Thesis of Rafael Ramos Tubino


Subject:
Machine Learning and Network Analysis for Understanding the Nature of Activities in Cryptocurrencies

Start date: 01/10/2019
End date: 01/10/2022

Advisor: Céline Robardet
Coadvisor: Rémy Cazabet

Summary:

The objectives of the Phd position are as follows:
• Develop efficient methods based on machine learning to identify actors of the system (defined as clusters of
addresses), and the nature of these actors and their transactions (e.g., money transfert between individuals,
purchase, gambling, trading, etc.)
• Develop network analysis tools adapted to the large dynamic network of Bitcoin transactions
• Answer fundamental questions on the nature of crypto-currencies, working in collaboration with socio-economists,
by observing how they are actually used