-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] CfP: Third ACM International Symposium on Blockchain and Secure Critical Infrastructure (BSCI 2021), in conjunction with ACM ASIACCS 2021 Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2021 18:14:32 -0600 From: Raymond Choo raymond.choo@fulbrightmail.org To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org

http://www.cloud-conf.net/bsci/2021/

The aim of this academic get-together, ACM International Symposium on Blockchain and Secure Critical Infrastructure, is to solicit and publish state-of-the-art research results on the application of Blockchain in secure critical infrastructure applications, from industry, government and academia. Proceedings from prior years: BSCI-2020 (Taipei, Taiwan, China) and BSCI-2019 (Auckland, New Zealand), are available on https://dblp.org/db/conf/bsci/index.html

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

· Current state of Blockchain and Secure Critical Infrastructure

· Blockchain Advances in 6G Network

· Smart Contract Methods in Intelligent Control System

· Technical issues of Blockchain and Secure Critical Infrastructure (architecture, functionality, workflows, availability, scalability, challenges of implementation, etc.)

· Security and Privacy in Blockchain and Critical Infrastructure

· Attacks on Blockchain and Critical Infrastructure

· Blockchain and Secure Critical Infrastructure with Smart Grid

· Blockchain and Secure Critical Infrastructure with Industry 4.0

· Impact on business models (change of existing business models, emergence of new business models, disruptive business models, etc.)

· Blockchain Advance in Secure Smart Grid

· Future applications of Blockchain and Secure Critical Infrastructure in different areas (finance, insurance, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, energy sector, education, transportation, media production, government sector etc.)

High quality submissions will also be recommended to selected journal special issues (to be announced).

*Submission Instructions*

Submitted papers must not substantially overlap papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. All submissions should be appropriately anonymized and a DOUBLE-BLIND REVIEW policy will be applied during the review process. Submissions must be in double-column ACM SIG Proceedings format, and should not exceed the following page limit.

· Full-Length Paper = 12 Page Limit + up to 2 extra pages for appendices only

· Short Paper = 6 Page Limit + up to 2 extra pages for appendices only

· Poster/Late Breaking = 3 Page Limit (for all content, no extra pages)

Position papers describing the work in progress are also welcome. Only pdf files will be accepted. Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their papers will be presented at the workshop. At least one author of the paper must be registered at the appropriate conference rate. Accepted papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library. This symposium will grant a few awards, including *ACM Best Paper Award* and *ACM Best Student Award*.

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*Important Dates*

Paper Submission Deadline: February 15, 2021 (Firm)

Author Notification: March 8, 2021

Camera-Ready: March 30, 2021

Author Registration: TBA

Conference Date: 7 - 11 June, 2021

*Organizing Committee*

Program Chairs

Keke Gai, Beijing Institute of Technology, China

Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA

Publicity Chairs

Jiamou Liu, The University of Auckland, New Zealand

Dragan Peraković, University of Zagreb, Croatia _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld@lists.aisnet.org