[DBWorld] CFP: The 2021 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain-2021)

IEEE Blockchain-2021 Call for Papers
The 4th IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain 2021)
December 06 - 08, 2021, Melbourne, Australia
http://nsclab.org/blockchain2021/

The emergence and popularity of blockchain techniques will significantly ch=
ange the way of digital and networking systems=E2=80=99 operation and manag=
ement. In the meantime, the application of blockchain will exhibit a variet=
y of complicated problems and new requirements, which brings more open issu=
es and challenges for research communities. =


IEEE Blockchain-2021 will be held in December 2021, Melbourne, Australia. T=
he goal of this conference is to promote community-wide discussion identify=
ing the advanced applications, technologies and theories for blockchain. We=
 seek submissions of papers that invent novel techniques, investigate new a=
pplications, introduce advanced methodologies, propose promising research d=
irections and discuss approaches for unsolved issues.

* Important Dates
Paper Submission: July 21, 2021, Wednesday
Notification of Acceptance: September 18, 2021, Saturday
Registration and Camera-ready Due: October 06, 2021, Wednesday
Conference Dates: December 06 - 08, 2021, Monday-Wednesday

* Topics
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 Theories of blockchain and distributed ledger technology
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 Distributed consensus and fault tolerance mechanisms
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 Security, privacy and trust of blockchain and distribut=
ed ledger technology
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 Decentralization, scalability, and security tradeoff
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 Performance analysis and optimization
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 Simulation and performance evaluation techniques
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 Smart contract and chain code
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 Applications and services based on blockchain
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 Protocols and algorithms based on blockchain
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 Blockchain in the Internet of things (IoT)
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 Blockchain in cyber physical systems
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 Blockchain in social networking
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 Blockchain in supply chain management
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 Blockchain in agriculture
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 Blockchain in connected and autonomous vehicles
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 Blockchain in crowdsourcing and crowdsensing
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 Blockchain in mobile cellular networks
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 Blockchain in edge and cloud computing
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 Blockchain in next generation communications and networ=
ks
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 Blockchain and Cryptocurrency

* Journal Special Issues
Selected papers presented at the IEEE Cybermatics Congress 2021 will be inv=
ited to consider submission (after significant extension) to the special is=
sue in the following SCI-indexed journals:
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 IEEE Network Magazine
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 IEEE Internet of Things Journal
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 MDPI Electronics
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 MDPI Sensors
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 International Journal of Intelligent Systems
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 Mobile Information Systems

* Author Instructions
All papers need to be submitted electronically through the conference websi=
te with PDF format. Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with pa=
pers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a jou=
rnal or a conference with proceedings. Papers must be clearly presented in =
English, must not exceed 8 pages in IEEE Computer Society proceedings forma=
t (or up to 10 pages with the pages over length charge), including tables, =
figures, references and appendices. Papers will be selected based on their =
originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation assessed =
by at least three reviewers. All submitted papers will be judged through do=
uble-blind reviews, where the identities of the authors are withheld from t=
he reviewers. As an author, you are required to preserve the anonymity of y=
our submission, while at the same time allowing the reader to fully grasp t=
he context of related past work, including your own. Papers that do not con=
form to our do!
 uble-blin
 d submission policies will be rejected without review.

Submission of a paper should be regarded as a commitment that, should the p=
aper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and attend the =
conference to present the work. IEEE Blockchain 2021 reserves the right to =
exclude a paper from distribution after the conference (e.g., removal from =
the digital library and indexing services), if the paper is not presented a=
t the conference. All accepted papers will be published in IEEE CPS proceed=
ings (EI Indexed) and collected by IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Two outstan=
ding papers will be selected to receive the Best Paper Awards. =


* Instruction for Double-blind Submission
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 Remove the names and affiliations of authors from the t=
itle page.
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 Remove acknowledgments.
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 Remove project titles or names that could be used to tr=
ace back to the authors via web search.
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 Carefully name your files to anonymize author informati=
on.
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 Carefully refer to related work, particularly your own.=
 Do not omit references to provide anonymity, as this leaves the reviewer i=
ncapable of grasping the context. Instead, reference your past work in the =
third person, just as you would any other piece of related work by another =
author. For example, instead of "In prior work [1], we presented a scheme t=
hat ...," sentences in the spirit of "In prior work, Clark et al. [1] prese=
nted a scheme that ..." should be used. With this method, the full citation=
 of the referred paper can still be given, such as "[1] A. Clark =E2=80=A6.=
, "Analysis of...", and it is not acceptable to say "[1] Reference deleted =
for double-blind review."
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 The submitted manuscript or its title/abstract should n=
ot be posted on a public website, such as arxiv.org, or transmitted via pub=
lic mailing lists.
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 The submitted manuscript (PDF file) should be text-sear=
chable. Any submission that does not meet this requirement may be returned =
without review.
=E2=80=82 =E2=80=A2 Many of the editing tools automatically add metadata to=
 the generated PDF file containing information that may violate the double =
blind policy. Please remove any possible metadata that can link your manusc=
ript to you. This includes removing names, affiliation, license numbers etc=
. from the Metadata as well as from the paper. Failing to meet this require=
ment may also lead to a rejection without review.

* Organizing Committees
General Co-Chairs
Robert Deng, Singapore Management University, Singapore =

Yong Xiang, Deakin University, Australia =

Salil Kanhere, UNSW, Australia

Program Co-Chairs
Honggang Wang, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA =

Valtteri Niemi, University of Helsinki, Finland =

Yang Xiang, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Program Vice-Chairs
Joseph Liu, Monash University, Australia =

Mariusz Nowostawski, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway =

Ziyuan Wang, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Summit Chair
Jin Li, Guangzhou University, China

Publicity Co-Chairs
Jiangshan Yu, Monash University, Australia =

Qinghua Lu, CSIRO Data61, Australia =

Longxiang Gao, Deakin University, Australia =

Xueqin Liang, Aalto University, Finland

Workshop and Symposia Co-Chairs
Qiang He, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia =

Xiao Chen, Monash University, Australia

Publication Co-Chairs
Xingliang Yuan, Monash University, Australia =

Xiaochun Chen, Middlesex University, UK
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