Crypto.com, University of Penn Ink a Deal to Support Crypto Research

Crypto.com, University of Penn Ink a Deal to Support Crypto Research

  • Crypto.com commits to a two-year support to the University of Penn.
  • The goal is to boost crypto research on cryptography and coding.
  • Crypto.com has backed up various academic initiatives in the past.

Crypto.com, the world’s leading cryptocurrency platform, pledged a two-year gift to back up the University of Pennsylvania’s (Penn) new Crypto Research Laboratory Fund and finance research on cryptography and coding.

In detail, the two-year research donation will be used to put up a new lab within Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science under the tutelage of Professor Brett Hemenway Falk. Moreover, the research will mainly be focusing on two key points: security and privacy in digital environments, and fostering trust and transparency.

Prof. Falk, Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science, is a familiar name when it comes to external partnerships that aim to identify societal problems and solutions powered by Computer Science.

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