Call For Papers
IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Crosschain Workshop
Workshop Co-Chairs:
Babu Pillai: Babu.pillai@scu.edu.au
Rafael Belchior: rafael.belchior@tecnico.ulisboa.pt
IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Crosschain Workshop will take place as a hybrid event (in person and online) with IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency held in Dublin, Ireland, from May 27 to May 31, 2024. The workshop aims to bring researchers and practitioners from across the world together to advance the field of crosschain technology. The workshop has two sessions: Academic session and Applications of Technology (Industry) session.
The objectives of the workshop are to:
- Provide researchers with a forum to publish peer reviewed papers on crosschain communications.
- Share the latest crosschain research. - Provide opportunities for research collaboration.
- Help developers stay across the latest research.
- Provide a forum for practitioners to talk about how crosschain technology is being used and the challenges that they face.
- Have a cross pollination of ideas.
- Help us all gain a better understanding of the trade-offs of the various approaches.
CALL FOR PAPERS
IEEE ICBC Crosschain Workshop 2024 is seeking submissions of technical papers and industry talks in the following areas related to Crosschain Communications:
- Cross-Chain protocols and mechanisms
- Cross-Chain applications protocols
- Cross-Chain bridges
- Cross-Chain digital asset, cryptocurrency, NFT protocols
- Cross-Chain crypto economic design
- Cross-Chain function call protocols
- Cross-Chain CBDC protocols
- Cross-Chain MEV design
- Cross-Chain rollups design
- Modular design and Cross-Chain architectures
- Cross-Chain communications protocols
- Privacy in cross-chain mechanisms
- Vulnerability, attacks and mitigation in cross-chain mechanism
- Cross-Chain organization/ information systems requirements
The workshop will have two sessions: Academic and Application of Technology (Industry). The two sessions will have separate submission processes.
ACADEMIC SESSION
Authors are invited to submit original papers written in English that have not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Technical papers must be formatted using the IEEE 2-column format and not exceeding 8 pages (excluding references). The papers can be 4 pages research overviews, or 6 or 8 pages full papers. The paper submission templates are available on IEEE Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings. All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed. The review process will be doubleblind; that is, it should not be possible to identify the authors of the paper. This includes self-referencing of papers. All accepted papers that are presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore. All papers should be submitted through the EDAS system (https://edas.info/N31376). Once in EDAS, choose Crosschain Workshop Academic Track.
Authors of accepted papers will present a 25 minute talk (including question time) at the workshop.
IMPORTANT DATES:
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Workshop Papers Submission Deadline (EXTENDED): |
05/03/2024 |
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Reviews Released to Authors: |
31/03/2024 |
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Rebuttals Due: |
03/04/2024 |
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Final Acceptance Notification: |
05/04/2024 |
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Camera Ready: |
12/04/2024 |
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY (Industry) SESSION
Speakers are invited to submit proposals for industry talks. Industry talks explain applications of technology. The talks must avoid company marketing. Submissions should be in the form: 400 character abstract plus 2500 character detailed, slide by slide overview of the proposed talk. Accepted speakers are required to submit their slides 4 weeks in advance of their talk. The slides would be reviewed for conformance with the agreed talk outline. All talks will be 25 minutes including question time. All talk proposals should be submitted through the EDAS system. Once in EDAS, choose Crosschain Workshop Industry Track. In the EDAS system, when you are asked for a paper, please submit the outline of your proposed talk.
IMPORTANT DATES:
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Industry Talk Papers Submission Deadline (EXTENDED): |
05/03/2024 |
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Reviews Released to Authors: |
31/03/2024 |
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Rebuttals Due: |
03/04/2024 |
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Final Acceptance Notification: |
05/04/2024 |
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Camera Ready: |
12/04/2024 |
IEEE ZKDAPPS & Crosschain 2024 Program
Program at a Glance
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Date |
Start Time |
End Time |
Duration |
Session |
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2024-05-31 |
8:00 AM |
9:00 AM |
1:00 |
Registration |
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9:00 AM |
10:00 PM |
1:00 |
ZKDAPPS Workshop (2 papers) |
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10:00 AM |
10:30 AM |
0:30 |
Coffee Break |
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10:30 AM |
11:30 PM |
1:00 |
CROSSCHAIN Workshop (2 papers) |
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11:30 PM |
1:00 PM |
1:30 |
Lunch Break |
FRIDAY, MAY 31, 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM (Dublin, Ireland)
ZKDAPPS WORKSHOP / ROOM: 3051
9:00 AM, Portal: Time-Bound and Replay-Resistant Zero-Knowledge Proofs for Single Sign-On
Jan Philipp Lauinger, Serhat Bezmez, Jens Ernstberger, and Sebastian Steinhorst (Technical University of Munich, Germany))
9:30 AM, zk-IoT: Securing the Internet of Things with Zero-Knowledge Proofs on Blockchain Platforms
Gholamreza Ramezan (FidesInnova, Canada); Ehsan Memari (FidesInnova, USA))
FRIDAY, MAY 31, 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM (Dublin, Ireland)
CROSSCHAIN WORKSHOP / ROOM: 3051
10:30 PM, Towards a Standard Framework for Blockchain Interoperability
Rafael Belchior (Instituto Superior Técnico & INESC-ID & Blockdaemon Ltd., Portugal); Sabrina Scuri (Politecnico di Milano, Italy & Interactive Technologies Institute/LARsys, Portugal); Nuno Nunes (ITI/LARSYS, Técnico - ULisbon, Portugal); Thomas Hardjono (MIT, USA); André Vasconcelos (INESC-ID, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
11:00 PM, Formalising a Gateway-based Blockchain Interoperability Solution with Event-B
Guzman Llambias (Universidad de la República & Pyxis, Uruguay); Laura González and Raúl Ruggia (Universidad de la República, Uruguay)
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