A list of works produced during my PhD at the University of Sussex.
Thesis
Software
Cryptocurrency Token
| Token | Description | Rinkeby Test Network Address |
|---|---|---|
| Enervator (EOR) | A cryptocurrency that incentivises energy efficiency | 0x5483b2996bba07330e188fe10bb101d4c1ac8530 |
Applications
To load the app’s below, you will need to be running Firefox with the Dat P2P Protocol and MetaMask extensions installed. MetaMask should be pointing at the Rinkeby Test Network, and you will need a few test Ether in your MetaMask wallet - you can get those from the Rinkeby Faucet.
| App’ | Description | URL |
|---|---|---|
| Eneradmin | Manages the supply of EOR and allows the setting and reading of the token’s value parameters | http://bcd1e0c422401c3591fb3a347aaa0d73b7faff797a21b15edabf0ca214157ccb |
| Enerchanger | Simulates depositing cash and buying EOR | http://795f83fa1356cd7d00e5cfe8f1a93f32c55127684c6fc4cb8ff89a32e000016b |
| ReportAid | A blockchain-based distributed application (dApp) for humanitarian aid reporting | http://4b1bdf7b0f6beeadab5dadaf019cddbc94f618792ea30b8a2f5d957267d5bd92/ |
| Provenator | A dApp for proving the origins of captured digital media | http://31ce36ba92b26fa274537c5a63a6b895bdaddb6621a675ec616dbc17c01e5ee9 |
Published Journal Papers
| Title | Date Published | Publisher | Where | DOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fake News - a Technological Approach to Proving Provenance Using Blockchains | December, 2017 | Mary Ann Liebert | Special Issue on Computational Propaganda and Political Big Data, Volume 5, Issue 4, Pages 356-371 | 10.1089/big.2017.0071 |
| Towards a post-cash society: An application to convert fiat money into a cryptocurrency | 6th March, 2017 | First Monday | Volume 22, Number 3, March 6 2017 | 10.5210/fm.v22i3.7410 |
| Socialism and the Blockchain | 18th October, 2016 | MDPI | Future Internet 2016, 8(4), 49 | 10.3390/fi8040049 |
Published Conference Papers
| Title | Date Published | Publisher | Where | DOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet of Things, Blockchain and Shared Economy Applications | 22nd September, 2016 | Elsevier | Procedia Computer Science, Volume 98, 2016, Pages 461–466 | 10.1016/j.procs.2016.09.074 |
Published Independent Media Articles
| Title | Date Published | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin’s high energy consumption is a concern – but it may be a price worth paying | 7th November, 2018 | The Conversation |
Public Speaking
| Title | Info’ | Date | Where | Presentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enervator | A talk introducing Enervator, a cryptocurrency that incentivises energy efficiency | 20th February, 2020 | A talk for Brighton Nerd Nite | Enervator |
| Enervator - Incentivising Energy Efficiency | A talk introducing Enervator, a cryptocurrency that incentivises energy efficiency | 4th October, 2019 | Innovation forum, Energy Services Business Models, held by the UK Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions at The Fusebox, Brighton | Enervator - Incentivising Energy Efficiency |
| Beyond CryptoCurrencies | A talk on three of the applications that formed part of Steven’s PhD (ReportAid, Provenator and MicroMorpher) | 4th June, 2019 | Brighton Blockchain Meetup, at The Walrus | Beyond CryptoCurrencies |
| Fake News - a Technological Approach to Proving Provenance Using Blockchains | A talk on fake news and blockchains, as part of the University of Sussex Library’s Digital Discovery Week | 9th November, 2018 | University of Sussex Library’s Open Space | Digital Discovery Week Presentation |
| Collaborating Through Blockchains | Part of a PhD Symposium at the University of Sussex’s Informatics Department | 3rd July, 2018 | Chichester Lecture Theatre at the University of Sussex | A similar talk to that given at Sussex’s Three Minute Thesis, detailed below. |
| Investigating How Blockchain Technology is a Means by Which Communities Can Collaborate | Here, Steve gave a three-minute laymens overview of his PhD as part of the University of Sussex’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) | 27th June, 2018 | Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts | 3MT Presentation |
| Introduction to Blockchain Application Development | A three-hour overview of the components of blockchain application development | 19th March, 2018 | Wired Sussex at the Digital Catapult, Brighton | Introduction to Blockchain Application Development |
| Internet of Things and Blockchain Technology | A twenty-minute overview of blockchains and the Internet of Things | 22nd September, 2016 | Smart Summit London, Kensington Olympia | Internet of Things and Blockchain Technology |
| Internet of Things, Blockchain and Shared Economy Applications | An overview of some of the concepts introduced in the paper Internet of Things, Blockchain and Shared Economy Applications | 20th September, 2016 | EUSPN 2016, DaMIS Workshop: International Workshop on Data Mining on IoT Systems, University of Surrey | Internet of Things and Blockchain Technology |
| Blockchain Technology | Overview of blockchains, given at the launch of the Creative Technology Group at the University of Sussex | 9th May, 2016 | Launch of the Creative Technology Group at the University of Sussex | Blockchain Technology and the Internet of Things |
| Evaluating Bitcoin as an Open Source Project | A presentation given to the students on the University of Sussex’s Science Policy Research Unit’s MSc Module, ICT Policy and Strategy | 6th May, 2016 | University of Sussex seminar on Information and Communication Technology Policy and Strategy | Evaluating Bitcoin as an Open Source Project |
Enervator - Incentivising Energy Efficiency Innovation forum, Energy Services Business Models, held by the UK Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions at The Fusebox, Brighton
Fake News and Blockchains at the University of Sussex’s Digital Discovery Week
Introduction to Blockchain Application Development at Wired Sussex
Poster Presentations
| Poster | Date | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Are Blockchains the Means By Which We Can Collaborate? | Wednesday 12th July, 2017 | Chichester 1, University of Sussex |
Training
| Title | Date | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Blockchain Development for Shared Economy Applications | 5th December, 2016 | American Express, Burgess Hill |
Lectures
| Title | Date | Where |
|---|---|---|
| An Introduction to GitHub | A one hour lecture to Second Year Computer Science Undergraduates, for a Software Engineering module | University of Sussex |
| Topics in Computer Science (Blockchain Development for Shared Economy Applications) | 4 x 1 hour lectures on 28/11/16, 1/12/16, 5/12/16 and 8/12/16 | University of Sussex |
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