Miguel De Vega, Ph. D. Email & Phone Number

Brussels, Be

Global, Ch

Nillion is a new type of distributed ledger technology based on a technology called Nil Message Compute (NMC). NMC represents a generational leap in Secure Multi-Party Computation (SMPC/MPC) which allows nodes in a decentralized network to work in a permissionless, non-blockchain, non-traditional SMPC, way. Unlike blockchain, network nodes do not run immutable ledgers designed to store transaction data. Unlike SMPC, nodes do not have to communicate with one another. Nillion therefore intends to become the first fully decentralized, trustless, and permissionless Nil Message Compute network for web3. It will act as a public utility providing fast (near client-server speed), secure (post-quantum), private (Information-Theoretic Secure), chain-agnostic (universally available base layer infrastructure), and leaderless (fully decentralized) processing, with the objective of both enhancing existing blockchains and offering native network services with unique properties.

Waterford, Ireland, Ie

Company: Sedicii has received industry recognition as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, along with awards from BT, EY, SwiftScale, PwC and Swift Innotribe. In 2018, Sedicii was declared as the overall winner in the BBVA Open Innovation Fintech for Future Award, the most prestigious Fintech startup competition in the world.Technology: Sedicii has developed advanced cryptographic technology to securely manage personal information. This technology is based on zero-knowledge proofs (ZKP) and secure multi-party computations (SMPC). ZKP allows one party to prove claims based on their data to another party without disclosing the data. SMPC enables two or more parties to collaboratively execute an algorithm that consumes private inputs from each party without any party having to disclose their data to the other parties. Products: (1) Kagii: advanced multi-factor authentication using ZKP so that sensitive information such as passwords never leave the device. (2) KYC Expert: high-assurance identity verification and KYC/AML-compliant customer onboarding flows using AI-powered biometrics and ZKP to compare identity attributes against authoritative sources without disclosing them. For example, Sedicii is collaborating with the UK Government on a pilot to validate UK passport data against HMPO records. (3) Prexa: AML solution, which enables multiple financial institutions collaborate using SMPC in a privacy-preserving manner in the fight against financial crime. (4) Priva: ZKP applied to blockchain technologies, providing transaction anonymity while ensuring trusted identities link to blockchain addresses. The resulting blockchain supports judiciary oversight to trace pseudonymous transactions. As the CTO I work with a small (around 10) team of developers doing research, prototyping and building products based in AI and advanced cryptography in the context of distributed ledger technologies and digital identity management processes.

At Botdreams Inc. we have developed an in-room virtual butler for hotel guests. Our butler can entertain, inform, recommend experiences and reserve hotel services by maintaining a hands-free natural conversation with the hotel guests making use of supporting visuals on the TV.Our virtual butler users natural language processing and machine-learning techniques to maintain engaging and useful conversations with tourists. Our proprietary technology focuses on streamlining the conversational experience with the customer, efficiently managing misunderstandings and the customer frustration they may cause, and optimising predefined conversion objectives, such as entertaining the customer or upselling a product or service. Our virtual butler replaces physical contact with a natural, human-like, scalable and sanitised contactless customer experience. It can also respond to frequently asked questions thus addressing Covid-19 concerns tourists may have, informing them about the precautionary measures taken by the hotel.

Treexor is a software development company that creates internet and mobile products with extensive use of data science methods, like statistical modeling, deep learning, recommender systems and other machine learning algorihtms in order to solve problems such as fraud detection, product optimization and business' performance prediction.As the VP of data science I work with my team of data scientists and data engineers to provide Treexor with actionable insights and data products. These help Treexor's different business units both, strategic and operationally, and guide practically every decision-making process in the company.Example: One of our main products is Netlion (http://www.netlion.com), an affiliate platform that connects publishers (e.g., website owners) with advertisers (e.g., a web app). One of the data-science challenges is to discover the optimal media buy strategy for each advertiser product connected to our platform. This requires a deep understanding of each product's business model, including its revenue streams, customer segments, cost structure and value proposition. It is also a big data problem, involving more than 25 million daily events.

Waterford, Ireland, Ie

Helping Sedicii develop its unique patented authentication and authorization technology both technological and algorithmically.

Dialective is a web tool that enables businesses to easily create and launch within minutes professional marketing campaigns.

iFlikeU is the coolest and most secure way connect Facebook friends who are into each other. It lets you make the first move while keeping your identity safe.

Browseye automatically scans the web pages you visit showing where to find the information that matters to you. It saves you time and effort, and it’s free.

Managing development and selling modernization software to financial institutions. Open Canarias is a software development company working in the field of model-driven engineering. Open Canarias is member of the OMG and an IBM partner.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Project: European IST project NOBEL 2 (Next generation Optical network for Broadband in Europe) founded under the Sixth Framework Programme.

Munich, De

Projects:- European IST project NOBEL 2 (Next generation Optical network for Broadband in Europe) founded under the Sixth Framework Programme.- Traffic Engineering in Optical networks project.- European IST project NOBEL (Next generation Optical network for Broadband in Europe) founded under the Sixth Framework Programme.- APSON (Automatic Path Switched Optical Networks).

Munich, De

Worked on the following projects:- APSON (Automatic Path Switched Optical Networks)-project based on a new architecture for optical networks I developed and patented.- Traffic engineering for Optical Burst Switching networks (e.g. GMPLS, new aggregation strategies, new network architectures).- Performance analysis and test-bed implementation of IP routing protocols for WLAN.- End-to-end QoS provisioning for mobile applications over heterogeneous networks (e.g. LAN/WLAN, WAN , GSM/GPRS/UMTS, Ad-Hoc, IP).- Dimensioning, planning and traffic engineering in GPRS / UMTS networks.- Modeling and simulation of access networks.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Telecommunications Engineering

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Master Of Engineering (M.Eng.), Telecommunications Engineer