[DBWorld] Special Issue on Blockchain (Springer Distributed and Parallel Databases Journal)

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               Call For Papers: Special Issue on Blockchain
                    
 
               Distributed and Parallel Databases (DAPD)
   An International Journal of Data Science, Engineering, and Management
                                          
         https://www.springer.com/journal/10619/updates/19089506                        
 
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Call for papers:
Blockchain---the unique technology powering Bitcoin---is flourishing into a wide spectrum of academic initiatives, industry innovations, consortium alliances, and a manifold of emerging commercialization opportunities. The multidisciplinary nature of blockchain research spans diverse disciplines ranging from computer science and engineering to political science, law, social sciences, public policy, banking and finance, and journalism, to name a few. Broadly speaking, blockchain platforms rooted in democratization and decentralization are classified into two categories: permissionless and permissioned. While in a permissionless manifestation the network is public, and anyone can participate without a specific identity, the permissioned setting is constrained to a set of known entities that 
 may not fully trust each other. These platforms focus on the unique features of blockchain such as scale, fault tolerance, accountability, integrity, transparency, immutability, and provena!
 nce to su
 pport an ever-increasing range of distributed applications.

This special issue aims to gather state-of-the-art research to advance the research and development frontier in the area of blockchain.

The list of topics includes, but are not, limited to the following:

Distributed consensus and fault-tolerant protocols design and analysis
Security, privacy, confidentiality, and trust in blockchain
Performance and scalability of blockchain systems
Data partitioning and data replication in blockchain
Blockchain-based applications and services
Enhanced smart contract support in blockchain
Data management services using blockchain
Machine learning/artificial intelligence role in blockchain
Blockchain in the edge and cloud computing
Blockchain in the Internet of things (IoT)
Governance and blockchain
Provenance in blockchain
Software engineering practices and life cycle management of blockchain
Game theory and its applications to blockchain
Blockchain social theory and societal impacts
Experienced and industry innovations in blockchain

Important Dates: 

Paper submission: July 31, 2021
 
Author Notification: October 15, 2022
 
Revised Papers Submission: January 15, 2022
 
Final Decision: March 15, 2022


Guest Editors:
Mohammad Sadoghi, University of California, Davis (Lead Editor)
Mohammad Javad Amiri, University of Pennsylvania

Submission Instructions:
The submitted manuscripts must be written in English and describe original research not published nor currently under review by other journals or conferences. Parallel submissions will not be accepted. All submitted papers, if relevant to the theme and objectives of the special issue, will go through a vigorous peer-review process. Submissions should (i) conform strictly to the Instructions for Authors available on the Journal website and (ii) be submitted through the Editorial Management system available at: http://www.editorialmanager.com/DAPD
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