Prof. Mahdi H. Miraz is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Information and Communication Technology, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Xiamen University (Malaysia Branch). He is also a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Financial Regulation and Economic Development (CFRED), The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), from where he successfully completed his postdoctoral research in August 2020. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the Applied Research in Computing Laboratories (ARCLab), School of Computing, Faculty of Arts, Science and Technology, Wrexham Glyndwr University, UK. Mahdi obtained his PhD in Computing in 2016, MSc in Computer Networking in 2009 as well as BSc (Hons) in Computer Networks in 2006 - all from Wrexham Glyndwr University, UK.

Mahdi is the 2019 recipient of Owen Glyndwr Award (UK) for the WGU Alumni for promotion of Education and Research at the international level. Mahdi is also a Chartered Engineer (CEng), Engineering Council, UK and a Senior Member of IEEE (SMIEEE). He is also serving as one of the Associate Editors, Annals of Emerging Technologies in Computing (AETiC). He is an EMC² Certified Cloud Infrastructure and Services (CIS) Instructor and Cisco Certified Network Academy Instructor (CCAI). Mahdi is a former GO Wales (A Welsh Assembly Government Placement Scheme) intern, former MSP (Microsoft Student Partner) for Wrexham Glyndwr University and former YPG (Young Professional Group) Representative of the British Computer Society (BCS).

Abstract: This tutorial will use Bitcoin Blockchain as the main focus of the discussion while comparing with other variations of Blockchain technologies as being applied in various domains such as FinTech, RegTech and IoT.