IBM, NUS to develop fintech module for students

It will focus on blockchain and distributed ledger technologies.

The National University of Singapore (NUS) School of Computing and the IBM Center for Blockchain Innovation (ICBI), a part of IBM Research, formalised the partnership to develop a module on financial technology, to better equip students with essential knowledge and skill sets in this area.

This is part of Singapore government’s strategic goal to become a Smart Financial Centre. The new module on financial technology is expected to be introduced in January 2018, and will focus on blockchain and distributed ledger technologies.

The set of modules seeks to equip students with an understanding of the fundamentals of the technology behind distributed ledgers, and its diverse use cases, from banking to digital currencies to supply chain management.

NUS faculty members will co-develop the curriculum of the new module with IBM researchers at ICBI to enable students to learn about the latest developments in blockchain technology, and encourage them to contribute to developing the technology further.

The module will be co-taught by NUS academic staff and ICBI staff who will use financial technology software such as Hyperledger Fabric, one of the five projects under the Hyperledger umbrella, to deliver the course content. Such software will also be made available to NUS researchers for research purposes.