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Algorand has several distinctive features that make it different from other mainstream blockchain platforms: for instance, the instant transaction finality, the native custom assets, the atomic groups of transactions, the separation between stateless to stateful smart contracts, the concept of local variables, and the TEAL bytecode language. All these features can be combined to design complex smart contracts, that can be executed on-chain by the Algorand Virtual Machine.

The International School on Algorand Smart Contracts aims at giving a comprehensive understanding on the development of smart contracts for the Algorand blockchain. The school is organized by leading scientists in the area of blockchain technologies, and it is open to international MSc/PhD students, researchers and practitioners from academia and industry.

The school programme combines theoretical lectures with the practical sessions, and includes a 1-week project development work, with awards for the best projects.

Important dates

• Application deadline: August 31, 2022
• Notification: September 10, 2022
• School dates: September 27 - October 18, 2022
   

Participation 

The school will be hosted online. All sessions will be held in English.

The school plans for a maximum of 30 regular attendees; the attendance to the school is free. The participants will be selected by the scientific committee on a CV best-match basis.

Besides regular attendees, we also admit a number of listeners, who can attend the school synchronously or asynchronously. Unlike regular students, listeners will not participate in the development work, and therefore will not receive technical support. Asynchronous attendance will be possible only through resources that speakers will make share in the school website (e.g., slides, recorded lectures, code snippets).

Further information on the school website.