On July 20, 2025, Engin Zeydan, UNITY-6G coordinator co-organized a tutorial titled “Redefining Telecommunications: Data Engineering and Blockchain for B5G/6G Networks” with Madhusanka Liyanage from the School of Computer Science, University College Dublin, Ireland during the 45th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (IEEE ICDCS 2025) in Glasgow, Scotland.
The aim of the tutorial was to provide a comprehensive and thorough overview of the recent advances in data engineering and blockchain frameworks and link the capabilities of these ecosystems to future telecommunication systems. Some special features of this tutorial were: a clear link between the data engineering (including data connection, data ingestion, data processing & analysis, data storage, data monitoring & visualization and data management & orchestration frameworks) ecosystem with telecommunication networks and role of blockchain for B5G, an overview of applications of DLT/blockchain enabled B5G system and how these can be related to data engineering frameworks, the relationship to data science frameworks, and related data engineering and blockchain use cases for telecommunications networks will be discussed. Two example demonstrations were also demonstrated.
About IEEE ICDCS 2025
The annual IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS) is a premier international forum for researchers, developers, and users to present, discuss, and exchange cutting-edge ideas and the latest findings on topics related to any aspects of Distributed Computing Systems. ICDCS 2025 was held on July 20-23, 2025, in Glasgow, Scotland.
The conference spanned four days, featuring 32 technical sessions and over 100 technical papers presentations. Attendees could also explore more than 40 posters, participate in 11 workshops, and engage with 8 tutorials, including the one co-organized by UNITY-6G. Additionally, the event showcased 6 demonstrations, hosted 3 featured keynotes and 2 industry keynotes, and offered 5 social events for networking and collaboration.
