Blockchain applications for ITS

Abstract

Transportation is experiencing multiple technological disruptions. Nowadays, the mirriads of embedded sensors included in cars are used to produce rich datasets that improve the operation of the vehicle, support tasks for fleet management and improve safety and efficiency. In addition, autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles communicate each to others and to their surrounding infrastructure to coordinate their operation and support new services. In these new scenarios, it is imperative to establish a secured, trusted and decentralized database that support these services. Recently, many researchers and companies have been exploring how Blockchain, a distributed ledger technology (DLT) successfully applied in other industries, can be used to support ITS services. This talk introduces blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies (DLT), presents some projects and initiatives aiming to apply these technologies in the transport industry and discusses which ITS services can be improved by using them. Bio Ferney Maldonado is professor in the Universidad de la Sabana, Colombia. He received his PhD in Technology from the Universidad de Girona, Spain in 2018 and this PhD in Engineering from Universidad de los Andes, Colombia in 2017. He received his Master in Telecommunications Engineering and his B.Sc. in Systems Engineering from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. In addition, he was visiting researcher in the Network Security Lab, in the Universidad de Washington at Seattle.