1st International Workshop on Foundations of Consensus and Distributed
Ledgers
Part of DisCoTec 2020, the 15th International Federated
Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques
June 19, 2020, to be held online due to the COVID-19 outbreak
https://www.discotec.org/2020/focodile
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Aim and Scope
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FOCODILE 2020 is a forum to exchange ideas and recent research findings
on theoretical foundations of consensus and blockchain technology.
Topics include, but are not limited to:
Formal models of distributed consensus
Blockchain-specific cryptographic primitives and protocols
Formal verification of blockchain protocols and smart contracts
Byzantine fault tolerance and consensus
Design and analysis of distributed ledgers
Blockchain consensus mechanisms
Privacy and anonymity in cryptocurrencies
Game-theoretic approaches to blockchains
Post-quantum blockchain protocols
Performance and scalability of blockchain systems
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Submission Guidelines
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Submissions must be in English and in the form of an extended abstract
of up to 6 pages (+ 2 pages references). All abstracts should be
submitted through Easychair.
Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=focodile2020
A submission should contain original, unpublished work, reporting
results of new, recent, or ongoing research. We also welcome submissions
of abstracts based on work submitted or published elsewhere, provided
that all relevant information is disclosed at submission time.
Contributions from doctoral students and young researchers are
particularly encouraged.
There will be no formal proceedings. Accepted abstracts will be
published on the workshop's webpage (subject to authors' approval).
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Registration
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Extremely low registration fees are in place for accepted papers, while
attendance is free of charge:
https://www.um.edu.mt/events/discotec2020/registration
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Important dates
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May 15, 2020: abstract submission
May 31, 2020: author notification
June 19, 2020: FOCODILE workshop
COVID-19 update
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, the authors of accepted papers
will give their talks remotely (or record their talks if they prefer),
and discuss with the conference participants online. More details will
follow.
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Keynote Speaker
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Vassilis Zikas (University of Edinburgh)
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Program committee
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Moayad Aloqaily (Carleton University)
Neville Grech (University of Athens and University of Malta)
Aggelos Kiayias (University of Edinburgh)
Nikos Leonardos (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
Aris Pagourtzis, co-chair (National Technical University of Athens)
Petros Potikas, co-chair (National Technical University of Athens)
Dimitris Sakavalas (Boston College)
Lewis Tseng (Boston College)
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Contact
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For additional information, please contact the PC chairs.
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