BalkanCom 2024

Seventh International Balkan Conference on Communications and Networking

Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 3-6, 2024

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Future of Decentralized Systems, European Partnership

Scope of the papers

The emergence and popularity of blockchain techniques will significantly change the operation and management of digital and networking systems. In the meantime, blockchain applications will exhibit various complicated problems and new requirements, which bring new open issues and challenges for research communities. A specific challenge is introducing emerging AI approaches into blockchain systems, as well as using decentralized solutions to facilitate trusted AI applications. This session provides a possibility to present the recent research and educational activities to create Future European Partnerships in this field. We aim to connect the advancements in artificial intelligence with the decentralized trust of blockchain technology, creating integrated environments where AI innovations and decentralized systems ensure their mutual support and trust, to enable diverse application domains. The special session is organized by the partners of the CHAISE project which is building a strategic approach on blockchain skills development for Europe. Interested participants can become members of the CHAISE Blockchain Alliance. Tentative list of topics:

  • Theories of blockchain and distributed ledger technology
  • New blockchain architectures
  • Cross-chain and off-chain technology
  • Blockchain scalability and performance optimization
  • Protocols and algorithms based on blockchain
  • Distributed consensus and fault tolerance mechanisms
  • Artificial intelligence in blockchain
  • Security, privacy, and trust of blockchain and distributed ledger
  • Attacks and vulnerabilities of blockchain
  • Simulation and performance evaluation techniques
  • Smart contract and chain code
  • Applications and services based on blockchain
  • Blockchain in the Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Blockchain in cyber-physical systems
  • Blockchain in social networking
  • Blockchain in supply chain management
  • Blockchain in agriculture
  • Blockchain in connected and autonomous vehicles
  • Blockchain for AI
  • Blockchain in crowdsourcing and crowdsensing
  • Blockchain in edge and Cloud computing
  • Blockchain in next-generation communications and networks
  • Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
  • Blockchain and game theory
  • Blockchain and Industry 4.0
  • Blockchain and Education
  • Usability in blockchain applications
  • Redactable blockchain

Submission Guidelines

Full Papers: Full paper submissions of original work (not previously published, or under review at another conference or journal) must not be longer than five pages. Accepted full papers will be published in IEEE Xplore.

Short Papers and Extended Abstracts: Submissions must not be longer than two pages. They should convince the reader that the author(s) would give an exciting presentation and stimulate lively discussion (will NOT be published in the conference proceedings).

Submissions are now accepted through EDAS.

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Important Dates

  • Paper submission deadline: April 5, 2024; April 12, 2024
  • Notification of acceptance: April 26, 2024
  • Camera-ready papers due: May 3, 2024

Organizers and Chairs

  • Parisa Ghodous, University of Claude Bernard Lyon I
  • Matevž Pustišek, University of Ljubljana