Emerging IT Technologies

Autonomous Systems and Blockchains

Stefano Mariani

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Copyright notice

These slides are assembled from a number of disparate sources

• whenever possible to attribute autorship, the original source is cited (linked)
• credits for the material go to the original authors, blame for any mistakes go on myself :)

Part I

• Autonomous systems: an overview
1. On the notion of autonomy
2. Agents
3. Multiagent systems
4. Game theory: individual stance
5. Game theory: collective stance
6. Multiagent interactions
7. Conclusion

Part II

• Blockchain: an overview
1. Why
2. What
3. How
4. Deep dive: Ethereum
5. Deep dive: smart contracts
6. Conclusion