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The 2nd International Workshop on Blockchain and its Applications (Blockchain 2019)
November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China
http://www.isci-conf.org/Blockchain2019/

In Conjunction with

================================== iSCI 2019 ====================================

The 7th International Conference on Smart City and Informatization (iSCI 2019)
November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China
http://isci-conf.org/iSCI2019/

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Blockchain and its Applications

The 2nd International Workshop on Blockchain and its Applications (Blockchain 2019) aims to solicit high-quality contributions on all aspects of Blockchain and its applications to promote frontier research outcomes and accelerate the adoption of this technology in more real-world scenarios.

Blockchain 2019 topics include, but are not limited to the following:

Digital currencies and Payment System Side Chains and Channels

Secure Smart Contracts Legal and Regulatory issues

Smart Contract languages & Oracles Decentralized Autonomous Organization

Self-Aware Contracts Consortium Blockchains

Trusted Execution of Smart Contracts Simulation and Performance Evaluation

AI and Smart Contracts Benchmarking Strategies

Interoperability & Standardization Game Theory and Blockchain

Security, Privacy and Trust Management M2M Communications

Blockchain Security & Attack Surface Big Data Analytics

Identity Management & Assent Tracking Fault Tolerance Mechanism

Distributed Consensus Protocols Scalability & Optimization

Zero Knowledge Proofs Blockchain & IoT

Blockchain & Smart Home/City Blockchain & Energy Systems

Blockchain & Healthcare Blockchain & Industry 4.0

Blockchain & Supply Chain Management Blockchain & Crowdsourcing

Blockchain & Mobile Systems Blockchain & Social Networking


IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submission Deadline: June 15, 2019
Author Notification: August 15, 2019
Camera-Ready Paper Due: September 15, 2019
Conference Dates: November 12-15, 2019

PAPER SUBMISSION
All papers need to be submitted electronically through the conference website (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=blockchain20190) with PDF format. Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Papers must be clearly presented in English, must not exceed 12 pages in Springer LNCS format (or up to 16 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. Submission of a paper should be regarded as a commitment that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and attend the conference to present the work. Blockchain 2019 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 at the conference. All accepted papers will be published by Springer LNCS (EI Indexed). One outstanding paper will be selected to receive the Best Paper Award.

PAPER PUBLICATION
All accepted papers will be published by Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (indexed by EI Compendex). Blockchain 2019 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 at the conference. All accepted papers will be published by Springer LNCS (EI Indexed). Two outstanding papers will be selected to receive the Best Paper Awards.


General Chairs
Bebo White, SLAC Stanford University, USA
Chung-Huang Yang, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan
Constantinos Kolias, University of Idaho, USA

Program Chairs
Kouichi Sakurai, Kyushu University, Japan
Yannan Li, University of Wollongong, Australia
Yong Yu, Shaanxi Normal University, China

Local Organizing Committee Chair
Guojun Wang, Guangzhou University, China

Publicity Chairs
Yizhi Ren, Hangzhou Dianzi University, China
Chunhua Su, The University of Aizu, Japan
Mir Sajjad Hussain Talpur, Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam, Pakistan
Saqib Ali, Guangzhou University, China

Publication Chairs
Tao Peng, Guangzhou University, China
Fang Qi, Central South University, China

Registration Chairs
Xiaofei Xing, Guangzhou University, China
Pin Liu, Central South University, China

Conference Secretariat
Wenyin Yang, Foshan University, China

Webmasters
Tongshuai Cui, Central South University, China
Jichun Wei, Guangzhou University, China

Steering Committee
Kouichi Sakurai, Kyushu University, Japan (Chair)
Guojun Wang, Guangzhou University, China (Chair)
Saqib Ali, Guangzhou University, China
Constantinos Kolias, University of Idaho, USA
Yannan Li, University of Wollongong, Australia
Yizhi Ren, Hangzhou Dianzi University, China
Chunhua Su, The University of Aizu, Japan
Bebo White, SLAC Stanford University, USA
Chung-Huang Yang, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan
Yong Yu, Shaanxi Normal University, China

SPECIAL ISSUES
Distinguished papers, after further revisions, will be published in 12+ SCI & ESCI & EI indexed special issues*. Special issues will be shared by co-located conferences (iSCI 2019 and DependSys 2019) and associated symposiums, workshops and special sessions (AEIT, IWCSS, Blockchain, INSERT-IoT, BDSC-IoT, FogCom, etc):

(1) IEEE Internet of Things Journal (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 5.863)
http://ieee-iotj.org/

(2) IEEE Access (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 3.557)
http://ieeeaccess.ieee.org/

(3) ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM) (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.019)
https://tomm.acm.org/

(4) Future Generation Computer Systems - Elsevier (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 4.639)
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/future-generation-computer-systems/

(5) Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, IOS Press (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 1.114)
http://www.cc-pe.net/journalinfo/

(6) Journal of Systems Architecture - Elsevier (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 0.913)
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-systems-architecture/

(7) MDPI Sensors (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.475)
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors

(8) MDPI Electronics (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.110)
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electronics

(9) MDPI Symmetry (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 1.256)
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/symmetry/

(10) MDPI Information (ESCI & EI Indexed)
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/information

(11) International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering (IJCSE) - INDERSCIENCE (ESCI & EI Indexed)
http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=IJCSE

(12) Journal of High Speed Networks (JHSN), IOS Press (ESCI & EI Indexed)
https://www.iospress.nl/journal/journal-of-high-speed-networks/

* More special issues will be added later.

Contact

Please email inquiries concerning Blockchain 2019 to Conference Organizers: Blockchain2019@googlegroups.com

Prof. Guojun Wang, Local Organizing Committee Chair of Blockchain 2019
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Dr. Guojun Wang, Pearl River Scholarship Distinguished Professor
Director of Institute of Computer Networks,
Vice Dean of School of Computer Science and Cyber Engineering,
Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province,
P. R. China, 510006
Tel/Fax: +86-20-39366920, Mobile: +86-13360581866
Email: csgjwang@gzhu.edu.cn; csgjwang@gmail.com
http://trust.gzhu.edu.cn/faculty/~csgjwang/publications.html
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