Description du projet
Une formation avancée aux technologies de la chaîne de blocs
L’IdO permet à des milliards d’appareils de se connecter en ligne. Cependant, l’augmentation des menaces numériques montre combien il est important de sécuriser l’IdO. Les technologies de la chaîne de blocs (BCT) constituent une solution prometteuse pour sécuriser l’IdO, ce qui amène les secteurs académique et industriel à concevoir et à développer de nouvelles applications des BCT. Cependant, il existe peu d’experts en matière de BCT. Le projet BAnDIT (Advanced Blockchain Attacks and Defence Techniques), financé par l’UE, propose un réseau innovant de formation à la recherche alimenté par l’université Pompeu Fabra (Barcelone, Espagne) dans le secteur universitaire, et Nokia Bell Labs dans le secteur privé. BAnDIT proposera des formations transversales et donnera accès aux écosystèmes existants de chaînes de blocs aux chercheurs en début de carrière.
Objectif
As we move to the Internet-of-Things, the number of devices which will be connecting to the Internet – many of them without any direct human control - is estimated in billions in the immediate future. In October 2016, the Mirai Botnet performed the largest Denial-of-Service attack in history using infected consumer devices, showing how pressing is the need to properly secure the IoT. In parallel, a new technology has emerged which will be key in any future development in this sense: the blockchain. Initially designed as the backbone of Bitcoin a decade ago, Blockchain Technologies (BCT) are seen now as powerful digital abstraction of trust and stand out as a promising alternative to deal with it in the online world. Several initiatives are moving towards using BCT for securing the IoT, and the academic and industrial sector are participating in a race to envision and design new applications of BCT. However, there are few experts with a solid scientific background in IT Technologies who also have first-hand knowledge of the needs of the industry and who understand the financial and regulatory challenges of BCT. These professionals can be key to articulate converge of the BCT and the IoT technologies, to envision and create new business opportunities for the European economy.
BAnDiT or Advanced Blockchain Attacks and Defense Techniques is an innovative research training network with two beneficiary organizations, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) in the academic sector and Nokia Bell Labs in the private sector, which aims at bridging this gap.
UPF will contribute through the network her knowledge and research experience in the departments of Information and Communication Technologies, Economics and Law and Nokia its hands-on experience in BCT. Partner organisations will contribute with transversal training events and providing access to existing blockchain ecosystems to test the results of the research conducted by the ESRs.
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MSCA-ITN - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN)Coordinateur
08002 Barcelona
Espagne