Dr. Weizhi Meng of IEEE Computer Society

Speaker: Prof. Weizhi Meng, Ph.D.

Abstract: The lack of trusted, secure, ethical-driven personal data platforms and privacy-aware analytics, hinders the growth of the data economy and creates concerns. The talk first aims to introduce DataVaults, a platform to address this kind of concerns that pertain privacy, ethics and intellectual property rights, by allowing individuals to take ownership and control of their data and share them at will, through flexible data sharing and fair compensation schemes with other entities (companies or not). Then this talk aims to introduce an open blockchain platform – DevLeChain, which comes with unified access method, easy-to-understand development workflow, and constant design philosophy. It provides an easy toolset to customize and control the underlying blockchain’s behavior.

Biography:

Weizhi Meng is a Full Professor in the School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University, United Kingdom. He was a recipient of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) Outstanding Paper Award for Young Engineers/Researchers in both 2014 and 2017. He also received the IEEE ComSoc Best Young Researcher Award for Europe, Middle East, & Africa Region (EMEA) in 2020. His primary research interests are blockchain technology, cyber security and artificial intelligence in security including intrusion detection, blockchain applications, smartphone security, biometric authentication, and IoT security. He serves as associate editors / editorial board members for many reputed journals, as well as general chair for various international conferences such as ACM CCS 2023 and ESORICS 2022. He is a senior member of IEEE and an IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Visitor.

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