Prof. William J. Knottenbelt

Professor William J. Knottenbelt is a director of Industrial Liaison, Director of the Imperial College Centre for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering and Director of Computer Science for the Brevan Howard Centre for Financial Analysis. His broad area of research interest is the application of mathematical modelling techniques to real life systems. As Director of the Imperial College Centre for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering, his research interests also encompass all aspects of cryptocurrencies, blockchains, distributed ledgers and smart contracts. Knottenbelt's current research grants include the Digital Asset Research Lab (£400K, Blockchain (GB) Ltd, Principal Investigator with Cathy Mulligan), the Outlier Ventures Blockchain Programme (£500K, Outlier Ventures, Principal Investigator with Cathy Mulligan), Digital Asset Indices Research Programme (£600K, CoinShares, Principal Investigator), Gateway for funding and Impact Validation using Ethereum (GIVE) (£75K, Innovate UK, Principal Investigator with Cathy Mulligan), Film Acceleration via Innovative Revenue sharing (FAIR) (£75K, Innovate UK, Principal Investigator) and Smart Contract & Productivity Platform for Livestock (BREEDR) (£130K, Innovate UK, Principal Investigator).