CryBlock 2020: 3rd Workshop on Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains for Distributed Systems Imperial College London London, UK, September 25, 2020 |
Conference website | http://www.cryblock.org/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cryblock2020 |
Submission deadline | June 5, 2020 |
The Internet is evolving into a new multi-factor paradigm based around smart systems, Internet of Things, new distributed data structures (e.g. blockchains and distributed ledgers in general) and digital assets (e.g. cryptocurrencies). In the next few years, these technologies will converge and interact, fostering novel services, business models and applications. Indeed, the blockchain, and all the novel Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs), can provide an automated and secure transaction infrastructure for next generation Internet of Things (IoT), mobile and smart systems, while the voluntary user participation to the mining of cryptocurrencies could permit the development of new distributed services (offering an alternative to the advertisement-based revenue system used by most of the “free services” that are currently available).
This workshop aims at gathering together researchers and practitioners, coming from academia and industry, to focus on the new challenges posed by the novel technologies and applications that are based on the blockchains infrastructure. The goal is to promote discussion on theory, progresses, development, deployment and on the practical usage of cryptocurrencies, blockchain and DLT technologies, smart contracts, etc. We are interested both in innovative works in an unexplored and/or emerging topic in the broad area of distributed systems (e.g., mobile systems, devices and applications, vehicular and robotic systems, IoT), and in novel findings and/or new insights that build on existing works. The submission of both “full-fledged” technical papers and “visionary” position papers is strongly encouraged. Demos, tutorial and hands-on on submission are most welcome.
The specific areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
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All kind of blockchain based distributed systems
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Distributed (smart) systems relying on cryptocurrencies and smart contracts
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DLTs and the Internet of Things (IoT)
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Blockchain and mobile systems
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Blockchain and DLT based mobile ad-hoc networks
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Blockchain and DLT based intelligent vehicular coordination
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Vehicular services based on cryptocurrencies and blockchain
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Blockchain solutions for automotive
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Use of blockchain to support mobile smart services and applications
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Blockchain in crowdsourcing and crowdsensing
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Blockchain in 5G
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Blockchain in edge and cloud computing
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Use of blockchain and DLTs in Smart Cities
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Blockchain schemes for decentralization
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Blockchain-inspired or alternative byzantine fault tolerance
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Performance optimization of blockchain and decentralized schemes
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Use of blockchain in healthcare applications
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Blockchains’ energy consumption issues
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Security related issues in cryptocurrencies and blockchain
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Simulation of blockchains
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Use of blockchain in distributed simulation
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Use of cryptocurrencies in public volunteer computing
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Cryptocurrencies and blockchain usage in online gaming architectures and digital virtual environments
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Multi-Agent Systems for modelling the usage of cryptocurrencies
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Decentralized (mobile) processing, computing, and storage infrastructure
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Testing mechanisms to increase interoperability, robustness, stability, and confidence in blockchain (mobile) systems
Submission Guidelines
Papers must be submitted electronically as PDF files, Submitted papers should adhere to the ACM template. The length of the paper must be no more than 6 pages, including references and everything. Papers should neither have been published elsewhere nor being currently under review by another conference or journal. The reviews will be single blind. At least one of the authors of every accepted paper must register and present the paper at the workshop. Accepted papers will be included with the MobiCom proceedings and published in the ACM Digital Library. As in the previous editions, extended versions of workshop selected papers will be considered for possible publication to some international journal (TBA).
Committees
Program Committee
- Tomaso Aste, University College London, United Kingdom
- Marco Baldi, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
- Massimo Bartoletti, University of Cagliari, Italy
- Franco Chiaraluce, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
- Damiano Di Francesco Maesa, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Nicola Dragoni, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
- Carla Fabiana Chiasserini, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
- Angelo Furfaro, University of Calabria, Italy
- Paolo Giaccone, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
- Bhaskar Krishnamachari, University of Southern California, USA
- Abdelkader Lahmadi, Université de Lorraine, France
- Manuel Mazzara, Innopolis University, Russia
- Alberto Montresor, University of Trento, Italy
- Leonardo Mostarda, Camerino University, Italy
- Kirill Nikitin, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
- Giovanni Pau, Sorbonne Université - LIP6, France and University of Bologna, Italy
- Maria Potop-Butucaru, Sorbonne Université - LIP6, France
- Ioannis Psaras, Protocol Labs and UCL, London, United Kingdom
- Laura Ricci, University of Pisa, Italy
- Georgios Samakovitis, University of Greenwich, United Kingdom
- Weidong Shi, University of Houston, USA
- Mohammad Shojafar, 5GIC, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
- Sergei Tikhomirov, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Mirko Zichichi, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
- Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
Organizing committee
- Stefano Ferretti, University of Urbino, Italy
- Gabriele D'Angelo, University of Bologna, Italy
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to Stefano Ferretti and Gabriele D'Angelo