First Name
Pedro
Last Name
WightmanRojas
Affiliation
Universidad del Rosario
Job Title
Principal Professor
Expertise
Location Privacy, Location-Based Services, Extended Realities, Blockchain
Short Bio
Pedro Wightman (pedro.wightman@urosario.edu.co) earned his B.Sc. degree in systems engineering from the Universidad del Norte in 2004 and his doctorate in computer science and engineering from the University of South Florida in 2010. He is a principal professor at the School of Engineering, Science, and Technology of the Universidad del Rosario, Bogota, Colombia. His research interests include location-based services, especially focused on location data privacy, blockchain, medical information systems, communication infrastructure for the IoT, and Industry 4.0. He is the author of three technical books and several publications in indexed journals and international events. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and senior researcher of the Ministry of Science.
