EPISODE SUMMARY We spoke about his research on IoT identities and open blockchain and challenges that are meant to be sorted out through it. BIO Youakim Badr Dr. Youakim Badr is Associate Professor at Pennsylvania State University. Along the way of his research activities, Dr. Badr has worked extensively in the area of service computing and information security. His research interests lie primarily in the area of designing and deploying “smart” and “secure” connected devices and services for the Internet of Things. In particular, he conducts research activities on the integration of data analytic capabilities at the edge of the Internet of Things (Edge Machine Learning) to make the Internet of Things smarter from the flood of data generated by connected devices. In addition, he focuses on blockchain technologies to build decentralized digital identities and access controls for IoT devices and enabling user-centric security in decentralized domains and dynamic environments. EPISODE LINKS https://youakim.info https://greatvalley.psu.edu/person/youakim-badr FOLLOW Blockchain & Innovation Mentoring Lab: Linkedin - https://buff.ly/2RePMwi Twitter - https://twitter.com/@lallispinaci Medium - https://medium.com/@lauraspinaci Meetup - https://www.meetup.com/es/Hyperledger-Barcelona/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/blockchainmentoring/message