[Event at CIG] [CFP - 15 Oct.] EAI International Conference on Blockchain Technology and Emerging Applications 2021

[Conference CFP]

*EAI BlockTEA 2021 will be held as a fully-fledged online conference (with
an on-site possibility).*

*https://blocktea.eai-conferences.org/2021/
<https://blocktea.eai-conferences.org/2021/>*

In 2020, EAI successfully launched an online conference format to ensure
the safety, comfort and quality of experience for attendees and a
successful course of the events, all while retaining fully live
interaction, publication and indexing. Due to the unrelenting global
pandemic, this will also be the case in 2021.
Although we will miss having everyone meet and connect in person, we feel
strongly that knowledge exchange must continue, if not more so. That is why
we have equipped our online conferences with live viewing with chat,
virtual Q&A, and a multitude of other measures to provide you with a great
experience. Learn more about EAI’s online conferences.
If the situation allows it, the event will take place in its original
location with an option to present remotely. In any case, all matters
related to publication and indexing will remain unchanged.

*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 will be the flagship blockchain
conference sponsored by EAI and selected papers based on the peer review
outcomes will be invited to submit an extended version to a special issue.


*Important dates*Full Paper Submission deadline
15 October 2021
Notification deadline
15 November 2021
Start of Conference
1 December 2021
End of Conference
3 December 2021

*Topics*
The works that will be presented at conference will focus on the following
topics:

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,
Ei Compendex, Web of Science, Scopus, CrossRef, Google Scholar, DBLP, as
well as EAI’s own EU Digital Library (EUDL).

Additional publication opportunities:


*EAI Transactions series (Open Access)*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).

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.