Dr. Bina Ramamurthy

Recipient of 2019 SUNY Chancellor’s Excellence in Teaching Award, is a Professor of Teaching in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. She is the creator and instructor of a four-course blockchain specialization on Coursera online platform for a worldwide audience. She has written her own e-book on the technical and business aspects of blockchain, Blockchain in Action.

Dr. Ramamurthy provided detailed information and hands-on experience:

  • Building blocks of a blockchain using a live exploration of Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains.
  • Deploying and interacting with three decentralized applications (Dapps) with audience role-playing as peer participants.
  • Blockchain curriculum development for teaching and undergraduate research.