Important Dates

April 20, 2019

Paper Submission


May 15, 2019

Acceptance Notification


June 01, 2019

Camera-ready due


July 14 - July 17, 2019

Conference Date


IEEE International Workshop on Lightweight Blockchain for Edge Intelligence and Security

The 1st International Workshop on Lightweight Blockchain for Edge Intelligence and Security (LightChain 2019) will be held in conjunction with 2019 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (http://www.blockchain-ieee.org/index.php) in Atlanta-USA from 14th Jul to 17th Jul 2019.

Objectives and Scope:

We are witnessing the proliferation of blockchain and smart contract technologies in several areas, from cryptocurrency to cloud computing, spanning interconnected networks to smart cities. They are leading to innovative solutions that reshape our lifestyles. However, there are several challenges in integrating blockchain within the Internet of Things (IoT) mainly due to the constrained computing, networking and storage resources. To realize a practical Blockchain platform on resource restrained IoT devices, lightweight design and implementation are mandatory.

LightChain 2019 will bring researchers and experts together to present and discuss the latest developments and technical solutions concerning various aspects towards lightweight blockchain technology in the context of IoT and Edge Computing. LightChain 2019 seeks original unpublished papers focusing on theoretical analysis, emerging applications, novel system architecture construction and design, experimental studies, and social impacts of lightweight blockchain. Both review/survey papers and technical papers are encouraged. LightChain 2019 also welcomes short papers that summarize speculative breakthroughs, work-in-progress, industry featured projects, open problems, new application challenges, visionary ideas, and preliminary studies.

Submission Guidelines:

Original papers from the above mentioned and related topics will be considered. Please submit regular full papers (8 pages) and short papers (4 pages) including all figures, tables, and references. Authors are requested to follow the standard IEEE double column format with Font 10 (https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html ). Papers should be submitted electronically in pdf format through the EDAS website together with a short abstract (approximately 150 words). Submitted papers must not have appeared in or be under review/consideration for another workshop, conference or a journal during the review process. Each submission will be reviewed by at least three reviewers.

All papers are submitted electronically at https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=25416 and select track-LightChain Workshop.

Topics:

The topics include but are not limited to:

– Lightweight blockchain architecture
– Lightweight but robust Proof-of-Work (PoW), Proof-of-Stake (PoS) schemes
– Lightweight consensus protocols and algorithms
– Lightweight cryptography for blockchain networks
– Blockchain based lightweight algorithms and protocols for IoT
– Blockchain based security and privacy solutions for IoT
– Blockchain enabled novel applications and services in IoT
– Blockchain in edge-fog-cloud computing
– Performance optimization of blockchain based IoT systems
– Smart contract and distributed ledger for IoT
– Lightweight blockchain in critical infrastructure resilience (power grid, oil and gas, etc)
– Scalability of blockchain
– Sharding Protocols for Scalable Blockchain
– Subledgers and Subchannels for Scalable Permissioned Blockchain Platforms
– Blockchain Simulators

Workshop Co-Chairs:

• Dr. Yu Chen, Binghamton University - SUNY, USA (ychen@binghamton.edu)
• Dr. Sachin Shetty, Old Dominion University, USA (sshetty@odu.edu)

Technical Program Committee:

• Alexander Aved, Air Force Research Lab
• Norman Ahmed, Air Force Research Lab
• Mike Borowczak, University of Wyoming
• Chin-Tser Huang, University of South Carolina
• Khashayar Kotobi, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
• Xueping Liang, Old Dominion University
• Laurent Njilla, Air Force Research Lab
• Mehrdad Nojoumian, Flordia International University
• Gowri Sankar Ramachandran, University of Southern California
• Danda Rawat, Howard University
• Mohammad Saad, University of Central Florida
• Devu Shila, United Technologies Research Center
• Deepak Tosh, University of Texas El Paso
• Horst Treiblmaier, Modul University, Vienna, Austria
• Ronghua Xu, Binghamton University

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