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Call for Papers, Speakers, and Panelists
Data Science & Blockchain (DSBC2018) Workshop
http://www.nwpu-bioinformatics.com/ER2018/file/DSBC2018%20workshop%20CFP-A.pdf
Autonomous (and semi-autonomous) systems such as drones and
driverless cars start to play more and more important roles in
military and our daily lives.
How to develop high quality software for (semi-) autonomous
systems and prevent cyber-attacks has become a major concern of
both the research community and industries. It is a consensus that
high quality software and cyber defense will greatly enhance the
survivability of the autonomous systems and the human
operators/passengers. Many experts also claim: using decision
science/AI/machine learning techniques will result in better
(semi-) autonomous systems. In the same time, there is significant
interest in exploring a relatively new technique -- blockchain,
which may play an increasingly important role in many areas. We
believe the recent R&D efforts of data science, blockchain,
and DevOps techniques will significantly change the way of (semi-)
autonomous system design, operation, and management.
The DSBC (Data Science & Blockchain) workshop will be held on
October 22 - 25, 2018 in Xi'an, China (co-located with ER2018
Conference). The focus of this workshop is to identify promising
research directions for applying data science, blockchain, and
DevOps techniques in the design and development of the preferred
but not limited to (semi-) autonomous systems. The relationship
between these techniques and conceptual modeling will also be
explored.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Data Science:
- New algorithms for extracting embedded conceptual models
(entities and relationships) from bigdata
- Data science techniques for (Semi-) Autonomous System Design
- Blockchain:
- Theories, protocols, and algorithms of blockchain
- Conceptual Models of Blockchain
- Security and privacy of Blockchain
- Performance evaluation/optimization of Blockchain
- Real-life applications of blockchain
- DevOps
- Frameworks and conceptual models of DevOps
- Sec DevOps
- DevOps for (Semi-) Autonomous Systems
Workshop Chairs:
- Peter Chen, Carnegie Mellon University, USA,
PeterChen@cmu.edu
- Carson Woo, University of British Columbia, Canada,
Carson.Woo@sauder.ubc.ca
Program Committee Members:
- Arne Solvberg, NTNU, Norway
- Rong Chang, IBM Research
- Oscar Paster, Universitat Polit¨¨cnica de Val¨¨ncia, Spain
- Hasan Yasar, Software Engineering Institute, CMU, USA
- Heinrich C. Mayr, Alpen-Adria-Universit?t Klagenfurt, Austria
Important Dates
(A) paper submissions for presentation of your work at the
workshop and publication in the workshop proceedings (by Springer
or another publisher) after the workshop is over,
- Submission of abstracts: ASAP
- 1st Submission of full papers: August 30, 2018
- 2nd Submission of full papers: September 15, 2018
- Notification of acceptance: no later than 10 days after
submission
- Camera-ready copies due: (after the workshop is over)
(B) Special Journal Issue: Selected papers and invited talks in
the DSBC workshop may be chosen for submitting an extended version
for publishing in a special issue of Data & Knowledge
Engineering (an Elsevier Journal). Some other selected papers may
be considered for publication in journals such as "Frontiers in
Blockchain."
Submissions Formatting Guidelines
Papers must be in English and submitted as Word or PDF-files. Any
standard formats (such as Springer LNCS, IEEE, ACM, etc.) will be
acceptable for initial evaluation for presentation at the
workshop. After the workshop, selected authors will be notified to
reformat the papers for publication in the workshop proceedings,
Data & Knowledge Engineering Journal, or Frontiers in
Blockchain journal.
Submitted papers must be original and not submitted or accepted
for publication in any other workshop, conference, or journal.
Submission Guidelines
Submission to DSBC 2018 will be electronically only. Submission
must be done via Easychair at
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=er2018 .
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