Biography

Reserach Scientist at IOTA Foundation (since Dec 2022).
PhD in Law, Science and Technology (MSCA Grant) (Apr 2023).
MSc in Information Science for Management, University of Bologna (2019).
BSc in Computer Science, Università degli Studi di Palermo (2017).
Born in Palermo, Sicily (1995).

I am currently involved in the research and development of Layer 1 Smart Contract solutions. I am PhD in Law, Science, and Technology Joint Doctorate - MSCA grant for the project Rights of Internet of Everything. My PhD thesis title is: '’Decentralized Systems for the Protection and Portability of Personal Data.’‘


Current Affiliation

Past Affiliations


Posts

- A DecentDIS? Find out more about Decentralized Data Intermediation Services in my blog → post


Selected Publications

[PhD] Zichichi Mirko, Rodríguez-Doncel Victor, Ferretti Stefano,
Decentralized Systems for the Protection and Portability of Personal Data, University of Madrid - University of Bologna. April 2023, Madrid, Spain.
[J3] Zichichi Mirko, Ferretti Stefano, D'Angelo Gabriele, Rodríguez-Doncel Victor
Data governance through a multi-DLT architecture in view of the GDPR, Cluster Computing, Springer. July 2022.
[J8] Zichichi Mirko, Rodríguez-Doncel Victor
Encoding of Media Value Chain Processes Through Blockchains and MPEG-21 Smart Contracts for Media, IEEE MultiMedia, IEEE. August 2023.
[C24] Casale-Brunet Simone, Zichichi Mirko, Hutchinson Lee, Mattavelli Marco, Ferretti Stefano,
The impact of NFT profile pictures within social network communities, in Proc. of the ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT 2022). 7-9 September 2022, Limassol, Cyprus (pp. 1-11).

Contacts

IOTA Foundation
Pappelallee 78/79
10437 Berlin, Germany

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