A symposium that brings together scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, and key stakeholders to discuss the possibilities of blockchain technology in robotics.
Robotic systems are starting to revolutionize many applications, from transportation to health care, assisted by technological advancements, such as cloud computing, novel hardware design, and novel manufacturing techniques.
However, several of the characteristics that make robots ideal for certain future applications such as autonomy, self-learning, knowledge sharing, can also raise concerns in the evolution of the technology from academic institutions to the public sphere. Blockchain, an emerging technology originated in the digital currency field, is starting to show great potential to make robotic operations more secure, autonomous, flexible, and even profitable. Therefore, bridging the gap between purely scientific domains and real-world applications.
This symposium seeks to move beyond the classical view of robotic systems to advance our understanding about the possibilities and limitations of combining state-of-the art robotic systems with blockchain technology.
Below is a list of possible topics that would fit this symposium:
Privacy and security for robotic systems
Autonomous cyber-physical systems
Blockchain for networked systems and IoT
Peer-to-peer and distributed models for robotic systems
Self-regulated robotic systems
Distributed sensing and coordination
Blockchain and mobile systems
Blockchain for multi-agent systems
Citizen science
New decentralized business models
SESSION 1 (9:00 - 12:00)
9:00 - 9:30 - Welcome and introduction (Eduardo Castello)
Keynotes
9:30 - 10:00 - Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland
10:00 - 10:30 - Ognjen Rudovic
10:30 - 11:00 - Thomas Hardjono
11:00 - 11:30 - Stepahine Gil
11:30 - 12:00 - Alexander Kapitonov
LUNCH BREAK (12:00 - 1:00)
SESSION 2 (1:00 - 5:00)
Paper Presentations
1:00 - 1:15 - Sara Falcone
Blockchain-based Protocol for Embedded Systems
1:15 - 1:30 - Renita Murimi
A Blockchain-enhanced framework for social networking sites
1.30 - 1:45 - Aswin Karthik Ramachandran Venkatapathy
Decentralized Context Broker using Byzantine Fault Tolerant Consensus
1:45 - 2:00 - Alex Khawalid
Grex: A decentralized hive mind
2:00 - 2:15 - Coffee Break
2:15 - 2:30 - Vasco Ferrinho Lopes
An Overview of Blockchain Integration with Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
2:30 - 2:45 - Jason A. Tran
SwarmDAG: A Partition Tolerant Distributed Ledger Protocol for Swarm Robotics
2:45 - 3:00 - Aleksandr Kapitonov
Robotic Services for New Paradigm Smart Cities Based on Decentralized Technologies
3:00 - 3:15 - Miguel Fernandes
Robotchain: Using Tezos Technology for Robot Event Management
3:15 - 3:30 - Coffee Break
Panel Discussion
3:30 - 4:00 Alin Dragos
4:00 - 5:00 Neha Narula & Eduardo Castello
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