What You Will Learn:
- Fundamental knowledge of computer hardware and operating systems.
- Understand modern operating systems structure.
- Use the principles of computational thinking.
- Gain knowledge of state-of-the-art in network protocols, architectures, and applications.
- Learn the basic of Python programming.
This program introduces learners to the basics of computer programming and computer systems, including hardware, operating systems and computer networking.
No prior knowledge of programming or computer systems is required.
Basics of Computing & Programming outline:
- Positional number systems
- Hello world
- Numerical data types and arithmetic expressions
- Branching statements
- Iterative/Loop statements
- Strings & Functions
- Array-based sequences/Lists
Introduction to Networking outline:
- Computer networking overview
- Computer networking architecture: application, transport, network and link layers
- Network Security overview
Computer Hardware & Operating Systems outline:
- Fundamentals of system hardware
- Introduction to OS concepts
- OS processes and threads
- Thread concurrency and deadlocks
- Memory management
Courses List:
1Computer Hardware and Operating Systems
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This is a self-paced course that provides an Introduction to Computing and Programming.
2Introduction to Networking
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This is a self-paced course that provides an Introduction to Networking.
3Computer Hardware and Operating Systems
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This is a self-paced course that provides an Introduction to Computer Hardware and Operating Systems.
Meet Your Instructors:
Aspen Olmsted
Adjunct Professor at New York University Tandon School of Engineering
Aspen Olmsted is an adjunct faculty member in the New York University Tandon School of Engineering in the Computer Science and Engineering department. Aspen's fulltime job is as an assistant professor and Graduate program director at the College of Charleston. He obtained a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from The University of South Carolina. Before his academic career, he was CEO of Alliance Software Corporation. Alliance Software developed N-Tier enterprise applications for the performing arts and humanities market. Dr Olmsted’s research focus is on the development of algorithms and architectures for distributed enterprise solutions that can guarantee security and correctness while maintaining high-availability. In his Secure Data Engineering Lab, Aspen mentors over a dozen graduate and undergraduate students each year
Itay Tal
Industry Assistant Professor at New York University Tandon School of Engineering
Tel-Aviv University 2005
M.Sc., Computer Science
Tel-Aviv University 1998
B.Sc., Computer Science and Mathematics
Rafail Portnoy
Adjunct Professor at New York University Tandon School of Engineering
Raf Porntoy is currently a Senior Vice President of Technology at Anti-Defamation League, being responsible for Applicaitons, Tech Operations, Marketing technology and IT Secuirty of this premier international civil rights organization. Prior to ADL Raf was a Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Safe Horizon, Inc., largest social services agency in US, focused on issues of domestic violence and child abuse. Prior to Safe Horizon he was a founding CIO at the SUNY Global Center, an international think tank, focused on issues of globalization and commerce. And prior to the SUNY Global Center Raf had a successful technical and managerial career at International Business Machines (IBM), where he built global applications and networks for almost 100 clients. He is a graduate of Brooklyn Polytechnic University and an Executive Mentor @ Columbia University Executive Management of Technology Program. He is happily married with 2 beautiful kids.
Daniel Katz-Braunschweig
Senior Lecturer at New York University Tandon School of Engineering
Iona College
Master of Science
Program overview
Blockchain is a powerful distributed-ledger technology that is poised to revolutionize the way entire industries do business from supply chain tracking to real-estate transaction processing and everything in between. With that potential there is a lot of hype to contend with. This program will teach business professionals what blockchain is, possible use cases and applications to help them better understand blockchain landscape and how they might leverage this technology in their own industry.
Skills in blockchain are being reported as the top job-skill in demand. This program would provide a great first step in verifying candidates have fundamental understanding of blockchain technologies.
What you will learn
- Describe Business Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies to audiences with varying experience
- Blockchain impact and potential for change around the world
- Demonstrate some of the immediate blockchain use cases in technology, business, and enterprise products and institutions
- Gain familiarity with current Hyperledger projects and cross-industry use cases
Program Class List
1Blockchain: Understanding Its Uses and Implications
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Many roles in a variety of industries require blockchain technology skills to increase efficiency and solve business problems associated with data privacy, security, information sharing, and inclusion. Enhance your employability or excel in your current role while learning about these game-changing technologies.
2Introduction to Hyperledger Blockchain Technologies
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A primer to blockchain, distributed ledgers and Hyperledger technologies.
Meet Your Instructors
Stephen Curran
Technical Architect and Biz/Tech Line Walker at Cloud Compass Computing, Inc.
Stephen Curran is a veteran in Software Development and DevOps who dove full on into the Hyperledger Indy world in 2017. Working with the British Columbia (BC) Government, Stephen has helped define, build and launch the Verifiable Organizations Network (VON) - a production instance of Hyperledger Indy that makes public information about Organizations (Incorporations, etc.) in BC available in the form of Verifiable Credentials. Stephen is a regular presenter in the Hyperledger Indy community, facilitating discussions and driving interoperability. Stephen has presented on Blockchain and the Hyperledger Indy project at a number of events. Stephen is a member of the Sovrin Foundation Technical Governance Board.
Flavia Cioanca
Instructional Design Manager at The Linux Foundation
Flavia Cioanca is an Instructional Design Manager at The Linux Foundation. In her role, she leads elearning projects on open source technologies advanced by the Foundation and its collaborative projects, designing engaging, hands-on learning experiences that cater to a wide variety of audiences. She has extensive expertise in training, online course development, and learning management systems. She received a Master of Arts in Human Resource Development from Northeastern Illinois University.
Alejandro (Sasha) Vicente Grabovetsky
CTO and Chief Data Scientist at AID:Tech
Sasha is CTO and Chief Data Scientist at AID:Tech. Sasha uses his technical and analytical skills to develop Blockchain solutions that can be easily deployed on the cloud using Kubernetes and Helm. Originally, Sasha used to be a Cognitive Neuroscientist at Cambridge, and has won international awards for science and technology communication.
Nicola Paoli
Lead Blockchain Developer at AID:Tech
Nicola is the Lead Blockchain Developer at AID:Tech. With experience in enterprise software development, education and open-data visualization, he is now focusing on developing business blockchain solutions using Hyperledger. Nicola has submitted multiple improvements to the Hyperledger Composer codebase, notably a feature enabling the use of an API-key to access the REST server.
Elliott Callender
Founder & CEO at Nodeunlock
Elliott founded Nodeunlock after becoming besotted by the potential for blockchain technology to change lives immeasurably. He has spent over a decade in the financial services world, simplifying investing with large financial institutions, consulting for Wealth Management & FinTech firms and running accelerated learning programs. Elliott is now on a mission to make understanding blockchain as simple, hands-on, fun and engaging as possible.
Dylan Davis
Knowledge Sharer at Nodeunlock
Dylan is a man of few words, but many questions… He works within the space of innovation and strategy for large financial institutions, with the goal of making them a little faster/interesting. Over time, Dylan has embedded himself into the blockchain community as a thought leader, speaker, facilitator, moderator, and all around entertainer.
Ernesto Lee
CTO at Blockchain Training Alliance
Ernesto is CTO of Blockchain Training Alliance. He has extensive knowledge in developing content and providing training in Blockchain. His skills include building Hyperledger Chaincode for developer courses and building Solidity-based Smart Contracts for Ethereum networks. Ernesto also has 20 years of extensive experience with various aspects of computer programming, analysis, development, implementation, testing, maintenance, and support. Extensive experience with client/server architectures, data communication, GUI applications design and development in Java on WebLogic Server, WebCenter Portal, Apache Spark, Apache Hive and Apache HBase.
Kris Bennett
Senior Instructor at Blockchain Training Alliance
Kris is a Senior Instructor at Blockchain Training Alliance. He has delivered Blockchain training worldwide, bringing this emerging technology to different markets. Kris has developed high quality course content ensuring the instructional material is comprehensive and relatable to real-world solutions. His skills include developing an Architecture training course and contributing his expertise to a certification exam. Kris also has a 20-year background in custom software design, delivery, and consulting.
Rosa Santos
Director of Education at Blockchain Training Alliance
Rosa is the Director of Education at Blockchain Training Alliance. She serves as a primary resource on all Blockchain training and education for the company. Rosa manages and integrates the educational team’s efforts to provide high quality education standards. This is essentially done by implementing, developing and maintaining the full cycle of all training and education materials and learning platforms. Rosa also has a 10-year background in Journalism.
Alexandra Groetsema
Developer & Project Manager at DLT.Education at DLT.Education
Alexandra is a developer and project manager at DLT.Education, as well as a lead developer and co-founder at RiskBazaar. As a developer with a background in biology, she has worked at various tech companies in the Bay area. Additionally, she attended Blockchain University as a Women in Tech Diversity scholar. She received her B.A. in Molecular and Cell Biology from UC Berkeley in 2014.
Navroop Sahdev
FinTech and Blockchain Entrepreneur
Economist by training, Navroop is currently building a FinTech company that seeks to leverage blockchain technology. She is a Research Associate at the Centre for Blockchain Technologies at University College London and the Centre d'économie de l'Université Paris Nord (CEPN); she is also a United Nations Youth Delegate for 2017. Previously, she has worked at Harvard University, UN Environment Programme and University of the Fraser Valley. Navroop holds three masters in IP Management, Economics of Innovation, and Applied Economics. Her research interests are focused on Distributed Ledger Technologies, Game Theory, Networks Theory and Complex Systems Science.
Nathalie Salami
Blockchain Attorney - Fintech Portfolio
Nathalie is a licensed California attorney working with blockchain regulatory and compliance issues. Nathalie is dedicated to the advancement of the blockchain industry. She received her B.A. from UC Berkeley in 2004 and J.D. from UCLA in 2009. Currently, Nathalie works as an attorney at Fintech Portfolio.
Robert Schwentker
President of DLT.Education
Robert is President of DLT.Education and Founding President of Blockchain University. He specializes in high tech education focused on Blockchain & Distributed Ledger Technologies. With over 25 years in Fintech education and innovation, he has delivered courses, lectures, hackathons and projects throughout the US, Canada, Brazil, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, India, Singapore and Japan. Previously, he led developer and startup programs at PayPal and American Express. Robert holds 30+ IBM Certifications as Developer, Administrator & Instructor.
Arianna Groetsema
Developer at DLT.Education at DLT.Education
Arianna has a background in web and mobile development and is currently transitioning into the crypto space. Arianna was one of the winners in Blockchain University's 2015 Hackathon. She is a Women in Tech Diversity scholar and collaborator with Blockchain University. Arianna is currently pursuing a Bachelors of Science in Computational Mathematics at UCLA.
Program overview
Gain the essential knowledge and expertise in network security and forensics needed for cybersecurity in enterprise environments.
In this Cybersecurity MicroMasters® program, you will learn:
- Fundamentals of networks;
- Systems administration;
- How to protect computer networks and other systems by mitigating vulnerabilities and monitoring intrusions;
- How to perform digital forensic analysis of cybercrime by gathering information on the nature and extent of the attack for presentation in a court of law, as well as assessing the extent of the damage to an organization;
- Techniques of risk analysis;
- Risk assessment and vulnerability assessment.
The MicroMasters® program capstone experience for verified learners entails practical demonstration of these skills.
What you will learn
- How to setup and secure basic computer systems and networks
- Information security risk management framework and methodologies
- How to implement network security solutions and detect intrusions
- How to conduct a digital forensics investigation admissible to a court
- To practice cybersecurity skills in real world scenarios
Program Class List
1Cybersecurity Fundamentals
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Learn cybersecurity fundamentals, including how to detect threats, protect systems and networks, and anticipate potential cyber attacks.
2Computer Forensics
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Learn the process, techniques and tools for performing a digital forensics investigation to obtain data related to computer crimes.
3Cybersecurity Risk Management
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Learn key principles of risk analysis, risk assessment and risk mitigation for information security using both qualitative and quantitative methodologies.
4Network Security
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Learn the process of network security, including intrusion detection, evidence collection, network auditing, and contingency planning against attacks.
5Cybersecurity Capstone
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Demonstrate the knowledge and skills acquired in the Cybersecurity MicroMasters® Program.
Meet Your Instructors
Bo Yuan
Professor of Computing Security at RIT
Bo Yuan is a professor of computing security at the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences at RIT. He received his PhD in Systems Science from Binghamton University.
Jonathan S. Weissman
Senior Lecturer, Computing Security at Rochester Institute of Technology
Jonathan S. Weissman is a senior lecturer in the Department of Computing Security at Rochester Institute of Technology, where he was awarded the RIT Outstanding Teaching Award in 2014, the RIT GCCIS Outstanding Educator Award in 2018, and the RIT Distinguished Teacher Recognition Program Honors in 2019. He was also awarded the RIT Disability Services Office Kudos in 2014 and the RIT GCCIS Parking Pass for March 2018. In total, he's the recipient of 8 teaching honors and awards.
Tong Sun
Adjunct Professor, Computing Security at RIT
Dr. Tong Sun is an adjunct professor at Department of Computer Science, Rochester Institute of Technology. She is leading data analytics research lab at PARC, Xerox Company. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical & Computer Engineering from University of Rhode Island, MS in Artificial Intelligence from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China.
Yin Pan
Professor, Computing Security at RIT
Yin is a Professor in the Computing Security department. She received her Ph.D. in Systems Science and M.S. degree in Computer Science from Binghamton University in 1997.
