 | Dr Siamak Solat works at the Laboratory of Computer Science of Paris 6 (LIP6) in France. This is a joint research laboratory of Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). He received his Master’s degree in Computer Science and Networking from the Sorbonne University (France) from where he also received his PhD degree in Computer Science and Information Security. His PhD involved the assessment of the security of the blockchain technology and decentralised crypto-currencies. He proposed an innovative timestamp-free algorithm to prevent the Selfish Mining (block-withholding) attack in the Bitcoin network. He also proposed an alternative to the famous consensus mechanism, proof-of-work, to achieve a more democratic, fairer and energy efficient consensus for decentralized crypto-currencies named RDV: Register, Deposit, Vote. His speech will be on Blockchain Technology and Crypto-currencies. |
 | Dr Anand Nayyar hold a Ph.D. in Computer Science in the area of wireless sensor networks and swarm intelligence. He is currently working as Professor of Computer Science at the Graduate School at the Duy Tan University in Da Nang, Vietnam. He has published extensively in various national and international conferences. He has also published several books in different areas of computer science. He is an editorial board member of many journals and has reviewed thousands of papers for conferences and journals. He is regularly invited to deliver keynote speeches by various universities, societies and committees. His current fields of interests include: wireless sensor networks, mobile adhoc networks, swarm intelligence, cloud computing, network security, wireless communications, Internet of Things (IoT), distributed computing and big data analytics. He is also a certified professional in CCNA, MCSE and Oracle certifications, amongst many others. His speech (to be delivered remotely) will be on Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin is Changing Money, Business, and the World. |
