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SUMMARY:The Computer in the Sky
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DESCRIPTION:Presented by the UCLA Library and the Jacob Marschak Interdisci
	plinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences\n\nSpeaker: T
	im Roughgarden\, Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University\n\nT
	uring-complete blockchain protocols such as Ethereum approximate the ideal
	ized abstraction of a shared "computer in the sky" that is open access (an
	yone can install software or interact with already-installed software)\, r
	uns in plain view\, and\, in effect\, has no owner or operator.\n\nThis te
	chnology can\, among other things\, enable stronger notions of ownership o
	f digital possessions than we have ever had before. Building the computer 
	in the sky is hard (and scientifically fascinating)\, and requires the syn
	thesis of multiple disciplines\, both within computer science (distributed
	 computing\, cryptography\, algorithmic game theory) and beyond (mechanism
	 design\, macroeconomics\, finance\, political science).\n\nThis talk will
	 survey some of Tim Roughgarden’s work in the area and the practical impac
	t it has had.\n\nEvent Website: https://www.library.ucla.edu/visit/events-
	exhibitions/the-computer-in-the-sky-10-15-24/\n\nEvent Website: https://uc
	la.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sf1HiZ2NTLCCYICnBfucEA#/registration\n\nSou
	rce: https://community.ucla.edu/event/f2efe916-81a2-455b-bab1-eb6a9374736c
LOCATION:Charles E. Young Library Main Conference Room\, 11360 - https://uc
	la.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sf1HiZ2NTLCCYICnBfucEA#/registration
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