Call for Papers -- Feature Topic, Vol.15, No.12, 2018
Blockchain Technology and Applications
Recently, cryptocurrencies and various Blockchain systems have received significant attention in both academia and industry. Blockchain is a distributed, reliable, secure, and continuously growing distributed ledger, which is the underlying fabric for various cryptocurrencies to record transactions in a verifiable and permanent way across a peer-to-peer network of participants. Blockchain leverages cryptographic protocols and distributed consensus algorithms to provide key characteristics, such as decentralization, anonymity, auditability, data immutability, and non-repudiation.
Both researchers and practitioners have recognized that Blockchain can solve complex technical or socio-economic problems. There is a great interest in applying Blockchain’s approaches to other use cases. For example, Blockchain technologies, as an emerging distributed architecture and computing paradigm, have accelerated the development/application of the Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud/Edge Computing, Social Networking, Finance, Insurance, Healthcare, and Supply Chain Management. The popularity and rapid development of Blockchain bring many technical and regulatory challenges for research communities. There is a pressing need to balance between technical and regulatory requirements.
The feature topic solicits submissions of manuscripts that represent novel research contributions on Blockchain-related technologies, applications, services, architectures, solutions, and standardization activities. Papers describing algorithms, models, prototypes, implementations, tools, and paradigms are welcome. Survey papers or visionary articles indicating future directions from different perspectives are also encouraged.
The goal of this feature topic is to present state-of-the-art original research, and latest advances and innovations in key theories, techniques, schemes, applications, and solutions for Blockchain, as well as to identify emerging research topics and examine the future. Extended versions of papers published in conferences, symposium, or workshop proceedings may also be submitted.
SCHEDULE
Submission Deadline: June 25, 2018
Acceptance Notification (1st round): August 25, 2018
Minor Revision Due: September 15, 2018
Final Decision Due: October 5, 2018
Final Manuscript Due: October 20, 2018
Publication Date: December 15, 2018
Guest editors
Erwu Liu, Tongji University, China
Alex Pentland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
Greg Adamson, University of Melbourne, Australia
Ramesh Ramadoss, IoT Technologies Inc., USA
Wei-Tek Tsai, Beihang University, China
Yunlei Zhao, Fudan University, China
Topics include (but not limited to):
Submission guidelines
This feature topic “Blockchain Technology and Applications” invites submissions of original, previously unpublished technical papers and visionary articles exploring the architecture, techniques, and applications in Blockchain. All submissions will be anonymously peer reviewed and will be evaluated on the basis of their technical content. Potential topics of interest include, but not limited to areas listed above.
Papers should be submitted in two separate .doc files (preferred) or .pdf files: 1) Main Document (including paper title, abstract, key words, and full text); 2) Title page (including paper title, author affiliation, acknowledgement and any other information related with the authors’ identification) through the Manuscript Central.
Please register or login at http://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/chinacomm, then go to the author center and follow the instructions there. Remember to select “Blockchain Technology and Applications, December issue 2018” as your manuscript type when submitting; otherwise, it might be considered as a regular paper.
Each submission must be accompanied by the following information:
Please note that each submission will normally be approximately 4500 words, with no more than 20 mathematical formulas, accomplished by up to 10 figures and/or tables.
Both researchers and practitioners have recognized that Blockchain can solve complex technical or socio-economic problems. There is a great interest in applying Blockchain’s approaches to other use cases. For example, Blockchain technologies, as an emerging distributed architecture and computing paradigm, have accelerated the development/application of the Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud/Edge Computing, Social Networking, Finance, Insurance, Healthcare, and Supply Chain Management. The popularity and rapid development of Blockchain bring many technical and regulatory challenges for research communities. There is a pressing need to balance between technical and regulatory requirements.
The feature topic solicits submissions of manuscripts that represent novel research contributions on Blockchain-related technologies, applications, services, architectures, solutions, and standardization activities. Papers describing algorithms, models, prototypes, implementations, tools, and paradigms are welcome. Survey papers or visionary articles indicating future directions from different perspectives are also encouraged.
The goal of this feature topic is to present state-of-the-art original research, and latest advances and innovations in key theories, techniques, schemes, applications, and solutions for Blockchain, as well as to identify emerging research topics and examine the future. Extended versions of papers published in conferences, symposium, or workshop proceedings may also be submitted.
SCHEDULE
Submission Deadline: June 25, 2018
Acceptance Notification (1st round): August 25, 2018
Minor Revision Due: September 15, 2018
Final Decision Due: October 5, 2018
Final Manuscript Due: October 20, 2018
Publication Date: December 15, 2018
Guest editors
Erwu Liu, Tongji University, China
Alex Pentland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
Greg Adamson, University of Melbourne, Australia
Ramesh Ramadoss, IoT Technologies Inc., USA
Wei-Tek Tsai, Beihang University, China
Yunlei Zhao, Fudan University, China
Topics include (but not limited to):
- Smart Contracts
- Consensus Algorithm
- Encryption Algorithm
- Security, Privacy, Identity, Anonymity, and Confidentiality
- Threat Models and Attacks
- Digital Currencies, Distributed Ledger, and Trusted Computing
- Performance Metrics, Efficiency and Scalability
- Blockchain Architecture, Protocol, and Algorithm
- Blockchain Applications (DAPPs), Services, Models, and Platforms
- Interoperability that Enable Connectivity between Different Blockchains
- Blockchain and 5G, Network Softwarization and Virtualization (SDN/NFV)
- Blockchain and the Internet, Social Networks, and Complex Networks
- Blockchain and Edge/Fog/Cloud Computing
- Blockchain and the Internet of Things (IoT)
- Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning
- Blockchain and Big Data (i.e., Data Acquisition, Storage, Management, Cleaning, Analysis, and Sharing)
- Blockchain and Fintech
- Blockchain Sandbox and Regulations
- Blockchain Governance
- Blockchain-related Standards and Interfaces
- Legal, Ethical, Economical and Societal Aspects
Submission guidelines
This feature topic “Blockchain Technology and Applications” invites submissions of original, previously unpublished technical papers and visionary articles exploring the architecture, techniques, and applications in Blockchain. All submissions will be anonymously peer reviewed and will be evaluated on the basis of their technical content. Potential topics of interest include, but not limited to areas listed above.
Papers should be submitted in two separate .doc files (preferred) or .pdf files: 1) Main Document (including paper title, abstract, key words, and full text); 2) Title page (including paper title, author affiliation, acknowledgement and any other information related with the authors’ identification) through the Manuscript Central.
Please register or login at http://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/chinacomm, then go to the author center and follow the instructions there. Remember to select “Blockchain Technology and Applications, December issue 2018” as your manuscript type when submitting; otherwise, it might be considered as a regular paper.
Each submission must be accompanied by the following information:
- an abstract of about 150 words
- 3-8 keywords
- original photographs with high-resolution (300 dpi or greater); eps. ortif. format is preferred; sequentially numbered references.
- sequentially numbered references. The basic reference format is: author name, "article name", issue name (italic), vol., no., page, month, year. for example: Y. M. Huang, "pervateture in wireless heterogeneous…", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas, vol. 27, no. 5, pp 34-50, May, 2009.
- brief biographies of authors (50-75 words)
- contact information, including email and mailing addresses
Please note that each submission will normally be approximately 4500 words, with no more than 20 mathematical formulas, accomplished by up to 10 figures and/or tables.
