On 24 November, I was invited to deliver a guest lecture to Masters students in Computer Science at Malmö University.  The lecture’s main topic was IoT security and the application of blockchain as a security-enhancing technology.  It was fun doing this 2-hour lecture over Zoom, and especially I was pleased to see some former students attending my lecture.

When introducing blockchain, I focused on a  use-case where this technology is used for securing drone communication. In particular, I referenced the paper titled “Towards data assurance and resilience in IoT using blockchain” which uses some of the properties of blockchain for providing instant and permanent data integrity, trusted accountability, and a resilient backend for drones.  Blockchain has several uses including also in smart homes (e.g., as discussed in the paper titled “Blockchain for IoT Security and Privacy: The Case Study of a Smart Home”) and in many other domains.

Recently, I also co-authored a paper with some of my colleagues where we explored the use of blockchain for countering adversarial attacks in incremental learning.