Student associations across various Tilburg University Schools have joined forces to compose a multi-disciplinary team of 5 to 6 students to compete in an amazing Hackathon on April 2-6, 2020. The team will be actively supported and coached by a panel of expert advisors, comprising experienced practitioners and academics, throughout the entire process. No need to feel intimidated if you do not have technical skills — All are welcomed and will be guided through the process!

Key benefits to you:

• Demonstrate innovative problem-solving on your CV
• Be introduced to an incredible international network of game-changers
• Develop experience working in multi-disciplinary teams (non-technical and technical)
• Learn more about key technologies that are shaping the future of business and society
• Be coached by an experienced team of advisors who will actively support you

Key Milestones and Dates:

• Attend SOE (if undecided) session on blockchain on December 2 at 10:45 AM in CZ-007
• Interested students submit applications before Monday, December 9, 2019
• The university committee dedicated to Odyssey Hackathon selects students and composes the team on Friday, December 13, 2019
• The team meets with expert advisors and student association chairs mid-January, 2020
• The team travels to The Hague for intensive mentoring and to choose topic Feb 4-5, 2020*
• The team meets with expert advisors and student association chairs to work on topic mid-March 2020
• The team and advisors travel to Groningen for the Odyssey Hackathon April 2-6, 2020 *
• The team will have a chance to share learnings mid-May, 2020

 *All hotel and travel expenses will be covered by the Sponsoring Committee. 

Are you interested in joining Tilburg University at Odyssey Hackathon ?

Motivated students who love to solve complex, real-world challenges, please apply before Monday, December 9, 2019. The application link:

• https://forms.gle/GjyVSfNwedamuWD9A

For more information on the Odyssey Hackathon please check out these resources:

• Odyssey Hackathon 2020 Trailer:

• Odyssey Hackathon Participant Insights 2019:

Odyssey Hackathon website:

• https://www.odyssey.org/odyssey-hackathon-2020/

A few pictures of the past event:

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Mentor: Bert-Jan Butijn, Second Reader: Francesco Lelli

Blockchain technology (BCT), also referred to as distributed ledger technology, is currently regarded as one of the most important technological developments. The locus of this pervasive technology is the increasing attention towards deploying blockchain technology to carry out transactions during business processes. Transactions that are carried out during a business process can be executed in a more effective and secure fashion, using the beneficial properties of blockchain technology such as the transparency (tamperproof) and immutability of transaction records stored on the blockchain.

Because of these properties, BCT offers a way to execute processes in a trustworthy manner even in a network without any mutual trust between nodes. Furthermore, the parties involved in the transaction can rely on the blockchain technology to guarantee that transactions are carried out and transaction records can be regarded as trustworthy, there is no longer a need for a trusted third party to carry out these transactions.

The absence of a third party in a process reduces the transaction costs between parties because there is no brokerage fee that needs to be paid for handling the transaction. As such, BCT offers the potential of faster business process execution whilst greatly reducing compliance costs. Therefore the adoption of BCT for business processes could accumulate to a significant reduction of costs for firms. Yet, little is known about the full strategic potential of BCT.

For your master thesis we expect you to study this strategic potential. This means that you will be conducting interviews at various firms that are currently using BCT, or are in the phase of exploring its strategic potential. We expect that you have some prior experience with, and skills in conducting interviews. Besides these skills you speak and write fluent English.

This project does not involve an internship. Instead, it will try to have a high academic relevance and theoretical contribution and, based on the quality of your work the candidate may be able to publish the results in the proceedings and scientific journals.

For More information contacts:

Bert-Jan Butijn or Francesco Lelli.

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EY is looking for interns (or recent graduates) with Blockchain skills for the EY Technology Consulting team.

In today’s market, companies are looking for the latest technologies to improve the efficiency of their business processes. Emerging technologies, such as Blockchain, are disrupting our clients markets and require innovative solutions to remain competitive. You will have the opportunity to work with new technologies, solving real problems with your colleagues. As part of the Technology Consulting team you have a unique opportunity to work on your master thesis project and get real experience on the job in delivering projects. We expect you to do your research on a practical Blockchain subject. This could mean exploring and working on use cases, researching various types of Blockchains, etc. or maybe you already have a great idea that we should know about. We expect that you either know how to code smart contracts (e.g. in Solidity) or have the ability and mindset to pick up these skills quickly. Besides coding skills, you are fluent in Dutch and English (speech and writing), you have a hands-on mentality, are willing to travel.

Internship reward: yes

Location: Netherlands (Amsterdam office)

If you are interested in an EY Blockchain internship, do not hesitate to contact us for more information. Contact details: Thomas Rondeel (thomas.rondeel@nl.ey.com) or Francesco Lelli.

Note: Based on performance to be decided if student’s contract is prolonged after the graduation. In other words EY is committed to your success and to your career. If you will do a good job they will be happy to keep you around! 

Note 2: EY support the idea of publishing the outcome of the research conducted in the thesis. This activity can be in the form of a scientific publication and eventually part of the work can be of a patent for proper safeguard of the intellectual property. These opportunities will be reviewed on a case per case basis.

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