Innovation through emerging technologies
Leaders, Partners and Advocates
UB Blockchain ThinkLab is a collaboratory involving faculty, students, staff, entrepreneurs and industry representatives who are passionate about blockchain technology.
An informal group guides the process, helping to create courses, host presentations, develop hackathons and build industry/university relations. While not necessarily listed among the organizing group, several deans and administrative leaders support the initiative and have assisted with the implementation of courses, events and projects.
Bina Ramamurthy
I am a Research Associate Professor at University at Buffalo, Computer Science and Engineering Department. I have been involved in the STEM area research, curriculum development and instruction for the past two decades. My current interest is in blockchain application development.
I also teach courses in data-intensive computing and emerging applications and platforms such as Hadoop, Spark and Tensorflow. I am the Program Director of the SUNY approved certificate program on Data-intensive Computing at University at Buffalo. I have been the Principal Investigator on four National Science Foundation (NSF) grants and a co-investigator in six Instructional Innovative Instructional Technology grants (SUNY-IITG).
Supporting UB Blockchain ThinkLab
Blockchain ThinkLab excites and attracts technology-minded thinkers from industry, community and the university. These business executives, entrepreneurs, students, faculty and staff support the ThinkLab as it explores the opportunities in blockchain technologies.
Brice Bible
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
CIO Office
Melanie Bunch
Senior Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations
Professor; Dir. of Clinical Legal Education; Dir. of the Advocacy Institute; Vice Dean for Advocacy and Experiential Education
Law School
Phone: (716) 645-8801
Email: cusick@buffalo.edu
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Rehabilitation Sciences
Phone: (716) 645-9161; 829-3141
Email: anirband@buffalo.edu
Professor and Chair, Dept. of Biomedical Informatics; Professor of Internal Medicine; Professor of Surgery; Professor of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
77 Goodell St., Suite 540
Phone: elkinp@buffalo.edu
Sam Guercio
Senior Systems Administrator
Center for Computational Research
Nick Lane
Corporate and Foundation Relations Associate
Office of Development
901 Kimball Tower, Room 916
Phone: (716) 881-8051
Carol O'Connell
Director, Office of Research Advancement
Research and Economic Development
Teaching Associate Professor / Research Associate Professor
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Anne Reed
Director of Micro-Credentials and Digital Badges
Office of the Graduate School
Larry Schnitzer
Associate Director Enterprise Infrastructure
Enterprise Infrastructure Services
Lisa Stephens
Asst. Dean for Digital Education, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Senior Strategist, SUNY Academic Innovation
Phone: (716) 645-6522
Email: stephens@buffalo.edu
Associate Vice President for Sponsored Programs and Commercialization
Research and Economic Development
Sean Sullivan
Vice Provost for Academic Planning and Budget
Office of Academic Planning
Professor, Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Education; Director, CEISARE
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Ramamurthy goes global with Blockchain MOOC
UB's Blockchain Specialization is #3 in the Coursera blog: 10 Courses for Freelancers
Expert Interview ~ Bina
Podcasts
Blockchain Career chats with Latashia Martin.
Candid chat about many open questions on blockchain with Mark Shriner on Secure Talk Podcast