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ECE Seminar Sept 23: Secure Cellular Communication Services Using Blockchain

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Boise State University invites you to attend a free public seminar hosted on Zoom. This week's seminar features Dr. Ben Arazi, Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ben Gurion University.


September 23 @ 10:30 am 
https://boisestate.zoom.us/j/92994002201

ABSTRACT |  Blockchain is the technology behind cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. It has expanded to redefining the meaning of trust, authorization, and other fundamental security issues in open networks. The principle is skipping here the need for trusted third parties. Blockchain is rated as #1 in the LinkedIn list of “skills companies need most in 2020”.


According to Forbes, “Blockchain shows massive potential for the Telecom industry.” Blockchain serves here in subscription identity; settling accounts; roaming management; identity-as-a-service and data management’ and more. This seminar will focus on research activities in these areas.  

SPEAKER BIO |   Ben Arazi is a Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ben Gurion University. During his tenure there, he chaired two departments, founded companies in secure communication, hardware, and software, and earned five American patents on security circuitry, constructing compact security libraries, communication protocols, and computer arithmetic. Arazi is also an author of an MIT Press book on coding theory (translated to Japanese), exposing the algebraic foundations from the hardware perspective.


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