Introduction
Blockchain is fast emerging as a disruptive technology solution in the areas involving multiple stakeholders, each having complex business processes implemented in unique systems and infrastructure; operating in different administrative, geopolitical boundaries. With cross-organizational workflows and complex compliance requirements, industry sectors like Healthcare, Finance, Manufacturing, International Trade, Insurance, Retail, Supply Chain, Recruitment, Media, Real-estate, and Education etc. can benefit significantly by improved operational efficiency, enhanced security, and transparency offered by blockchain implementation.
Though rapid adaptation, blockchain technology practices, standardizations and research activities are in its nascent stages and evolving continuously with new tools, technologies, approaches and application strategies. In this scenario an aims of the proposed workshop is to:
- Offer a platform for the community to identify, discuss and collaborate on some of the central research and application avenues of the blockchain technology landscape.
- Help participants in developing familiarity with relevant theoretical concepts, tools, implementation strategies and current practices in the area.
Committee
Workshop Chairs
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Vikram Sorathia, Kensemble Tech Labs, India
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Ratnik Gandhi, Ahmedabad University, India
Program Committee
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Devesh C. Jinwala, S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat, India
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Mehul Raval, Ahmedabad University, India
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Sanjay Chaudhary, Ahmedabad University, India
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Iyyanki. V. Murali Krishna Distinguished Fellow, RCI/DRDO, India
Technical Program Committee
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Maniklal Das, DA-IICT, Gandhinagar, India
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Gaurav Somani, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Central University of Rajasthan, India
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Tapan Shah, GE Global Research, Bengaluru, India
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G. R. Gangadharan, NIT, Trichy
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Chintan Amrit, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Gowri Sankar Ramachandran, University of Southern California, USA
Call for paper
Important date
Submission Topics
The workshop invites unpublished original research papers on the topics including but not limited to:
Blockchain Technology
- Evolution of Blockchain Technologies
- Distributed Ledger Technology
- Mining mechanisms: proof-of-work, proof of stake, proof of burn,
- Incentives and payments mechanisms
- Distributed consensus protocols and peer-to-peer algorithms
- Formal verification of Transactions and Smart Contracts
- Building Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO)
- Game theoretic analysis of protocols
Security, Privacy and Confidentiality
- Threat Models & Attacks
- Anonymity and Privacy Issues
- Encryption Algorithms
- Cybersecurity
Distributed Computing
- Schemes for decentralization
- Peer-to- peer communication protocols
- Fault-tolerant Algorithms
- Scalability in Blockchain
- Architecture, Protocols and Algorithms
- Trustless Computing
- Performance optimization
Governance
- Identity Governance
- Data Governance
- Business Process Integration
- Enterprise Integration
- Trust and regulation mechanisms
- Legal, ethical, economical, and social aspects
Integration with Emerging Technologies
- Blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT)
- Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML)
- Blockchain and Cloud, Edge, Fog Computing
- Blockchain and Big Data
- Blockchain and Data Analytics
Blockchain Tools
- Platforms for decentralized consensus
- Virtualization and DevOps
- Tools for Deployment and Monitoring of Components
- Decentralized Applications development tools, IDEs
Blockchain in Industry
- Healthcare and Insurance
- Fintech
- Pharmaceuticals
- Supply chain
- Real Estate
- Precious Stones and Metals
- Entertainment
Blockchain in Government
- Agriculture
- Unique Identity
- Civic Services
- Public Health System
- Land Records
- Regulation and Law Enforcement
- Disaster Response and Relief
- Smart Cities
Guidlines
Prospective authors are invited to submit original research papers (not being considered for publication elsewhere) from 15 to 20 pages in length in the LNCS style. Unformatted papers and papers beyond the page limit will not be reviewed. The submissions will be accepted through EasyChair.
Each paper should contain an abstract of approximately 300 words having a page limit of 20 pages including the title page, references and appendix. For preparing the manuscript, please see instructions for authors by Springer, in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series (LNCS).
LaTeX and Word Templates & Submission Guidelines – Link.
All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by at least three program committee members. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register at the workshop and present the paper. Accepted and presented papers will appear in the online workshop proceedings.
All Comments
Important Date
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Dec 18
2018
Conference Date
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Oct 24 2018
Abstract Submission Deadline
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Oct 30 2018
Draft paper submission deadline
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Dec 18 2018
Registration deadline
Contact Information
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