Weekly Research Seminar Series - Blockchain for Businesses: Beyond Bitcoin

We are pleased to invite you to our Weekly Research Seminar Series on Thursday, 25th November at 3pm. In this week seminar, we are delighted to have an external speaker, Dr. Anoop V. S, Senior Scientist & Head (Training & Research) from Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology, India. He will be presenting his research on 'Blockchain for Businesses: Beyond Bitcoin'.

Weekly Research Seminar Series      

We are pleased to invite you to our Weekly Research Seminar. It will be held online on 25th November from 3pm via Microsoft team platform. 
Weekly Research Seminar Series was launched in 2008 and has featured 300 presentations to date. The seminars provide a forum for researchers to share their work. Presenters include faculty from Middlesex University Dubai and other universities in the United Arab Emirates, as well as researchers from other global institutions.               

“Blockchain for Businesses: Beyond Bitcoin"      

Anoop V. S

Abstract          

Blockchain, a distributed ledger management infrastructure where blocks of transactional data are hash chained for immutability to establish trust for enabling the digital currency Bitcoin, has recently emerged as a disruptive technology with many real-world applications demanding trusted data management. Such a blockchain infrastructure on clusters of computers providing decentralized data management is now believed to have the capability to move the notion of trust from trusted institutional mechanisms to mathematically provable technology infrastructure. Since trust in data is the key to the management for establishing relationships between businesses, government, and people, Blockchain can disrupt a vast array of domains and sectors. Formalizing and establishing data credibility in a multi-party collaborated environment is a highly relevant arena in any geography, and this is an area where Blockchain can disrupt businesses. Due to this disruptive nature, Blockchain technology is getting a lot of attention from industries and enterprises vying to incorporate this immutable, shared, and tamper-proof ledger mechanism into their business models. Widespread opinions claim Blockchain as hype, but we have recently witnessed the business adoption graphs going high. Some of the Industry and business giants have already implemented this distributed ledger technology in their mainstream business modules to ensure the credibility of transactions for their stakeholders. This shows the potential of the widespread adoption of this disruptive technology in businesses. The enterprises which implement Blockchain in their mainstream business process will reap many benefits than those that rely on traditional centralized databases. On analyzing the level of disruption caused by this mathematically verifiable technology infrastructure, we may be astounded to see that it has been implemented or showing high potential in areas such as Finance, Healthcare, Supply Chain Management, Identity Management, Banking, Governance, Education, Agriculture to name a few. This talk focuses on Blockchain basics and discusses how this disruptive technology is revolutionising various business sectors across the globe. 

Presenter Bio    

Anoop has completed his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) from the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management - Kerala (IIITM-K) under Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT). He is currently working as a Senior Scientist & Head (Training & Research) with Kerala Blockchain Academy under Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. In his previous role, he worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), Kochi, India. He has also worked as a Senior Data Scientist at Dubai Future Accelerator for implementing Artificial Intelligence solutions for Etisalat Digital and Etihad Airways. Anoop is an experienced Software Engineer with more than five years of experience working with US-based MNCs in Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram. He has completed many industry internships on Artificial Intelligence and implemented algorithms to solve complex business problems. Anoop's research interests are primarily in Text Mining, Natural Language Processing, and Blockchain. He has several publications in his credit, including edited books, book chapters, articles in international journals, and conference proceedings.