2nd International Workshop on Blockchain Technologies in conjunction with 27th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications - DASFAA-2022

IWBT 2022


Databases & Information Systems Information Theory



About:
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, standardization and research activities are in its nascent stages and evolving continuously with new tools, technologies, approaches, and application strategies. In this scenario, the proposed workshop aims for:
- 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.
- Serve as a platform for the community to share insights, experiences on Blockchain based databases.
- Help participants in developing familiarity with relevant theoretical concepts, tools, implementation strategies and current practices in the area.
List of Topics:
The workshop invites unpublished original research papers on the topics including but not limited to:
Blockchain Databases
- Blockchain characteristics and databases
- Blockchain-based databases: Consistency, Availability, Partition tolerance theorem to Decentralization, Consistency Scalability theorem
- Distributed databases for Blockchain
- Blockchains vs. databases: replication, concurrency, storage, sharding
- Performance analysis of blockchain-based database systems
Blockchain Technology
- Distributed Ledger Technology
- Mining mechanisms: proof-of-work, proof of stake, proof of burn etc.
- Distributed consensus protocols and peer-to-peer algorithms
- Disaster recovery backup and an auditable transaction log mechanism
- Formal verification of Transactions and Smart Contracts
- Incentives and payments mechanisms
- Building Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO)
- Game theoretic analysis of protocols
- Interoperability of Blockchains
- Token Economy
Distributed Computing
- Schemes for decentralization
- Peer-to- peer communication protocols
- Fault-tolerant Algorithms
- Scalability in Blockchain
- Architecture, Protocols and Algorithms
- Trustless Computing
- Performance optimization
Integration with Emerging Technologies
- Blockchain and Data Analytics
- Blockchain and Big Data
- Blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT)
- Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML)
- Blockchain and Cloud, Edge, Fog Computing
Governance
- Identity Governance
- Data Governance
- Business Process Integration
- Enterprise Integration
- Trust and regulation mechanisms
- Legal, ethical, economical, and social aspects
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
- Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
- 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
Submission Guidelines:
Prospective authors are invited to submit original research papers (not being considered for publication elsewhere) maximum of 16 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 16 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
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines
All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by at least two program committee members. Papers will be evaluated using a double-blind process. For the purpose of evaluating the paper, (1) author's names and affiliations must not appear on the title page or elsewhere in the paper, (2) funding sources must not be acknowledged, (3) and other information that may allow identifying the authors must not be included in the paper.
At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register at the workshop and present the paper.
To submit a paper, please use the EasyChair online submission system:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iwbt2022
Publication
The papers accepted by IWBT2022 will be published in a combined volume with other DASFAA-2022 workshops in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series published by Springer, and indexed by both LNCS and DBLP.
Committees
Workshop Chairs
- Sanjay Chaudhary, ​Dean of Students and Professor, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Ahmedabad University, India
- Krishnasuri Narayanam, Senior Research Engineer, IBM Research India
Program Committee
- Dhiren Patel, Director, V. J. Technological Institute, Mumbai, India
- Devesh Jinwala, Professor and Dean (Research), SVNIT, Surat, India
- Minoru Kuribayashi, Associate Professor, Okayama University, Japan
- Mehul Raval, Professor and Associate Dean (Experiential Learning), Ahmedabad University, India
- Chintan Amrit, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Iyyanki. V. Murali Krishna, Distinguished Fellow, RCI/DRDO, Hyderabad, India
- Ratnik Gandhi, Senior Consultant, NTT Docomo, Vancouver, Canada
- Sriram Birudavolu, CEO NASSCOM/DSCI Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence, India
- Sridhar Vedhanabatla Sr Security Architect, Member, DSCI, India
- Maniklal Das, DA-IICT, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India (To be confirmed)
- Gaurav Somani, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Central University of Rajasthan, India
- Mansukh Savaliya, VGEC, Ahmedabad, India
- Amit Ganatra, CHARUSAT, Changa, Gujarat, India
- Mandar Chaudhary, Applied Researcher, eBay, USA
- Vikas Jaiman, Maastrich University, Netherlands
Important Dates:
Submission deadline: December 31, 2021
Author Notification: January 15, 2022
Author Registration: January 27, 2022
Camera-ready Paper Submission: January 27, 2022
Workshop Date: April 11, 2022
Program
Keynote Talk by Professor C. Pandu Rangan, Sathish Dhawan Chair professor, Computer science and Automation, IISc, Bangalore, India
Invited Talk
- Dr. Nitin Singh, Senior Research Scientist, IBM Research India
- Dr. Sujit Prakash Gujar, Assistant Professor, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India
Venue
The conference DASFAA2022 and co-located workshops will be held in Online Mode
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to sanjay.chaudhary@ahduni.edu.in and knaraya3@in.ibm.com