The 3rd International Conference on Blockchain Technology and Emerging Applications

EAI BlockTEA 2023


Computer Networks & Wireless Communication Computer Security & Cryptography Software Systems



Call for Papers - EAI BlockTEA 2023



The 3rd International Conference on Blockchain Technology and Emerging Applications



https://blocktea.eai-conferences.org/2023/



2-3, December 2023, Wuhan, China



Submission Deadline: 15 July 2023 (AoE)



- Scope - 



Motivated by the success of cryptocurrency, blockchain technology has been emerging as a potential technology to be applied in various domains, including finance, computer science, electronic engineering, agriculture, healthcare and more. The blockchain-based emerging applications are able to aid the current systems and networks by leveraging the benefits provided by blockchain technology, such as a decentralized, immutable, and cryptographically secured ledger. The aim of BlockTEA is to bring together researchers and practitioners from different disciplines and discuss the recent advancement in blockchain and its emerging applications. BlockTEA is sponsored by EAI and selected papers based on the peer review outcomes will be invited to submit an extended version to a special issue. 



- Topics -



We welcome contributions from the following fields:




  • Theories of blockchain and distributed ledger technology

  • Distributed consensus and fault tolerance mechanisms

  • Security, privacy and trust of blockchain and distributed ledger technology

  • Blockchain data management and provenance

  • Blockchain Performance analysis and optimization

  • Simulation and performance evaluation techniques

  • Smart contract and chain code

  • Applications and services based on blockchain

  • Protocols and algorithms based on blockchain

  • Blockchain in the Internet of things (IoT) and cyber physical systems

  • Blockchain and information retrieval

  • Blockchain and data mining

  • Blockchain and artificial intelligence

  • Blockchain in connected and autonomous vehicles

  • Cross-blockchain algorithms

  • Blockchain storage management

  • Blockchain benchmark

  • Blockchain consensus mechanisms

  • Blockchain and Cryptocurrency



- Publication -



All registered papers will be submitted for publishing by Springer and made available through SpringerLink Digital Library.



Proceedings will be submitted for inclusion in leading indexing services, such as Web of Science, Compendex, Scopus, DBLP, EU Digital Library, Google Scholar, IO-Port, MathSciNet, Inspec, and Zentralblatt MATH.



All accepted authors are eligible to submit an extended version in a fast track of:




  • EAI Endorsed Transactions on Scalable Information Systems (Open Access) – indexed in ESCI & Ei Compendex & Scopus

  • EAI Endorsed Transactions on Security and Safety (Open Access)



Additional publication opportunities:




  • EAI/Springer Innovations in Communications and Computing Book Series (titles in this series are indexed in Ei Compendex, Web of Science & Scopus)



- Paper Submission -



Papers should be submitted through EAI 'Confy+' system and have to comply with the Springer format (see Author’s kit section).

 




  • Regular papers should be up to 12-15+ pages in length.

  • Short papers should be 6-11 pages in length.



Please note that regular papers should be 10-20 pages in length. This conference uses single-blind review model. Reviewers are anonymous to authors, names and affiliations of authors are shown to the Program Committee.



All conference papers undergo a thorough peer review process prior to the final decision and publication. This process is facilitated by experts in the Technical Program Committee during a dedicated conference period. Standard peer review is enhanced by EAI Community Review which allows EAI members to bid to review specific papers. All review assignments are ultimately decided by the responsible Technical Program Committee Members while the Technical Program Committee Chair is responsible for the final acceptance selection. You can learn more about Community Review here.



- Important Dates -



Full Paper Submission deadline

15 July 2023

Notification deadline

30 August 2023

Camera-ready deadline

25 October 2023

Start of Conference

2 December 2023

End of Conference

3 December 2023



- Organisation -



General Chairs



- Weizhi Meng, Technical University of Denmark, DK

- Mingwu Zhang, Hubei University of Technology, CN



Technical Program Committee Chairs



- Jiageng Chen, Central China Normal University, CN

- Zhe Xia, Wuhan University of Technology, CN



Technical Program Committee

https://blocktea.eai-conferences.org/2023/technical-program-committee/