Irfan Ul Haq is a principal scientist at the Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He received his PhD in cloud computing from the University of Vienna, Austria, and his MSc in physics from Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan. His industrial experience includes the development of industrial automation systems and large-scale distributed systems. His current research interests include big data analytics, cloud computing, IoT, blockchain and smart contracts with applications in transportation, logistics, supply chains and Industry 4.0.