IEEE Global Communications Conference
9-13 December 2019 // Waikoloa, HI, USA
Revolutionizing Communications

Program

FRIDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2019 (AFTERNOON) 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Room: Kona 4

SESSION 1: Blockchain and Telecom 
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Session Chair:
Fred Douglis (Perspecta Labs, USA)

  • Blockchain for 5G: Opportunities and Challenges
    Abdulla Chaer (Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates); Khaled Salah (Khalifa University of Science and Technology, United Arab Emirates); Claudio Lima (Blockchain Engineering Council, USA); Partha Pratim Ray (Sikkim University, India); Tarek Rahil Sheltami (KFUPM, Saudi Arabia)
  • A Microservices-based Virtualized Blockchain Framework for Emerging 5G Data Networks
    Dilip Krishnaswamy and Aayush Bhatnagar (Reliance Jio Infocomm, India); Kanchan Chauhan (Reliance Jio Infocom, India); Dipender Bhamrah (Blockchain Solutions & Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd., India); Shobhit Srivastava (Reliance Jio Infocomm, India); Sumit Thakur (Reliance, India); Sandeep Bisht (RJIL, India); Sandeep Narula (Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, India); Kiran Prakash Jangid (JIO, India); Pramod Jundre (Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, India)
  • Improving Telecom Industry Processes Using Ordered Transactions in Hyperledger Fabric
    Christopher Harris (University of Northern Colorado, USA)
  • A Distributed Bilateral Resource Market Mechanism for Future Telecommunications Networks
    Nima Afraz (CONNECT Center, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland); Marco Ruffini (CONNECT, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)

SESSION 2: Authentication & Security 
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Session Chair:
Claudio Lima (Blockchain Engineering Council, USA)

  • Gnomon: Decentralized Identifiers for Securing 5G IoT Device Registration and Software Update
    James Kempf (Equinix, USA); Rafael Ansay (Equinix, Singapore); Oleg Berzin (Equinix, USA); Chen Xi (Equinix, Singapore); Imam Sheikh (Equinix, USA)
  • Towards Blockchain for Decentralized Self-Organizing Wireless Networks
    Steven Platt and Miquel Oliver (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain)
  • Repeat-Authenticate Scheme for Multicasting of Blockchain Information in IoT Systems
    ietro Danzi and Anders E. Kalør (Aalborg University, Denmark); Čedomir Stefanović (Aalborg University & University of Novi Sad, Denmark); Petar Popovski (Aalborg University, Denmark)
  • Energy Efficient Decentralized Authentication in Internet of Underwater Things using Blockchain
    Abbas Yazdinejad (University of Isfahan, Iran); Reza M. Parizi (Kennesaw State University, USA); Gautam Srivastava (Brandon University & China Medical University, Canada); Ali Dehghantanha (University of Guelph, Canada); Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo (University of Texas at San Antonio, USA)
  • Threat Management Dashboard for a Blockchain Collaborative Defense
    Christian Killer and Bruno Rodrigues (University of Zurich, Switzerland); Burkhard Stiller (University of Zürich, Switzerland)

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