BLEND - BLockchain for aEronautical aND space systems

D 4 January 2022

Introduction

Why does the ISAE-Supaero do research on blockchains?

Blockchain technology includes many scientific topics covered by research departments DCAS and DISC : computer science, IA, cryptography, distributed systems, ...
Blockchains are foreseen to have many aerospace applications : drones, satellites, autonomous/embedded systems, air traffic management, ...
The objective of this activity is to blend several ISAE-Supaero researchers with various skills around blockchain technology and applications.
Thanks to the many topics involved in blockchain systems, it is an excellent domain for teaching through research. A lot of our students are interested by this novel and promising technology.

Research

PhDs

Doriane Pérard (ISAE) - Blockchain and efficient storage (Sept. 2017-Dec. 2020), supervised by J. Lacan
Marina Dehez Clementi (ISAE-ENAC-Macquarie University)) - Blockchain-enabled Trust and Security in Distributed Systems (2018-) - supervised by J. C Deneuville (ENAC), E. Lochin (ENAC) and J. Lacan (ISAE-Supaero) in France and by D. Kaafar and H. Asghar (Australia)
Deborah Conforto Nedelmann, IA for embedded blockchains, (October 2021-), supervized by C. Chanel and J. Lacan
Thomas Lavaur, cryptography for embedded blockchains, (October 2021-), supervized by J. Lacan and C. Chanel

Publications

Perard, D., Lacan, J., Bachy, Y., & Detchart, J. (2018). Erasure code-based low storage blockchain node. Published at Blockchain 2018 (Halifax, Canada), July 2018.
Dehez-Clementi, M. and Larrieu N. and Lochin E. and Kaafar D. and Asghar H.. When air traffic management meets blockchain technology : a blockchain-based concept for securing the sharing of flight data. IEEE/AIAA 38th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), Sept. 2019
Pérard D. , Gicquel L., Lacan J. , "BLOCKHOUSE : Blockchain-based distributed storehouse system", 9th Latin-American Symposium on Dependable Computing (LADC), November 2019
M. G. Santos De Campos, P. E. U. de Souza, C. P. C. Chanel and J. Lacan Blockchain-Based Multi-UAV Surveillance System, Second Symposium on Blockchain for Robotics and AI Systems, Dec. 2019
Dehez-Clementi M., Deneuville J. C., Lacan J., Asghar H. and Kaafar D., Who let the DOGS out: a Group Signature scheme with Distributed Opening for Auditable but Anonymous 4th International Workshop on. Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology - CBT sept. 2020. Abstract video link , Full video link
Perard, D., Goffin, X. and Lacan, J. Using Homomorphic hashes in coded blockchains. (2020) accepted for presentation at : SERIAL ’20 4th Workshop on Scalable and Resilient Infrastructures for Distributed Ledgers, 7 December 2020 - 11 December 2020 (Delft, Netherlands). paper, video link
Sata, B. and Lacan, Jérôme and Ponzoni Carvalho Chanel, C., A GA-guided Trial-based Heuristic Tree Search Approach for Multi-Agent Package Delivery Planning, ICAPS-SPARK 2021 Workshop, Presentation link
Sata B., Berlanga A., Ponzoni Carvalho Chanel C., Lacan J., Connecting AI-based Oracles to Blockchains via an Auditable Auction Protocol, 2021 3rd Conference on Blockchain Research & Applications for Innovative Networks and Services (BRAINS)
Santos de Campos, M. G. and Ponzoni Carvalho Chanel, C. and Chauffaut, C. and Lacan, J..Towards a Blockchain-Based Multi-UAV Surveillance System, (2021) Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 8. ISSN 2296-9144
Dehez-Clementi, Marina and Lacan, Jérôme and Deneuville, Jean-Christophe and Asghar, Hassan and Kaafar, Mohamed Ali A Blockchain-enabled Anonymous-yet-Traceable Distributed Key Generation. In: 2021 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain), 6 December 2021 - 8 December 2021 (Melbourne, Australia).

Past and current students projects

Reverse-engineering the Ethereum Geth client to implement back-end attacks on Blockchain, J. Yates, A. Stum, June 2017
Reliable messaging dapp : email-like system on Ethereum - P. Courgeon, E. Puydebois, C. Gil, september 2017
Ethereum evaluation with Blockbench integration, I. Dahan, June 2018
Transparent call for tender dapp, on Ethereum, P.L. Saint, June 2018
Benchmark Hyperledger Fabric vs Quorum - L. Gicquel, November 2018
Erasure Coding integration in Geth, X. Goffin, June 2019
Comp’Chain : Delivey and certification of skills, based on Quorum, B. Allard, L. Sterlin and V. M. Leguet, collaboration with with Bruno Ilponse and Laurent Dairaine, 2019
Blockchain-Based Multi-UAV Surveillance System, Mario G. Santos de Campos, 2020
Study of the IOTA blockchain and its Fast Probabilistic Consensus algorithm, A. Vandewalle, June 2020
Distributed Ledger for Depreciating Space Tracking Data, C. Dahdah, C. van Leeuwen, Z. Kheil, June 2020
Group signature implementation on Ethereum, M. Delage, 2020.
Distributed deciphering implementation on Ethereum, A. Vandewalle, 2020.
A technical analysis of pairing-based Proof of Retrievability systems, T. Jegou, 2021
A Blockchain-based Multi-entity Fractionated Spacecraft System, M. Alves, Justine Veirier D’Aiguebonne, 2021
Blockchain for Tokenizing Space Assets, A. Merchiche-Abdelmoumene, P. Mignerot, 2021
Multi-client Efficient Proof-of-Retrievability, L. Gicquel, 2021
Secure, Transparent and Reliable Embedded Random Number Generation based on zkSNARK, T. Lavaur, 2021
ZK-proof applications on Ethereum, J. Grimal, 2021.

Platforms

At ISAE-Supaero we benefit of a unique blockchain evaluation platform. We are capable of automatic blockchain deployment on our 30 machine platform. Demonstrated by a double-spend attack.