{"id":212,"date":"2019-12-16T13:47:02","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T18:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ise.ncsu.edu\/blockchain-simulation\/?page_id=212"},"modified":"2025-03-12T15:28:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T19:28:58","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ise.ncsu.edu\/blockchain-simulation\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research | Blockchain | NC State ISE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-default has-wolfpack-red-color has-text-color\">Research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:49%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blockchain Simulation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Our research is to apply simulation methodologies in the analysis of  blockchain with a focus on vulnerability and risk assessment including: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Conducting a thorough literature review of the simulation modeling and statistical analysis of blockchain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Building a series of simulation models (discrete-event and agent-based). We plan to apply the agent-based simulation modeling of  the blockchain to conduct sensitivity analysis and risk assessment  including:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Identifying metrics to measure the performance of blockchain. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Introducing systematic stochastic components to test the vulnerability and volatility of the system. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using the simulation model to benchmark the performance of emerging blockchain-based system performance and build a standard similar to  S&amp;P. There will be a huge impact on this work, which requires that the simulation models be updated in real-time. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:2%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:49%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blockchain for IoT \/ Supply Chain <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Internet of Things (IoT) is a fast-growing industry destined to transform homes, cities, farms, factories, and practically everything else by making them smart and more efficient. It will be challenging for the current infrastructure and architecture underlying the Internet and online services to support the huge IoT ecosystems of the future.  Blockchain technology, on the other hand, will enable the creation of secure mesh networks where IoT devices will interconnect in a reliable way while avoiding threats such as device spoofing and impersonation.  Our research plan on this topic includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Conducting a thorough literature review of IoT and blockchain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Studying the impact of block technology on IoT and Supply Chain  Management as blockchain settles security, privacy, and reliability concerns in these areas. Specifically, we plan to study blockchain technology under different market structures and game structures to test how and when blockchain technology can be useful. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blockchain for Big Data and AI <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blockchain technology, in essence, is a database. It has the potential to change the way the world approaches big data with enhanced security and data quality are just two of the benefits afforded to businesses.  Our research will focus on the following tracks: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-caps-small\">Edge Computing  <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decentralized nature of blockchain calls for new AI protocols as traditional AI methods focus on model training in a centralized manner. Edge computing, on the other hand, utilizes the nodes distributed over the blockchain to compute and train the AI model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-caps-small\">Real-Time Analytics <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Banking institutions have always relied on using technologies to identify fraudulent transactions after the fact so real-time fraud detection has only been a pipe dream. Since the blockchain has a  database record for every single transaction it provides a way for institutions to mine for patterns in real-time if need be.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/ise.ncsu.edu\/blockchain-simulation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/industrial-engineering-Blockchain-Lab-2560x1440-03-2025-02-1200x675.webp\" alt=\"Hong Wan with Purdue University Blockchain Lab research team.\" class=\"wp-image-675\" style=\"width:431px;height:230px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ise.ncsu.edu\/blockchain-simulation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/industrial-engineering-Blockchain-Lab-2560x1440-03-2025-02-1200x675.webp 1200w, https:\/\/ise.ncsu.edu\/blockchain-simulation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/industrial-engineering-Blockchain-Lab-2560x1440-03-2025-02-600x338.webp 600w, https:\/\/ise.ncsu.edu\/blockchain-simulation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/industrial-engineering-Blockchain-Lab-2560x1440-03-2025-02-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/ise.ncsu.edu\/blockchain-simulation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/industrial-engineering-Blockchain-Lab-2560x1440-03-2025-02-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/ise.ncsu.edu\/blockchain-simulation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/industrial-engineering-Blockchain-Lab-2560x1440-03-2025-02-2048x1152.webp 2048w, https:\/\/ise.ncsu.edu\/blockchain-simulation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/industrial-engineering-Blockchain-Lab-2560x1440-03-2025-02-750x422.webp 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hong Wan, left, is the director of the Purdue University Blockchain Lab, where she researches distributed-database technology. 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