IoT Management with Blockchain

Abstract: The Internet of Things (IoT) implements sensing and actuating capabilities to capture data from the environment, offer new forms of communication, and support decision-making. In the IoT ecosystem, data is sensed and streamed to processing services piece by piece. These services can be added, updated, or removed at any time. Consequently, device owners are unaware of which services use their data streams and for what purpose, which makes data management a challenge.

This seminar will present the features and potential of blockchain technology, smart contracts, and data trust to enable decentralized data management in IoT. Furthermore, this seminar will present a decentralized data management system for IoT.

Biography: Mayra Samaniego is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Saskatchewan under the supervision of Dr. Ralph Deters. Her doctoral research has involved developing management systems for IoT using blockchain technology, smart contracts, and data trust. She has explored the potential of IoT, blockchain technology, and smart contracts in different fields such as agriculture, computer-aided diagnosis (CAD), and virtual healthcare. Mayra has collaborated in research projects with Mitacs, the Plant Phenotyping and Imaging Research Centre (P2IRC), the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation, and the Department of Surgery at the University of Saskatchewan.