Jeff Nijsse
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College: School of Science,Engineering & Tech
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Department: School of Science,Engineering & Tech
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Campus: Hanoi Campus Vietnam
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jeff.nijsse@rmit.edu.vn
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ORCID: 0000-0002-4199-7201
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LinkedIn
Open to
- Collaborative projects
- Industry Projects
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Media enquiries
- Membership of an advisory committee
- Join a web conference as a panellist or speaker
About
🤠 Jeff is interested in all things to do with Bitcoin 💎🤘, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain technology. From the base layer protocols of consensus methods to the social applications of money and finance blockchain is a multidisciplinary field that blends mathematics, computer science, economics, and social science into an exciting and ground-breaking new field of study.
Jeff has been teaching physics and engineering mathematics since 2014 when he joined Auckland University of Technology. In 2018 he developed the first blockchain focussed computer science courses in New Zealand: COMP726 for undergraduates and COMP842 for masters students that have been very popular.
In 2018 he won the Vice Chancellor's Award in Teaching Excellence and was nominated for the National Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards in 2019. In 2023 Jeff won Blockchain Educator and Advocate of the year at the Blockchain NZ Awards.
In 2024 Jeff joined RMIT Vietnam in Software Engineering in Hanoi as a Senior Lecturer. Jeff has a PhD in Computer Science from Auckland University of Technology, a Masters Degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Toronto, and a Bachelors Degree in Automotive Engineering from the University of Windsor.
Jeff is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, as well as an IEEE Blockchain Technical Community, and ACM member. Jeff has held previous position as a board member of Blockchain New Zealand, and was co-founder and host of the Blockchain New Zealand Podcast.
🤓 Please get in touch if you're curious about any of the above!
Media
Research fields
- 460401 Cryptography
- 4606 Distributed computing and systems software
- 380106 Experimental economics
- 460407 System and network security
- 4604 Cybersecurity and privacy
- 460402 Data and information privacy
- 480706 Privacy and data rights
UN sustainable development goals
- 4 Quality Education
- 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Academic positions
- Senior Lecturer
- RMIT Vietnam
- Software Engineering
- Hanoi, Vietnam
- 17 Jun 2024 – Present
- Senior Lecturer
- Auckland University of Technology
- Computer Science & Software Engineering
- Auckland, New Zealand
- 1 Oct 2020 – 12 Jul 2024
- Deputy Programme Leader
- Auckland University of Technology
- Auckland, New Zealand
- 1 Jan 2016 – 1 Dec 2018
- Lecturer
- Auckland University of Technology
- Mathematical Sciences
- Auckland, New Zealand
- 1 Jan 2014 – 30 Sep 2020
Non-academic positions
- Executive Council (Board Member)
- Blockchain New Zealand
- , New Zealand
- 1 Sep 2021 – 12 Jul 2024
Teaching interests
☕ Physics
∞ Calculus
∮ Engineering Mathematics
⚿ Cryptography & Network Security
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2024-Semester-2
COSC2721 Advanced Programming Techniques
COSC2725 Computing Theory
COSC2733 Unix Systems Admin
Research interests
⛓ Blockchain & ₿ Cryptocurrencies -- Bitcoin, Ethereum, digital assets, DeFi (decentralised finance), NFTs (non-fungible tokens), CBDCs (central bank digital currencies), tokenomics, and economics
💻 Computer Science -- distributed systems; consensus; blockchain technology
🔒 Privacy -- privacy technology such as ZK (Zero-knowledge) applications
