Results from the Academic Grants Round 2022

Results from the Academic Grants Round 2022

Amplification Messaging for Short-Term Slot Finality and Improved Reorg-Tolerance Hammurabi Mendes, Ph.D.; Jonad Pulaj, Ph.D. at Davidson College Proposal of a slashable quorum system for enhanced consensus finality. Battle of the Bots: Miner Extractable Value and Efficient Settlement Prof. Alfred Lehar; Prof. Christine Parlou at the University of Calgary Model of the effects of private settlement on arbitrage. Coded Transaction Broadcasting for High-throughput Blockchains Prof. Mohammad Alizadeh; Lei Yang, Ph.D. student at MIT A mechanism for efficient transaction broadcasting in high-throughput blockchains. Combining Accountability and Game Theory to Strengthen Blockchain Security Prof. Vincent Gramoli at the University of Sydney Introduction of Zero-Loss Blockchain (ZLB) to tolerate adversaries. Cross chain authenticated queries Dr. Damiano Di Francesco Maesa at the University of Pisa & University of Cambridge Research on cross-chain communication through authenticated query protocols. (Danksharding + PBS) Builder centralization: Is it really safe? Huisu Jang; YunYoung Lee, Ph.D. candidate; Seongwan Park; Seungju Lee; Woojin Jeong at Seoul National University Study on builder centralization risks in Ethereum. DETER 2.0: Understanding Ethereum Mempool DoS Security via Stateful Fuzzing Prof. Yuzhe Tang; Kai Li, Ph.D. student; Jiaqi Chen, Ph.D. student; Yibo Wang, Ph.D. student at Syracuse University A study on Ethereum security vulnerabilities and mitigation strategies. Efficient Private Information Retrieval for Ethereum Light Clients Prof. Xun Yi; Prof. Son Hoang Dau; Nhat Quang Cao, Ph.D. student; Prof. Chen Feng at RMIT University Development of a parallel private retrieval scheme for Ethereum light clients. Equilibrium staking rewards: Implications for PoS blockchain security Prof. Talis Putnins; Tra Nguyen, Ph.D. candidate; Lecky Lao, Ph.D. candidate A study on how external factors affect staking rewards and blockchain security. Feasibility Study of Pipelining in Ethereum Virtual Machine Architecture Gopal Ojha Research on Ethereum Virtual Machine performance enhancement through pipelining. Formal Modeling and Verification of Validator Voluntarily Exit in Ethereum 2.0 Beacon Chain Hamra Afzaal; Muhammad Umar Janjua; Muhammad Imran at Information Technology University of Punjab Formal verification of the Ethereum 2.0 Beacon Chain validator exit process. FORVES (FORmally VErified block optimizationS) Prof. Elvira Albert; Prof. Samir Genaim; Prof. Enrique Martin-Martin at University Complutense of Madrid Formal verification of block optimizations on Ethereum smart contracts. Governance Based On Preferences, Incentives, and Information Prof. Bo Waggoner at the University of Colorado, Boulder Study on public projects decision-making mechanisms. Mechanism Design and Empirical Analysis of MEV Prevention Mechanisms Prof. Agostino Capponi at Columbia University Improvement of private pools to reduce inefficiencies in public blockchains. MEV protection through delayed execution with time-locked puzzles Mohammad Jahanara at DeFi Lab at University of British Columbia Proposal of a multiparty delay encryption method to mitigate MEV. Monetary Policy in the Age of Cryptocurrencies Prof. Thai Nguyen; Prof. Tra Pham; Dr. Binh Nguyen Thanh; Dr. Linh Nguyen Thi My; Dr. Tuan Chu; Dr. Seng Kok; Dr. Phong Nguyen at RMIT Vietnam Report on the impact of cryptocurrencies as legal tender on the economy. Optimal Design of Miner Extractable Value Auctions Dr. Peyman Khezr; Dr. Vijay Mohan at RMIT University Study on auction designs and their effects on MEV. PoS Ethereum Agent-Based Model Prof. Claudio J. Tessone; Nicolò Vallarano, Ph.D. at University of Zurich Development of a simulation model for Ethereum’s PoS protocol. Privacy-enhanced and efficient P2P routing algorithms for the Ethereum network István András Seres, Ph.D. student; Domokos Kelen, Ph.D. student; Ferenc Béres, Ph.D. student; András A. Benczúr, Ph.D Simulator for evaluating privacy-enhanced routing algorithms in Ethereum. REVOKE: Consensus-layer mitigations for validator ransomware attacks Dr. Dan O’Keeffe; Dr. Darren Hurley-Smith; Alpesh Bhudia, Ph.D. candidate at Royal Holloway University of London Paper on ransomware attacks on Ethereum validators. Tikuna: an Ethereum blockchain network security monitoring system Dr. Andres Gomez Ramirez, Ph.D.; Loui Al Sardy, Ph.D. candidate by Sistemas Edenia Internacional Tool for detecting potential attacks on the Ethereum blockchain network. Time series analysis for transaction fee market Huisu Jang; YunYoung Lee, Ph.D.; Seongwan Park; Seungju Lee; Woojin Jeong at Soongsil University and Seoul National University Strategy to minimize Ethereum transaction fees through time series analysis. The Cost of Sybils, Credible Commitments, and False-Name Proof Mechanisms Bruno Mazorra; Nicolás Della Penna at Pompeu Fabra University Study on Sybil-proof mechanisms and reward sharing in blockchain networks. The influence of transaction costs on economic activity on the Ethereum network Dr. Lennart Ante at Blockchain Research Lab Study on the effects of gas fees on economic activity in the Ethereum ecosystem. The Market for Music Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs): Price, Volume, and Risk Danling Jiang, Ph.D.; Keli Xiao, Ph.D.; Lolita Nazarov, B.S.; Haixiang (Diego) Zhu, MS at Stony Brook Foundation Study on how investor composition affects the music NFTs market. Trustworthy Formal Verification for Ethereum Smart Contracts via Machine-Checkable Proof Certificates Prof. Grigore Rosu; Xiaohong Chenm, Ph.D. student at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Research on reducing trust base for Ethereum smart contract verification. Understanding Waiting Time in Transaction Fee Mechanisms Prof. Luyao Zhang, Ph.D.; Prof. Fan Zhang, Ph.D.; Research Fellow: Tianyu Wu Study on the interaction of waiting time and gas fees in Ethereum transactions. ZK-SNARKs as a Service Prof. Abhishek Jain at Johns Hopkins University Research on zk-SNARKs and the scalability of zero-knowledge proof generation.

Published at Tue, 10 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100