Cryptoeconomics: Economic Mechanisms Behind Blockchains

Dr. Jing Li is a computer scientist and Blockchain Security Engineer at CertiK. She received a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Houston in 2021, and a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China, in 2014 and 2018, respectively. Her research interests include security and incentive in blockchain systems, game theory, and applied cryptography.

Dr. Dusit Niyato is a Professor and IEEE fellow at the School of Computer Science and Engineering at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He received a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Manitoba, Canada, in 2008. His research interests include the Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning, and incentive mechanism design.

Dr. Zhu Han is the John and Rebecca Moores Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Houston. A winner 2021 IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award, he has been an IEEE fellow since 2014 and an AAAS fellow since 2020. Since 2017, his published research ranks among the top 1% most cited in the field, according to Web of Science.