3rd Edition of the TUM Blockchain&Cybersecurity Salon
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Aims
- Exploring core technologies for security, scalability, and privacy in blockchain and cybersecurity systems
- Discussing applications and solutions with requirements met by these core technologies, and to which extent these technologies provide value
- Exchange on methods for assessment of distributed systems, with focus on P2P layer, smart-contract security, and cryptographic innovations
- Extend to intersection of cybersecurity solutions and distributed systems
- Bridge academia, industry, and students and introduce recent topics from various layers of the blockchain stack and cybersecurity
- Introduce current technologies to startups, SMEs, and enterprises to bring research into practice
Topical Scope
- Individual layers of Blockchain Protocols spanning hardware, peer-to-peer network, consensus, execution layers, applications, and ecosystems
- Innovative scalability and privacy technologies, such as zero knowledge proofs or trusted execution environments
- Cybersecurity solutions for AI, access management, identity solutions, …
- Design, verification, and implementation of smart contracts logic
- Methods and tools for performance assessment
- Overview of possible optimization solutions and their applicability to blockchain solutions
- Applications and use-cases of distributed and decentralized systems and their open challenges
Organisation by the Technical University of Munich
- Chair: Georg Carle
- Organizing committee chairs: Kilian Glas, Filip Rezabek, and Nina Schwanke
Venue
- 27 and 28 May 2025
- TUM-IAS Institute of Advance Studies
- Lichtenbergstraße 2a, 85748 Garching bei München
- also online (Hybrid Event)
Tools
- There will be a Zoom session for each day of the Blockchain&Cybersecurity Salon.
- Zoom Meeting-ID and Link will be provided here before the start of the event
Preliminary Program
Tuesday 27.5.2025
Get together - 08:30 - 09:00 CEST
Session 1 - 09:00 - 10:30 CEST
Topic: Privacy and Security in the Blockchain Technologies
Session Chair: Georg Carle
- Welcome and Introduction: Georg Carle (TUM)
- Daniel Hugenroth (University of Cambridge): Sloth: Key Stretching and Deniable Encryption using Secure Elements on Smartphones
- Marti Gorny (NP Labs): Programmable Privacy: Are we Stuck?
- Jan Gorzny (Zircuit): Adding AIs to Sequencers
- Daniel Kales (TACEO): coSNARKs - Marrying MPC and ZK
Session 2 - 11:00 - 12:30 CEST
Topic: P2P Decentralization & TEEs
Session Chair: Filip Rezabek
- Lucianna Kiffer (IMDEA Networks Institute): Deanonymizing Ethereum Validators: The P2P Network Has a Privacy Issue
- Moe Mahhouk (Flashbots): Talk about Decentralized TEEs usage for MEV
- Annika Wilde (Ruhr University Bochum): The Forking Way: When TEEs Meet Consensus
Session 3 - 12:30 - 13:45 CEST
Poster Madness
Presentation of posters during the lunch break
Session Chair: Kilian Glas
Session 4 - 13:45 - 15:15 CEST
Topic: Trust Considerations in Decentralized Systems & Scaling Solutions
Session Chair: TBD
- Christof Ferreira Torres (INESC-ID & IST Lisbon): Do You Trust Your Wallet? An Analysis on the Privacy Aspects of Web3 Wallets
- Kilian Glas (TUM): Talk about overlay networks for data availability sampling
- Krzysztof Gogol (UZH): MEV on L2s: Revert Transaction Analysis and Implications
- Chrysa Stathakopoulou (Chainlink Labs): Inside the Offchain Reporting Protocol
Session 5 - 15:30 - 16:00 CEST
Panel Discussions
Moderator: Eomji Park
- Panelists:
- Dionysis Zindros (Common Prefix)
- Jan Gorzny (Zircuit)
- Daniel Kales (TACEO)
- Topics (tentantive)
- Turning Research into Ventures
- Balancing Academia and Startups
Coffee Break
Session 6 - 16:30 - 18:00 CEST
Blockchain Optimization and Interoperability Approaches
Session Chair: Kilian Glas
- Dionysis Zindros (Common Prefix): Pod: An Optimal-Latency, Censorship-Free, and Accountable Generalized Consensus Layer
- Yann Vonlanthen (ETH Zurich): Mangrove: Fast and Parallelizable State Replication for Blockchains
- Andreas Penzkofer (Movement Labs): The Modular Thesis of Movement
Session 7 - 18:00 - 18:30 CEST
Panel Discussions
Moderator: TBD
- Panelists:
- Bram Van Roelen (Maven 11)
- Christof Ferreira Torres (Instituto Superior Tecnico)
- Chrysa Stathakopoulou (Chainlink Labs)
- Topics (tentantive)
- Connecting Academia and Industry
- Collaborative Research Models
- Aligning Incentives
Closing of the 1st Day
Wednesday 28.5.2025
Get together - 08:30 - 09:00 CEST
Session 8 - 09:00 - 10:30 CEST
Topic: New Trends in Cybersecurity & Blockchain relevant to SMEs and beyond
Session Chair: Georg Carle
- Welcome and Introduction: Georg Carle (TUM)
- Ingo Weber (TUM/Fraunhofer): CAKE, MARTSIA, and TEEs: Fine-Grained Data Sharing in Blockchain Applications and Business Processes
- Lars Hupel (G+D): A Conceptual Model for Point-of-Sale Payment with Retail CBDC
- Stefan Genchev (TUM): The EU Digital Identity Wallet: A Pragmatic Analysis of Ambition vs. Security Realities
- Bram Van Roelen (Maven 11): Venture Capital investing in the Blockchain Space
Session 9 - 11:00 - 12:30 CEST
Topic: Blockchain Infrastructure & Network Challenges
Session Chair: Sebastian Steinhorst
- Burak Öz (TUM/Flashbots): Pandora’s Box: Cross-Chain Arbitrages in the Realm of Blockchain Interoperability
- Filip Rezabek (TUM): Narrowing the Gap between TEEs Threat Model and Deployment Strategies
- Narges Dadkhah (Freie Universität Berlin): Tuning Block Size for Workload Optimization in Consortium Blockchain Networks
- Jan Lauinger (Zircuit): ZK Rollups supporting EIP-7702
Session 10 - 12:30 - 13:00 CEST
Panel Discussions
Moderator: TBD
- Panelists:
- Burak Öz (TUM/Flashbots)
- Jan Lauinger (Quantstamp)
- Eomji Park (Encode Club)
- Topics (tentantive)
- TUM Alumni Panel
- From Lecture Hall to Career
- Building Industry-Ready Skills
Session 11 - 14:30 - 15:45 CEST
Decentralized Identities, Business Logic, and Governance
Session Chair: Ingo Weber
- Johnnatan Messias (MPI-SWS): Fairness in Token Allocation: Mitigating Voting Power Concentration in Decentralized Autonomous Organizations
- Fabian Stiehle (TUM): Talk about intersection of Business processes and blockchain
- Felix Hoops (TUM): CRSet: Private Non-Interactive Verifiable Credential Revocation
Wrap-up of the Blockchain&Cybersecurity Salon
Poster Sessions
The Blockchain&Cybersecurity Salon will be accompanied by a poster session of TUM students, research associates, and student clubs presenting ongoing efforts of involved groups.
Speakers overview
 Research Associate Freie Universität Berlin |
 Co-founder/Researcher Common Prefix |
 Professor TUM/Fraunhofer |
 Assistant Professor IMDEA Networks Institute |
 Research Associate TUM |
 Research Associate TUM |
| Lars Hupel Chief Evangelist, CBDC Giesecke+Devrient |
Krzysztof Gogol Researcher University of Zurich |
Christof Ferreira Torres Assistant Professor Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon |
| Johnnatan Messias Researcher MPI for Software Systems |
Filip Rezabek Researcher Associate TUM |
Marti Gorny Founder NP Labs |
| Stefan Genchev Researcher Associate TUM |
 Research Associate TUM |
Burak Öz Researcher Associate/Researcher TUM/Flashbots |
 Research Associate ETH Zurich |
 Post-Doc Researcher University of Cambridge |
 Research Engineer Movement Labs |
 Co-Founder/Researcher Zircuit |
 Research Associate Ruhr University Bochum |
 Senior Engineer Flashbots |
 Researcher/Co-founder TACEO |
 Research Engineer Chainlink Labs |
 Product Lead Maven 11 |
 Researcher Zircuit |
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 Head of Research&Operations Encode Club |
Researcher Zircuit |
Christof Ferreira Torres Assistant Professor Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon |
| Burak Öz Researcher Associate/Researcher TUM/Flashbots |
Research Engineer Chainlink Labs |
Product Lead Maven 11 |
| Co-founder/Researcher TACEO |
Co-Founder/Researcher Zircuit |
Co-founder/Researcher Common Prefix |
Organizing committee
 Professor of NET TUM |
Research Associate TUM |
 Research Associate TUM |
 Research Associate TUM |
Registration
- Of note, the number of spots for on-site participations are limited.
- Registration form for audience: Google form
- Speakers use seperate form provided by the organizational team.
Venue - Institute of Advanced Studies, Garching Campus of TUM
Address: Lichtenbergstraße 2 a, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany
- 27&28 May - Faculty club, fourth floor
Transport
- Subway U6 - Garching Forschungszentrum
- Possible to arrive with a car - free parking on
- For other inqueries contact the Organizing committee chairs
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