Blockchain in Telecommunications (Use Cases in the Cable Industry)
Dr. Jason Rupe will outline several use cases and mention some work in the cable industry relating to distributed ledger technology (DLT), with a focus on blockchain. He will also discuss the various activities under way in the IEEE Blockchain Initiative (BCI), which you can participate in, and which brings opportunities for research and development in DLT. The talk will be part of the CU-Boulder Technology, Cybersecurity and Policy (TCP) Program seminar series. A COMSOC chapter meet and greet pizza dinner will follow this talk.
Blockchain is a decentralized, transparent and trusted database, defined as part of the Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) framework, and considered as an enabling technology of new IT enterprise systems and applications. Blockchain in Telecommunications is a new powerful concept that can tremendously improve telecom networking operations and customer-facing processes experience, adding a new layer of authentication, validation and security for all telecom assets and transactions.
Blockchain Use Cases in the Cable Industry (Dr. Jason Rupe)
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- Date: 30 Oct 2019
- Time: 04:00 PM to 06:00 PM
- All times are (UTC-06:00) Mountain Time (US & Canada)
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- CU-Boulder Engineering Center
- 2055 Regent Dr, Boulder
- Boulder, Colorado
- United States 80305
- Building: Engineering Center Classrooms
- Room Number: CU-Boulder ECCR 150
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- Starts 15 October 2019 12:00 PM
- Ends 27 October 2019 03:53 PM
- All times are (UTC-06:00) Mountain Time (US & Canada)
- No Admission Charge
Speakers
IEEE Denver Section, Cable Labs, IEEE Blockchain Initiative
Blockchain in Telecommunications - Seminar for the CU-Boulder Telecommunications Program
Dr. Jason Rupe is a Senior Member of IEEE and of IIE. He is currently on the AdCom of the IEEE Reliability Society, serving as their TC chair for SDN and NFV; and is a chair for the IEEE Blockchain Initiative announced in 2018. Jason is the Chair of the IEEE Denver Section.
Biography:
Jason has worked at USWEST Advanced Technologies, and has held various titles at Qwest Communications Intl., Inc., most recently as Director of the Technology Modeling Team, Qwest’s Network Modeling, Federated Network Data, and Operations Research group for the CTO while also serving as the reliability expert, and helping to build some pretty big-deal networks. He spent some time teaching as an Adjunct Professor at Metro State College of Denver as well. Jason worked for over seven years as the Director of Operational Modeling at Polar Star Consulting where he helped government and private industry to plan and build highly performing and reliable networks and services. Currently, he is the Principal Architect for Proactive Network Maintenance at CableLabs. He holds two patents, and is working on a bunch more.
Agenda
- TCP class seminar to CU-Boulder undergrad/graduate students (4-5pm)
- IEEE Initiatives for Communications Engineering (Blockchain Initiative, funding programs, multi-university)
- Blockchain reference models.
- COMSOC membership outreach and pizza social. (5-6pm) - ECCR 200
- IEEE COMSOC opportunities to students/members/faculty
- Kick starting IEEE student program at CU-Boulder
Following the seminar, COMSOC members, faculty and students are invited to ECCR 200 for pizza and discussion.