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Mayra Samaniego

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Mayra Samaniego
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BornChone, Manabí, Ecuador
🎓 Alma mater
💼 Occupation
Known forInternet of Things and Blockchain
🌐 Websitehttps://www.mayrasamaniego.com/

Mayra Samaniego is a Latin-Canadian computer scientist. She is a cybersecurity and blockchain researcher and professor at Saskatchewan Polytechnic in Canada.[1] She is also a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Saskatchewan.[2] Her research focuses on the study of IoT and blockchain technology patterns beyond cryptocurrencies.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Mayra is a Researcher in the Department of Surgery at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada.[11] She works with Dr. Ivar Mendez on how technology can support remote presence healthcare and facilitate the dissemination of medical protocols among health professionals in Saskatchewan, especially in the northern communities. Additionally, her research on technologies to share COVID-19 emergent medical protocols, and support remote medical healthcare is being funded by the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF)[12].

As part of her research, Mayra introduced the concept of Prediction Agriculture (P3A) and leads the research about how blockchain technology can enable sharing agricultural data in Canada.[13][14][15]

Education[edit]

Mayra received her master’s degree in computer science in 2017 from the University of Saskatchewan.[16]

Mayra is currently pursuing her Ph.D. at the University of Saskatchewan.[2]

Awards and Honours[edit]

  • Scholarship Award, Dean’s Scholarship for Doctoral Studies, University of Saskatchewan,2017.[8]
  • Scholarship Award, Master’s Studies, Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan,2015.[citation needed]
  • Scholarship Award, Grad Cohort Women in Computer Science, New Orleans, USA, 2020(Suspended because of COVID-19).[citation needed]
  • Scholarship Award, Grad Cohort Underrepresented Minorities & Persons with Disabilities, Texas, USA, 2020.[citation needed]
  • Scholarship Award, Grad Cohort Underrepresented Minorities & Persons with Disabilities – Hawaii, 2019.[citation needed]
  • Scholarship Award, Grad Cohort Women in Computer Science, Washington, D.C., USA, 2017.[citation needed]

Selected scientific publications[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Saskatchewan Polytechnic Staff Directory". Saskatchewan Polytechnic. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Current Members of the MADMUC Lab at University of Saskatchewan". MADMUC Lab. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  3. "Research Profile of Mayra Samaniego, University of Saskatchewan". University of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  4. "Research Profile of Mayra Samaniego". Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  5. "4th Annual P2IRC Symposium". P2IRC. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  6. "Research Profile of Mayra Samaniego – ACM Digital Library". ACM Digital Library. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  7. "UppstArt - A blockchain-based e-commerce system for the sale of online art". Mitacs. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  8. 8.0 8.1 "Mayra Samaniego – From South America to Saskatoon". University of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  9. "Meet the #Usask PhD student who is working to inspire the next generation of women in computer science". Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  10. "Enhancing digital plant breeding for climate change resiliency". Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS). Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  11. "Remote Presence Robotics – Department of Surgery – University of Saskatchewan". Remote Presence Robotics Program – Department of Surgery – University of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  12. "Funded Projects Report". Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF). Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  13. "Prediction Agriculture". Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  14. "Mayra Samaniego - Harvita discusses the agriculture of the future". Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  15. "Coconut Software Sponsors Women in Data Science Saskatoon". Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  16. "Past Members of the MADMUC Lab at University of Saskatchewan". MADMUC Lab. Retrieved 2020-08-02.

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