Prof. Aggelos Kiayias

Chief Scientist, IOHK

IOHK research team update with chief scientist Prof. Aggelos Kiayias

28th June, 2021

Research lies at the heart of our mission as a company and is central to delivering our vision for Cardano. In this video, IOHK Marketing & Communications Director Tim Harrison talks to Chief Scientist, Professor Aggelos Kiayias to hear more about the work of his team.

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Explaining Cryptography (00:00:15)

Who were the pioneers of cryptography? ( 00:02:26)

What is cryptography really? (00:04:15 )

Where are we as an industry in crypto? (00:06:37)

What is IOHK’s approach to research? (00:08:38)

What are the benefits of a first principles approach? (00:9:00)

Can you talk about EIP 1559? (00:10:39)

How does Cardano address fees? (00:11:40)

How did IOHK arrive at the methodology that underlies staking? (00:13:00)

Who does IOHK’s research and what is the approach? (00:14:56)

What is the approach to research at IOHK? (00:15:00)

How do the research fellow contribute? (00:16:17)

Find out more about IOHK research here: 00:16:55

https://iohk.io/en/research/library/

What is the most recent research that you are working on? 00:17:15

What distinguishes Hydra from Lightning? 00:19:05

What is the tail protocol all about? 00:19:57

Ouroboros Chronos explained 00:20:45

What is the current focus of the team? 00:23:10

How do we understand babel fees? 00:23:40

What are stable fees and how are they addressed? 00:24:50

Can you discuss resilience as well as pledge and fees? 00:27:45

What do you mean by sub-optimal choice making in selecting a pool? 00:28:52

What is Mithril and why are light clients crucial? 00:31:40

What is Ouroboros Omega all about? 00:31:17

Fast Client Bootstrapping

3rd June 2021

Synchronizing with the blockchain can be a very intensive operation for the client that just joins the network. The reason is that the blockchain is an ever-growing database containing a wealth of transactional data, not all of which is needed for all clients. So how is it possible for a client to extract the information that they want from the blockchain without getting a big penalty in terms of performance?

Babel Fees on Cardano

28th May 2021

Babel Fees on Cardano; Prof. Aggelos Kiayias Whiteboard Presentation