• Certificate of Advanced Studies in Data Science and Machine Learning [Speaker, Final Report Supervisor]
• UZH Summer School: Deep Dive into Blockchain [Speaker, Assistant]
• European Network for Cybersecurity (NeCS) 2020 PhD School [Speaker]
• H2020 CONCORDIA Project - Becoming Cybersecurity Consultant Course [Speaker]

I also helped to prepare and was a speaker in tutorials in different conferences:

• IFIP/IEEE IM 2021 - Blockchain-based Remote Electronic Voting from Theory to Practice
• IFIP/IEEE NOMS 2020 - Blockchains in the Age of Softwarization – Hands-on Experiences with Programming Smart Contracts and Their Security Pitfalls
• IEEE ICBC 2019 - Blockchain and Smart Contracts – From Theory to Practice
• IFIP/IEEE IM 2019 - Information Management in the Blockchain Era – Challenges and Opportunities

🧭 Thesis Supervision

Current Students

• Master Thesis
  • None


• Bachelor Thesis
  • Raphael Imfeld - Increasing Privacy in Smart Contracts: Exploring Encryption Mechanisms
  • Sebastian Küng - Opening Pandora’s Box: An Analysis of the Usage of the Data Field in Blockchains


• Other Supervisions
  • Fabian Küffer, Pascal Kiechl, and Niels Kübler - System to Enable Automatic VNF Deployment based on Smart Contract Events

Past Students

• Master Thesis
  • Michael Bucher - Fee Optimization Mechanism in Blockchain-based Payments for an Open Source Donation Platform
  • Severin Wullschleger - Online Marketing Prediction System
  • Ratanak Hy - Employing Machine Learning in the Policy-based Blockchain Selection Framework
  • Dominik Bünzli - Data Generation and Preparation System for Credit Card Fraud Detection
  • Patrick Widmer - An Intent-based Blockchain Selection Framework
  • Manuel Keller - Blockchain-based Trusted VNF Package Repository
  • Timo Hegnauer - Blockchain Interoperability API


• Bachelor Thesis
  • Calvin Falter - Commit Evaluation Engine for an Open Source Donation Platform
  • Carlos Schweizer - Blockchain-based SLA Management System
  • Dominik Sommer - Processing Bitcoin Blockchain Data using a Big Data-specific Framework
  • Fabian Küffer - Characterization and Classifications of Blockchains using Softgoal Interdependency Graphs and Machine Learning
  • Jonas Brunner - Payment Flow for an Open Source Donation Platform
  • Pascal Kiechl - Extension and Standardization of a Blockchain Interoperability API
  • Sandro Padovan - Blockchain Intent Management System


• Other Supervisions
  • Daniel Demeter and Lawand Muhamad - Signaling Approach for the Detection of Net Neutrality Breaches using Blockchain-based Smart Contracts
  • Dominik Bünzli and Noah Berni - Data Preparation System for Fraud Scoring
  • Andreas Knecht and Tim Strasser - A Minimal-Solution Method toward Edge-to-Blockchain Transactions
  • Alexander Hofmann - Security Analysis in the Blockchain Agnostic Framework Prototype
  • Severin Wullschleger - Implementation of a Standalone ERC-865 Service Layer
  • Marc Iseli - Design and Implementation of Distributed Ledger Interoperability Adapters
  • Luciana Cristea - Blockchain Standardization - Overview of Current Activities Landscape
  • Jesús Fernández-Benito - Blockchain-based Keyless Locker System

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