Blockchain is now one of essential business platform. From the conventional applications, such as finance or logistics, the applicability of blockchain is expanded to various application fields. The usability of blockchain can be extremely enhanced by the convergence with other technological advances. IoT is a promising technology that makes a great synergy effect with blockchain networks. A blockchain combining from the tiny end devices to central cloud systems guarantees the holistic end-to-end data reliability. In this presentation, we address the current technical advances of IoT blockchain networks and their applicability to practical fields, such as agriculture, manufacturing and other data-centric application fields.

He received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Management Science from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in 1996, 1998, 2002. His interests include IoT networks, blockchain platforms ubiquitous networks. He has developed various network operation frameworks and simulation test-beds. Also, he has experience on the mobile service design and strategy. He served as a system architect of wireless systems in SAMSUNG Electronics and a system engineer in SK Telecom, Korea. Currently, he is now a faculty member of Industrial & Information Systems Engineering in Ajou University, Korea. He is a member of the IEEE Communications Society and the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society.