Blockchain Technology and Smart Universities

13 pages•Published: October 25, 2019

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to conduct a conceptual assessment of blockchain technology applications to universities. The paper will first address two related questions namely, the concept of smart university, and the architecture of blockchain technology. This paper contributes towards the topical debate of whether the claimed blockchain technological transformation is a hype, reality, revolution, or just an ordinary computing upgrade. It follows that if blockchain is a significant technological advancement then it can only be ignored at own’s peril. This research should benefit innovation policy decisions in the academia for out-of-the box thinking regarding internal control systems and product offering for smart universities.

Keyphrases: blockchain, business trust, cryptocurrency, industrial revolution, smart universities

In: Kennedy Njenga (editor). Proceedings of 4th International Conference on the Internet, Cyber Security and Information Systems 2019, vol 12, pages 72-84.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/nnGk
	https://doi.org/10.29007/rkv5

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{ICICIS2019:Blockchain_Technology_Smart_Universities,
  author    = {Thabo J. Gopane},
  title     = {Blockchain Technology and Smart Universities},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of 4th  International Conference on the Internet, Cyber Security and Information Systems 2019},
  editor    = {Kennedy Njenga},
  series    = {Kalpa Publications in Computing},
  volume    = {12},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2515-1762},
  url       = {/publications/paper/nnGk},
  doi       = {10.29007/rkv5},
  pages     = {72-84},
  year      = {2019}}

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