IWBT18: International Workshop on Blockchain Technologies |
| Website | http://bda2018.nitw.ac.in/bda2018/index.php |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iwbt18 |
| Abstract registration deadline | October 24, 2018 |
| Submission deadline | October 30, 2018 |
| Author Notification | November 30, 2018 |
| Author Registration | December 4, 2018 |
| Camera-ready Paper Submission | December 4, 2018 |
| Workshop Date | December 18, 2018 |
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.
Submission Guidelines
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.
List of 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
Committees
Workshop Chairs
- Vikram Sorathia, Kensemble Tech Labs, India
- Ratnik Gandhi, Ahmedabad University, India
Program Committee
- Devesh C. Jinwala, S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat, India
- Mehul Raval, Ahmedabad University, India
- Sanjay Chaudhary, Ahmedabad University, India
- Iyyanki. V. Murali Krishna Distinguished Fellow, RCI/DRDO, India
Technical Program Committee
- Maniklal Das, DA-IICT, Gandhinagar, India
- Gaurav Somani, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Central University of Rajasthan, India
- Tapan Shah, GE Global Research, Bengaluru, India
- G. R. Gangadharan, NIT, Trichy
- Chintan Amrit, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Gowri Sankar Ramachandran, University of Southern California, USA
Workshop Program
Inaugural Talk
- Title: Blockchain 101 and Applications , Keynote Speaker: Mukesh Mohania, IBM Australia
Panel Discussion
- Panel Topic: Challenges and Opportunities in Blockchain Technologies
- Moderator: Sanjay Chaudhary, Ahmedabad University
- Panelist 1: Sitaram Chamarty, Principal Consultant, TCS
- Panelist 2: Arun Reddy M, CEO, InfoMagnum IT Solutions
Invited Talks
- Invited Talk 1
- Title: IEE Standards Communities - Means to Access and Grow Global Markets; A focus on IEEE Blockchain Standards
- Invited Speaker: Sri Chandrasekaran, Program Manager, IEEE Standards Association
- Invited Talk 2
- Title: Open Innovation, ICT (Information and Communications Technology) and Entrepreneurship.
- Invited Speaker: Sriram Birudavolu, CEO NASSCOM/DSCI Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence
- Invited Talk 3
- Title: Enterprise Blockchains - Challenges in Industry and Opportunities for Innovation
- Invited Speaker: Sridhar Vedhanabatla Sr Security Architect, Member, DSCI
Accepted Papers
- A Comparative Study of Permissioned Blockchain Platforms
- by Ravi Kanth Kotha, Narendra Kumar N and Ramakrishnudu T.
- MMPL(Medicine Multi-Participant Ledger) : A blockchain based Solution to tackle the problem of illegal use and manufacturing of medicine
- by Raj Dhamsaniya, Dipkumar Patel and Harshkumar Patel.
Publication
Discussions are under process with leading international publishers to get the accepted papers in their online digital library.
Venue
The conference will be held in NIT Warangal, India.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to the workshop chairs (vsorathia AT kensemble.com)