 | ERCIM-Blockchain 2018: Blockchain Engineering: Challenges and Opportunities for Computer Science Research CWI - Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 8-9, 2018 |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ercimblockchain2018 |
| Submission deadline | March 31, 2018 |
| Notification of acceptance | April 9, 2018 |
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Program
May 8
13:00 - 13:10 Welcome and Introduction
13:10 - 14:40 Session 1 - Research Papers
- TRADE: A Transparent, Decentralized Traceability System for the Supply Chain - Mourad El Maouchi, Oguzhan Ersoy and Zekeriya Erkin; Delft University of Technology
- A Use Case Identification Framework and Use Case Canvas for identifying and exploring relevant Blockchain opportunities - Sandra Andrea Klein, Wolfgang Prinz and Wolfgang Gräther; Fraunhofer FIT, RWTH Aachen
- Privacy by BlockChain Design: A BlockChain-enabled GDPR-compliant Approach for Handling Personal Data - Christian Wirth and Michael Kolain; Freie Universität Berlin, German Institute for Public Administration Speyer
15:00 - 16:00 Session 2 - Research Papers
- On Immutability of Blockchains - Esteban Landerreche and Marc Stevens; CWI Amsterdam
- Engineering sustainable blockchain applications - Thomas Osterland and Thomas Rose; Fraunhofer FIT, RWTH Aachen
16:15 - 18:00 Session 3 - Discussion session on blockchain research topics
- Jaco van de Pol - Research Agenda of the Dutch Committee on Dutch Blockchain Research
- Participants shall briefly present their current blockchain projects and research agenda to initiate a discussion on a blockchain research agenda and to identify the current research landscape.
- Poster: Applications of Blockchain Technology: Institutional Impact and New Business Models - H. Michael Chung, CSLUB
19:30 Joint Dinner with ERCIM spring days)
May 9
9:00- 10:30 Session 4: Research Papers
- Techruption Consortium Blockchain – what it takes to run a blockchain together - Dr. M. Oskar van Deventer, Frank Berkers, Mischa Vos, André Zandee, Tom Vreuls, Laurens van Piggelen, Alexander Blom, Bas Heeringa, Saïd Akdim, Paul van Helvoort, Leon van de Weem and Douwe van de Ruit; TNO, Rabobank, APG, Bloqzone, Brightlands Smart Services Campus, Kamer van Koophandel, CZ, Zuyderland, KPN
- Blockchain for Education: Lifelong Learning Passport - Wolfgang Gräther, Sabine Kolvenbach, Rudolf Ruland, Julian Schütte, Christof Torres and Florian Wendland; Fraunhofer FIT, Fraunhofer AISEC
- DEFenD: A Secure and Privacy-Preserving Decentralized System for Freight Declaration - Daniël Vos, Leon Overweel, Wouter Raateland, Jelle Vos, Matthijs Bijman, Max Pigmans and Zekeriya Erkin; Delft University of Technology
11:00 - 12:00 Session 5: Research Papers
- Privacy-preserving KYC on Ethereum - Alex Biryukov, Dmitry Khovratovich and Sergei Tikhomirov; University of Luxembourg, ABDK Consulting and Evernym Inc.
- An Evaluation Framework for Blockchain in the Public Sector: The Example of the German Asylum Process - Florian Guggenmos, Jannik Lockl and Alexander Rieger; Projektgruppe Wirtschaftsinformatik of Fraunhofer FIT
Workshop Closing
Venue and Accomodation
For information on venue and accomodation, please see details proviced for ERCIM spring days
Overview
With Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology has gained widespread attention by the general public. Major companies like Facebook have announced that they are considering significant projects based on this technology.
The purpose of this workshop is to look at what the general excitement about blockchain technologies means for computer science research and to identify the major research challenges in this area. During 2017, a first ERCIM workshop on Blockchain Technology and a special issue of ERCIM news revealed that blockchain engineering touches upon a wide variety of very diverse areas of computer science research, including
- P2P networks
- Distributed systems (in particular scalability)
- Cryptography (with a focus on crypto-agility)
- Consensus-building and validation
- Software engineering (smart contracts)
- Protocol design
- Process modelling and governance
The ERCIM workshop on Blockchain Technology will further explore the opportunities for computer science research in the area. The aim is to establish Blockchain Engineering as a new field of computer science research. Goals include
- Solidifying and incubating the fledgling community of Blockchain technology research
- Fostering an “interdisciplinary” exchange between researchers specialised in the various CS research fields covered by blockchain technology
- Establishing a roadmap documenting ongoing research and open research questions in the rapidly moving field of blockchain technology
- Developing, analysing and evaluating Blockchain applications, networks and infrastructures
Submission Guidelines
The workshop welcomes submissions of unpublished contributions covering the theoretical and practical aspects of the blockchain technology from academia, government, industry, and contributing individuals. All submissions should be in PDF. Please use the ACM SIGCHI Template for papers and notes to format your paper.
- Full papers should consist of 5-10 Pages
- Posters should consist of a 1-2 page description of the poster or a draft of the poster itself
All submissions will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will receive a DOI and will be published in an open access library. We plan to also publish selected papers in a subsequent journal or book.
List of Topics
Possible topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Architecture
- Scaling issues of blockchains
- Cryptographic algorithms and protocols for blockchains
- Permissioned and permissionless blockchain designs
- Formal specification of Blockchain behavior
- Proof-of-work/ proof-of-stake algorithms
- Distributed consensus algorithms and protocols
- Peer-to- peer communication protocols
- Identity, identification and trust
- Atomic swaps and cross blockchain communication
- Smart contracts
- Smart contract programming languages and VMs
- Workflow automation
- Formal verification of smart contracts
- Smart Contract Testing (SCT)
- Smart Contracts Software engineering
- Privacy and Security
- Privacy and anonymity-enhancing technologies
- Confidentiality
- Security of blockchain protocols
- Attacks on existing blockchain protocols and platforms
- Fraud in cryptocurrencies, contracts and blockchain
- Privacy and anonymity-enhancing technologies
- Blockchain Applications
- Finance
- Internet of Things
- Supply chain management
- Notarization
- E-government
- Energy/Smart Grid
- Copyright management
- Credentials in Education
- …
- Cryptocurrencies
- Economics of cryptocurrencies
- Analytics, prediction of cryptocurrency markets
- Privacy and anonymity
- Fraud detection and financial crime prevention
- Operations
- Forensics and monitoring
- Real-world measurements and metrics
- Test-beds and platforms
- Societal aspects
- Usability and user studies
- Governance
- Regulation
- Legal implications of smart contracts and virtual currencies
- Censorship
- Developing countries and blockchain adoption
- Standardization and Interoperability
- Interplay between Blockchains
- Interoperable Smart Contracts
- Directory of public / private Blockchains
Program Committee
Chairs:
- Wolfgang Prinz, Fraunhofer FIT, RWTH Aachen University
- Philipp Hoschka, ERCIM
Members:
- Elli Androulaki, IBM Research, Zurich
- Colin Boyd, NTNU
- Stefan Dziembowski, University of Warsaw
- Gilbert Fridgen, Fraunhofer FIT / University of Bayreuth
- Georges Gonthier, INRIA
- Matthias Jarke, RWTH Aachen University
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Michael Kaisers, CWI - Evangelos Markatos, ICS/FORTH
- Paolo Mori, CNR
- Thomas Rose, Fraunhofer FIT / RWTH Aachen
- Babak Sadighi, SICS / RISE
- Dimitrios Serpanos, ISI
- Qiang Tang, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
- Edgar Weippl, SBA
The conference will be held at CWI in Amsterdam (Netherlands).
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to the chairs.
About ERCIM
As incubator of scientific communities in computer science and mathematics, ERCIM - the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics - aims to foster collaborative work within the European research community and to increase cooperation with European industry. The ERCIM consortium consists of leading European research institutes in computer science and mathematics. ERCIM is the European Host of the W3C.