FOCODILE 2020: 1st International Workshop on Foundations of Consensus and Distributed Ledgers University of Malta (to be held online due to the current COVID-19 developments) June 19, 2020 |
Conference website | https://www.discotec.org/2020/focodile |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=focodile2020 |
Submission deadline | May 24, 2020 |
FOCODILE 2020 is one of the workshops at DisCoTec 2020, the 15th International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques. It is a forum to exchange ideas and recent research findings on theoretical foundations of consensus and blockchain technology.
Submission Guidelines
Submissions must be in English and in the form of an extended abstract of up to 6 pages (+ 2 pages references). All abstracts should be submitted through Easychair using the link provided above.
A submission should contain original, unpublished work, reporting results of new, recent, or ongoing research. We also welcome submissions of abstracts based on work submitted or published elsewhere, provided that all relevant information is disclosed at submission time. Contributions from doctoral students and young researchers are particularly encouraged.
Abstracts may be published on the workshop’s webpage (subject to author’s approval).
List of Topics
- Formal models of distributed consensus
- Blockchain-specific cryptographic primitives and protocols
- Formal verification of blockchain protocols and smart contracts
- Byzantine fault tolerance and consensus
- Design and analysis of distributed ledgers
- Blockchain consensus mechanisms
- Privacy and anonymity in cryptocurrencies
- Game-theoretic approaches to blockchains
- Post-quantum blockchain protocols
- Performance and scalability of blockchain systems
Committees
Program Committee
- Moyad Alloqaily (Carleton University)
- Neville Grech (University of Athens and University of Malta)
- Aggelos Kiayias (University of Edinburgh)
- Nikos Leonardos (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
- Aris Pagourtzis, co-chair (National Technical University of Athens)
- Petros Potikas, co-chair (National Technical University of Athens)
- Dimitris Sakavalas (Boston College)
- Lewis Tseng (Boston College)
Organizing committee
- Aris Pagourtzis (National Technical University of Athens)
- Petros Potikas (National Technical University of Athens)
Invited Speakers
- Vassilis Zikas (University of Edinburgh)
Venue
The workshop will be held completely online.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to pagour@cs.ntua.gr or ppotik@cs.ntua.gr