University of Toronto
Job title:
Sessional Lecturer] Blockchain applied sciences and cryptocurrencies – APS1050
Firm
College of Toronto
Job description
Date Posted: 03/26/2024
Req ID: 36674
College/Division: College of Utilized Science & Engineering
Division: APSC: Ofc of the Dean – College Common
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)Description:Place: Sessional Lecturer I (2 place accessible)Course title and code: Blockchain applied sciences and cryptocurrencies – APS1050Course description: A current function article on the Harvard Enterprise Assessment factors out that the emergence of Bitcoin and related Blockchain applied sciences is a foundational change so profound that it might solely be in comparison with the adoption of TCP/IP (transmission management protocol/web protocol), the rule system and related software program that enabled the know-how of distributed laptop networking and laid the groundwork for the event of the web.Like TCP/IP, Blockchain applied sciences might generate an entire new web, with new related enterprise fashions. A tamper proof shared computerized ledger permits firms to equalize inner and exterior prices, decreasing the benefits of scale for established heavy weights and benefiting broad alliances of smaller gamers. Good contracts that routinely validate or set off ledger transactions have the potential to completely rework the group and administration of companies, with particular influence in contract negotiation and enforcement, accounting, gross sales and advertising, and capital funding.Bitcoin is a selected implementation of Blockchain know-how that has led to a disruptive “product”: a digital cryptocurrency that has the potential to compete with fiat currencies. Bitcoin has risen in worth from simply $0.05 in mid-2010 to over $11,380 by January 2018, and is being broadly used for actual property transactions in Japan, the place it’s acknowledged as authorized tender, and within the rising markets to the purpose of posing a problem to regulators and central banks the world over. Bitcoin’s recognition has prompted the event of competing cryptocurrencies, and the emergence of a symbiotic neighborhood of official and gray market entrepreneurs. Though hackers have exploited safety gaps in service suppliers such because the bitcoin exchanges Mt. Gox (Bitcoin) and extra just lately, Coincheck (NEM), with spectacular success, the truth that Blockchain itself has by no means been hacked appears to justify the optimism of Bitcoin’s buyers.1. Purchase a concrete understanding of Blockchain applied sciences by the set up, operation and modification (by coding modifications or the addition of pseudocode) of a simplified Blockchain program in every scholar’s laptop.2. Develop into acquainted with the historical past and typology of Blockchain applied sciences: the panorama of cryptocurrencies and hyper currencies3. Develop and apply a set of choice standards for the analysis of Blockchain strengths, weaknesses and dangers with respect to: networked integrity, distributed energy, worth as incentive, safety, privateness, rights preserved and inclusion4. Hint a probable path for the adoption of Blockchain technologies– starting with the identification of processes the place Blockchain ledgers result in efficiencies, to the emergence of latest enterprise fashions and ending with the necessity for constraints/regulation.5. Be taught to setup, function and commerce a Bitcoin account safely.This course will allow college students to:1. Purchase a concrete understanding of Blockchain applied sciences by the set up, operation and modification (by coding modifications or the addition of pseudocode) of a simplified Blockchain program in every scholar’s laptop.2. Develop into acquainted with the historical past and typology of Blockchain applied sciences: the panorama of cryptocurrencies and hyper currencies3. Develop and apply a set of choice standards for the analysis of Blockchain strengths, weaknesses and dangers with respect to: networked integrity, distributed energy, worth as incentive, safety, privateness, rights preserved and inclusion4. Hint a probable path for the adoption of Blockchain technologies– starting with the identification of processes the place Blockchain ledgers result in efficiencies, to the emergence of latest enterprise fashions and ending with the necessity for constraints/regulation.5. Be taught to setup, function and commerce a Bitcoin account safely.Course Construction and Content materialCryptocurrencies and different Blockchain Applied sciences is split into 4 themes and 12 modules:
- The primary theme is: Economics of Cryptocurrencies
- The second theme is: Bitcoin Expertise
- The third theme is: Blockchain Disintermediation & New Enterprise Fashions
- The fourth theme is: Proudly owning and Buying and selling Bitcoin
: Roughly 50-80 college studentsEstimated TA help: TBAClass schedule: One 3-hour lecture per week.Sessional date of appointment: Summer season Might-August 2024: Minimal degree of pay is $4,728.94 every (50% of Sessional Lecturer I as co-instructor), which incorporates trip pay, and will improve relying on applicant’s degree of expertise and suitability for the place.{Qualifications}: Experience in Blockchain programming, monetary modeling, economics of cryptocurrencies and buying and selling.Expertise as teacher on the undergraduate or graduate degree in addition to the power to successfully talk and clarify ideas clearly. Candidates ought to have a powerful document of presenting lectures. The applicant should have the ability to lecture in a transparent voice.Please notice: Undergraduate or graduate college students and postdoctoral fellows of the College of Toronto are coated by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective settlement relatively than the Unit 3 collective settlement, and shouldn’t apply for positions posted below the Unit 3 collective settlement.Transient description of duties: Duties embrace: preparation of lectures and course supplies for supply; supply of lectures; attainable supervision of Educating Assistants; setting and marking of initiatives, exams and exams; analysis of ultimate grades; contact with college students.To point curiosity on this place, please full the CUPE UNIT 3 software type, downloaded from:and undergoWorkplace of the Vice Dean Graduate Research, College of Utilized Science and Engineering, College of Toronto44 St. George Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2E4, Electronic mail:Closing Date: 04/07/2024, 11:59PM EDT
**This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Settlement.It’s understood that some bulletins of vacancies are tentative, pending ultimate course determinations and enrolment. Ought to charges stipulated within the collective settlement differ from charges acknowledged on this posting, the charges acknowledged within the collective settlement shall prevail.Desire in hiring is given to certified people superior to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective settlement.Please notice: Undergraduate or graduate college students and postdoctoral fellows of the College of Toronto are coated by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective settlement relatively than the Unit 3 collective settlement, and shouldn’t apply for positions posted below the Unit 3 collective settlement.
Anticipated wage
$4728.94 per thirty days
Location
Toronto, ON
Job date
Wed, 27 Mar 2024 23:45:45 GMT
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