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There is a lack of courses/tutorials on Blockchain, Cardano and Catalyst in Brazilian Universities leaving our students out of this technology. Besides that, most educational contents are in English.
We will offer a free course on Blockchain and Cardano technologies in Portuguese to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) undergrad and graduate students, and a tutorial on Catalyst
This is the total amount allocated to Cardano for STEM Brazilian Students. 3 out of 3 milestones are completed.
1/3
Course Preparation, Disclosure and Registration
Cost: ₳ 11,844
Delivery: Month 1 - Nov 2023
2/3
Material, Lessons & Challenges
Cost: ₳ 11,844
Delivery: Month 2 - Dec 2023
3/3
Catalyst tutorial, Course Closure and Issue of Certificates
Cost: ₳ 15,792
Delivery: Month 3 - Jan 2024
Mateus Granha @mgranha
Igor Gibernoot @gibernoot
No dependencies.
Project will be fully open source.
Month 1 Milestone: Courses preparations
Months 2 and 3 Milestone: Material, Lessons & Challenges
Learning blockchain technology is fundamental for the next generation of Science, Engineering, Technology, and Mathematics (STEM) professionals once they can apply it to improve fields such as cryptocurrency, supply chain, data management, healthcare, governance, and others. Even so, there is a lack of courses and content in our Brazilian institutions related to this important topic. Most students interested in learning about this technology need to dominate English and attend international online classes about this subject. This proposal aims to provide free lectures given in Portuguese for Engineering and Natural Science students about Blockchain and Cardano from a scientific perspective.
We will offer an introductory course on Blockchain and Cardano at a Brazilian University. The classes will be part in-person at the University of Pernambuco, Brazil, and part on the online platform zoom with a total of 10 hours.
We will also provide tutorials on how to submit proposals for Catalyst funds and how to create startups on Blockchain and Cardano technologies.
The audience will be Brazilian STEM undergraduate and graduate students, and the lecturers will be doctors and graduate students in Physics and Engineering.
Course: Introduction to Blockchain Technology and Cardano
syllabus:
Tutorial:
Introducing the blockchain and Cardano technologies to STEM students will ignite this field of research and its applications in our institutions, companies, startups, and communities. We believe academia is crucial for attracting new high-qualified members to the Cardano ecosystem. Moreover, we expect these students will be multipliers of these tools inside their communities. Providing knowledge about Blockchain and Cardano protocol will revolutionize how STEM students deal with challenging daily problems. This project will also help to disseminate Cardano in Latin America.
Moreover, we will teach the students to submit their proposals in Catalyst and how to create startups supported by Cardano. This will promote new STEM's undergraduate and graduate Brazilian students in the Catalyst ecosystem.
This project is a continuation of a funded project that started in Fund7 (https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/381790) and continued in Fund9 (https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/64463). The project will executed every semester, as we intend to create a Blockchain and Cardano hub in our Brazilian University.
This round, we will focus on students' engagement in creating startups supported by Catalyst. For this purpose, we will give a tutorial on how Catalyst works and how to submit an idea. We will also advise the students during their submission process in Catalyst..
Our capability to deliver what is proposed is high. The three team members are Physicists, two graduate students, and an Associate Physics Professor, all with experience giving classes and seminars at important international scientific meetings and conferences. The course/tutorial content will be available online and with free access. The free course and Catalyst tutorial will be disclosed to Brazilian STEM students in their native Portuguese language.
Besides that, we will provide reports about our work containing the list of the registered students, pictures and videos of our meetings, and an analysis of our results and challenges during the execution of the project.
Project's breaking down along three months:
Month 1 Milestone: Courses preparations
Months 2 and 3 Milestone: Material, Lessons & Challenges
Deliverables for month 1: Courses and tutorial preparations
Deliverables for months 2 and 3 Milestone: Material, Lessons & Challenges
The funds will be used along three months as described below:
Books expenses and Materials preparation (ADA 1,000)
Marketing and Websites (ADA 2,000)
Coffee break for the students (ADA 1,000)
Coordination (ADA 15,000)
Personnel payment (ADA 20,480)
The classes and tutorials will be free for the students.
The fund will cover costs for website maintenance, digital media content creation, preparation of presentations and tutorials in Portuguese, coffee breaks, Lecturers, and coordination. An average salary for a Doctor Lecturer in Brazil is typically 50,000 USD per annum; for a graduate student, it generally is 10,000 USD per annum.
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Gilvania Vilela @gilvania (Leader). Role: Coordination of the project and Lecturer.
The proposer is a doctor in Physics and an associate professor at the Brazilian Polytechnic School of the University of Pernambuco, with experience in condensed matter physics, computing, and data analysis. Gilvania has experience teaching classes for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics courses since 2007. She is a researcher in spintronics and has worked in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, USA, since 2017. Her education in Physics includes completing a B.S. degree With High Honors Award, an MSc. degree with Distinction Award, and a Ph.D. degree from the Federal University of Pernambuco. Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilvaniavilela/
Mateus Granha @mgranha (Graduate Student). Role: Assistant lecturer.
Institution: Polytechnic School of the University of Pernambuco, Email: coordgraduacao@poli.br
He has experience in programming languages and statistical and Computational Physics, focused on Complex Network and Econophysics.
Igor Gibernoot @gibernoot (Graduate Student). Role: Assistant lecturer.
Institution: Polytechnic School of the University of Pernambuco, Email: coordgraduacao@poli.br
He has experience in programming languages and statistical and Computational Physics, focused on Complex Network and Sociophysics.