CSE - Decentralized Data Sharing Infrastructure

Nowadays, data centers hold the ownership of consumers' data, and data owners often do not have control over their data once data is released. One of the research areas of ND-DSP is decentralized systems. We study how to enable free yet secure and accountable data sharing while data owners hold the ultimate ownership.

We have sponsored research projects with which we aim to build a decentralized data sharing infrastructure with security and accountability. Our goal is to build a community of users, developers, and researchers who will jointly use, develop, and improve the decentralized infrastructure together. Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), access control, zero-knowledge proof, etc. are studied to achieve this goal. 

 

Name of research group, project, or lab
ND-DSP
Why join this research group or lab?

We are working on a prototype system (Web3DB) that is being developed by us and used by people on the internet.

Logistics Information:
Project categories
Computer Science & Engineering
Student ranks applicable
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Graduate Student
Student qualifications

Students need to have strong programming skills and experience in building networked systems.

Hours per week
2 credits / 6-12 hours
3 credits / 12+ hours
Summer - Full Time
Summer - Part Time
Compensation
Research for Credit
Paid - General
Paid - Work-Study Required
Number of openings
2
Techniques learned

Students will learn the full-stack architecture of a decentralized system from the front end to the back end.

Project start
Spring 2025
Contact Information:
Mentor
tjung@nd.edu
Associate Professor
Name of project director or principal investigator
Taeho Jung
Email address of project director or principal investigator
tjung@nd.edu
2 sp. | 1 appl.
Hours per week
2 credits / 6-12 hours (+3)
2 credits / 6-12 hours3 credits / 12+ hoursSummer - Full TimeSummer - Part Time
Project categories
Computer Science & Engineering