Blockchain technology for trustworthy doping control data management

Doping is an old issue in elite sports and the success of the World Anti-Doping Program relies on collaborative efforts involving different organisations. These organisations need to produce, store, access and share confidential doping-related data in a trustworthy manner. At an institutional level, participants of the anti-doping ecosystem declare their commitment in supporting doping control initiatives. In practice, however, controversial cases expose those administrative procedures are frequently circumvented or neglected in such a way to affect trust amongst the participants and the whole effectiveness of the program. This project proposes a blockchain architecture for sports anti-doping and demonstrate how the technology can effectively improve administrative, security and privacy aspects in this multi-organisational ecosystem.

The project has been continuing since 2019, and is aligned with the Cyber Security, Trust, Identity and Privacy research theme of the IDT.

The following publication provides further info on this research: F Pinto, Y Rahulamathavan, A Kondoz, J Skinner, “Blockchain Technology for Trustworthy Doping Control Data Management,” ATINER 20th International Conference on Sports, Athens, Greece, May 2020.

For further info, please contact Dr Yogachandran Rahulamathavan.