[Event at CIG] [Announcements][CFP - Extended Last Call] The 3rd EAI International Conference on Blockchain Technology and Emerging Applications (EAI BlockTEA 2023)

[Wayne Chiu]

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                  *CFP Last Call* - EAI BlockTEA 2023
                  The 3rd International Conference on
            Blockchain Technology and Emerging Applications
                          (EAI BlockTEA 2023)
              https://blocktea.eai-conferences.org/2023/
                   2-3, December, 2023, Wuhan, China
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*Submission Deadline: 15 August, 2023 (AoE)*
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# Scope #

Motivated by the success of cryptocurrency, blockchain technology has
been emerging as a potential technology to be applied in various domains,
including finance, computer science, electronic engineering, agriculture,
healthcare and more. The blockchain-based emerging applications are able
to aid the current systems and networks by leveraging the benefits
provided by blockchain technology, such as a decentralized, immutable,
and cryptographically secured ledger. The aim of BlockTEA is to bring
together researchers and practitioners from different disciplines and
discuss the recent advancement in blockchain and its emerging
applications. BlockTEA is sponsored by EAI and selected papers based
on the peer review outcomes will be invited to submit an extended
version to a special issue.

# Topics #

We welcome contributions from the following fields:

• Theories of blockchain and distributed ledger technology
• Distributed consensus and fault tolerance mechanisms
• Security, privacy and trust of blockchain and distributed ledger
  technology
• Blockchain data management and provenance
• Blockchain Performance analysis and optimization
• Simulation and performance evaluation techniques
• Smart contract and chain code
• Applications and services based on blockchain
• Protocols and algorithms based on blockchain
• Blockchain in the Internet of things (IoT) and cyber physical
  systems
• Blockchain and information retrieval
• Blockchain and data mining
• Blockchain and artificial intelligence
• Blockchain in connected and autonomous vehicles
• Cross-blockchain algorithms
• Blockchain storage management
• Blockchain benchmark
• Blockchain consensus mechanisms
• Blockchain and Cryptocurrency

# Publication #

All registered papers will be submitted for publishing by Springer
and made available through SpringerLink Digital Library.

Proceedings will be submitted for inclusion in leading indexing
services, such as Web of Science, Compendex, Scopus, DBLP, EU Digital
Library, Google Scholar, IO-Port, MathSciNet, Inspec, and Zentralblatt
MATH.

All accepted authors are eligible to submit an extended version in a
fast track of:

• EAI Endorsed Transactions on Scalable Information Systems
  (Open Access) – indexed in ESCI & Ei Compendex & Scopus
• EAI Endorsed Transactions on Security and Safety
  (Open Access)

Additional publication opportunities:

• EAI/Springer Innovations in Communications and Computing Book Series
 (titles in this series are indexed in Ei Compendex, Web of Science
  & Scopus)

# Paper Submission #

Papers should be submitted through EAI ‘Confy+‘ system, and have to
comply with the Springer format (see Author’s kit section).

• Regular papers should be up to 12-15+ pages in length.
• Short papers should be 6-11 pages in length.
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Please note that regular papers should be 10-20 pages in length.
This conference uses single-blind review model. Reviewers are .
anonymous to authors, names and affiliations of authors are shown
to the Program Committee.

All conference papers undergo a thorough peer review process prior
to the final decision and publication. This process is facilitated
by experts in the Technical Program Committee during a dedicated
conference period. Standard peer review is enhanced by EAI Community
Review which allows EAI members to bid to review specific papers.
All review assignments are ultimately decided by the responsible
Technical Program Committee Members while the Technical Program
Committee Chair is responsible for the final acceptance selection.
You can learn more about Community Review here.

# Important Dates #

Full Paper Submission deadline
15 August 2023
Notification deadline
30 August 2023
Camera-ready deadline
25 October 2023
Start of Conference
2 December 2023
End of Conference
3 December 2023

# Organisation #

General Chairs

- Weizhi Meng, Technical University of Denmark, DK
- Mingwu Zhang, Hubei University of Technology, CN

Technical Program Committee Chairs

- Jiageng Chen, Central China Normal University, CN
- Zhe Xia, Wuhan University of Technology, CN

Technical Program Committee
https://blocktea.eai-conferences.org/2023/technical-program-committee/