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blockchain group@ northwestern

Events

Meetings, workshops, and speakers

The weekly meeting

Weekly during the quarter

Day
Mondays
Time
6 PM
Where
Annenberg Hall, Room G15

Open to every Northwestern student, undergraduate and graduate, with the week's topic posted in the Discord

Get the weekly topicWhat to expect

Recurring formats

  • Weekly meeting

    Weekly

    One protocol, paper, or mechanism worked through together

  • Build sessions

    Every few weeks

    Bring a laptop for Solidity, Rust, testnet deploys, and on-chain SQL

  • Speaker series

    A few per quarter

    Technical talks with a long Q&A, open to the whole university

  • Research reading group

    Biweekly

    One paper per session, undergraduate and graduate students together

  • Hackathons

    Seasonal

    Teams for external hackathons and analytics competitions, with prep sessions

Upcoming

What is on the calendar

Announcements in Discord

The next schedule is being set

Topics and speakers are posted shortly before classes start, and go to the Discord first

Join the Discord

For speakers and sponsors

Technical talks, with a long Q&A

We ask speakers for the technical substance rather than an overview, and we are also interested in project mentorship and hackathon travel support

Get in touch

Get involved

Meetings are open to all students

No application, no dues, and no prior background, with announcements and weekly topics going out in the Discord

Join the DiscordHow to get involved

Questions, speaking, and sponsorship go to blockchaingroup@u.northwestern.edu