Secure, Privacy-Preserving, and Resource-Aware Blockchain for Interdependent Smart City
Project Summary
The research project focuses on developing a secure, privacy-preserving, and resource-aware blockchain framework for interdependent smart cities. In smart city environments, various interconnected systems rely on data sharing and collaboration, making security and privacy crucial concerns. The proposed blockchain solution aims to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of data while optimizing resource utilization. By leveraging advanced cryptographic techniques and distributed consensus mechanisms, the framework will provide a trustworthy platform for secure transactions and data exchange. Additionally, resource-awareness will enable efficient utilization of computing resources, addressing the scalability challenges associated with blockchain technology. The research project aims to contribute to the development of sustainable and resilient smart city infrastructures by enabling secure and privacy-preserving interconnectivity between diverse systems.
Participants
Principle Investigator (PI)
Dr. Abdur Rahman Bin Shahid, Assistant Professor
Collaborators
Dr. Niki Pissinou, Professor, Florida International University
Dr. Laurent Njilla, Air Force Research Laboratory
Dr. Kia Makki, Professor (Ret.)
Dr. Shahriar Badha, Sr. Security Engineer, Bosch USA
Dr. A.S.M. Kayes, Associate Professor, La Trobe University
Dr. Tauhidul Alam, Assistant Professor, Luisiana State University
Dr. Ahmed Imteaj, Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Dr. Sajedul Talukder, Assistant Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dr. Shamik Sengupta, Professor, University of Nevada Reno
Dr. Hanif Livani, Assistant Professor, University of Nevada Reno
Dr. Hussein Zangoti, Florida International University
Sheila Alemany, Ph.D. Candidate, Florida International University
Saika Zaman, Graduate Student, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Arpan Bhattacharjee, Graduate Student, University of Nevada Reno
Publications
Ahmed Imteaj, Abdur R. Shahid, and Saika Zaman, "Leveraging Blockchain Interoperability for Interdependent Networks", in IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine, doi: 10.1109/MCE.2023.3245283.
Abdur R. Shahid, Niki Pissinou, and Sajedul Talukder. "Protecting Location Privacy in Blockchain-based Mobile Internet of Things". In: Daimi, K., Dionysiou, I., El Madhoun, N. (eds) Principles and Practice of Blockchains. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10507-4_5.
Hussein Zangoti, Alex P. Makki, Niki Pissinou, Abdur R. Shahid, Omar J. Guerra, Joel Rodriguez, "A Multidimensional Blockchain Framework For Mobile Internet of Things". In 2022 International Conferences on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom), IEEE.
T. Alam, J. Taylor, J. Taylor,S. Badsha, A. Shahid, and A. S. M. Kayes, “Leveraging Blockchain for Spoof-Resilient Robot Networks, 13th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications” (ICIRA 2020), LNCS, Springer
Sajedul Talukder and Abdur R. Shahid, "Enhancing Alternative Proof of Work for Cryptocurrencies Using Machine Learning", In Proceedings of the 37th ACM CCSC Eastern Conference (ACM CCSC), October 2021.
Arpan Bhattacharjee, Shahriar Badsha, Abdur R. Shahid, Hanif Livani, and Shamik Sengupta, "Block-Phasor: A Scalable Blockchain Framework to Enhance Security of Synchrophasor and Smart Meter". 2020 IEEE Kansas Power and Energy Conference (KPEC), 2020.
Abdur R. Shahid, Niki Pissinou, Sheila Alemany, Ahmed Imteaj, Kia Makki, and Laurent Njilla. "Quantifying Location Privacy in Permissioned Blockchain-based Internet of Things (IoT)". In 2019 EAI International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services (MobiQuitous), 2019.
Abdur R. Shahid, Niki Pissinou, laurent Njilla, Edwin Aguilar, and Eric Perez. "Demo: Towards the Development of a Differentially Private Lightweight and Scalable Blockchain for IoT." In 16th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS), IEEE.
Abdur R. Shahid, Niki Pissinou, Corey Staier, and Rain Kwan. "Sensor-Chain: A Lightweight Scalable Blockchain Framework for Internet of Things". In 2019 International Conference on Internet of Things (iThings) and IEEE Green Computing and Communications (GreenCom) and IEEE Cyber, Physical and Social Computing (CPSCom) and IEEE Smart Data (SmartData) (pp. 1154-1161). IEEE. (Basis of an Awarded Research Grant from the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). Reach the entire research from here.)