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Subject: [AISWorld] Special Issue on Blockchain-enabled Secure Communications in Smart Cities
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 11:17:55 -0500
From: Raymond Choo <raymond.choo@fulbrightmail.org>
To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org


Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing

Special Issue on Blockchain-enabled Secure Communications in Smart Cities


https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-parallel-and-distributed-comput
ing/call-for-papers/blockchain-enabled-secure-communications


Topics of particular interest include, but not limited to:

. Blockchain-enabled communication techniques

. Blockchain-based mobile sensing architectures, framework, and
models

. Security and privacy issues in blockchain-based mobile sensing

. Secure communications in blockchain-enabled distributed sensing

. Trust management in blockchain communications

. Critical techniques in blockchain-enhanced communications for smart
grid

. Blockchain-enhanced mobile sensing in smart city

. Blockchain-enhanced communications in 5G

. Blockchain-enhanced communications in cloud/fog/edge computing

High quality survey papers on the above topics are also welcome. Prospective
authors are welcome to contact the Guest Editors to ascertain interest.


Submitted papers must be original and must not be under consideration in any
other venue(s). All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three
expert reviewers and selected based on their originality, significance,
relevance, and clarity of presentation.


All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted through
Elsevier Editorial System (EVISE), available at:
https://www.evise.com/evise/jrnl/YJPDC. The authors must select "VSI:
BlockchainSecComSmartCity" when they reach the "Article Type" in the
submission process.


Important Dates

. Submission Deadline: December 1st, 2019

. First Round of Reviews: February 28th, 2020

. Second Round of Reviews: April 30th, 2020

. Final Decisions: June 30th, 2020

. Publications: Late 2020


Guest Editors

. Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, The University of Texas at San Antonio,
USA, raymond.choo@fulbrightmail.org <mailto:raymond.choo@fulbrightmail.org>


. Keke Gai, Beijing Institute of Technology, China,
gaikeke@bit.edu.cn <mailto:gaikeke@bit.edu.cn>
. Luca Chiaraviglio, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy,
luca.chiaraviglio@uniroma2.it <mailto:luca.chiaraviglio@uniroma2.it>


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