Six university students and graduates have successfully completed a nine-week programming workshop series on Ethereum Blockchain hosted by Polymath, in partnership with The Cave Hill Campus.
Last Friday, successful candidates Antonio Arthur, Haley Springer, Joel Moore, Michael Belle, Shaqueilla Seale and Sanjay Mahabir were presented with their certificates.
Polymath and the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill partnered on this initiative in order to equip university students and graduates with the required skills to become more employable in the rapidly changing Computer Science and Software Engineering industry, explained Shannon Clarke, developer at Polymath.
A blockchain is a continuously growing list of digital records in packages, called blocks, which are linked and secured using cryptography. Each block in the chain contains data, is cryptographically hashed, and time stamped. The blocks of data draw upon the previous block in the chain, ensuring all data in the overall blockchain have not been tampered with and have not been altered.
“Blockchain companies like Polymath are eager to hire local talent with the aptitude to learn new skills and adopt new technologies rapidly. During this workshop series, students were introduced to several tools and technologies, including HTML5, ReactJS, Truffle, NodeJS, Web3JS and Solidity,” Clarke said.
Director of Technology at Polymath, Adam Dossa, was also actively involved in the workshop series.
Polymath focuses on developing a platform for tokenized securities, which enables international companies to raise equity funding by issuing shares on the blockchain instead of the traditional physical or electronic shares.
This tokenized securities platform adheres to existing securities regulations, which vary dependent on geographical jurisdiction.
The workshop was staged with assistance from Cave Hill faculty, Dr Janak Sodha, Head of Department and Senior Lecturer in Physics and Electronics in the Department of Computer Science, Mathematics & Physics in the Faculty of Science and Technology and Dr Jan Remy, Deputy Director of the Shridath Ramphal Centre.
PHOTO: Participants of the seminar with Dr. Janak Sodha (far left) and Shannon Clarke.