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7th Conference on Blockchain Research & Applications for Innovative
Networks and Services
BRAINS 2025
November 18 - 21, 2025
Zurich, Switzerland
(In-person conference)
https://brains.dnac.org/2025/ [1]
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- Full and Short Paper submission deadline: June 15, 2025
- Demo/Poster Submission deadline: September 15, 2025
👉 Submissions Link: https://edas.info/N33559 [2]
BRAINS 2025 is technically co-sponsored by IEEE and IEEE ComSoc, all
accepted and presented papers will be submitted for publication in IEEE
Xplore.
The best technical papers presented at the conference will be invited to
submit an extended version for fast-track review in the ACM DLT journal
(Distributed Ledger Technologies: Research and Practice
Decentralized technologies (Web3, Blockchain, Distributed Ledger
Technologies, IPFS) have started to disrupt multiple domains, including
finance and payments but also networks, computing, supply chain,
identity management or Artificial Intelligence with decentralized
learning.
BRAINS conference is dedicated to these advances that could make the
world of networks and services more secure while enabling new
distributed business models.
Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
Effective challenges for decentralized systems
* Theoretical contributions to Blockchain, DLT and decentralized
storage
* Distributed consensus and fault tolerance solutions, including
domain-specific consensus
* Protocols and algorithms
* Distributed ledger analytics
* Trade-offs between decentralization, scalability, performance, and
security
* Zero-Knowledge proofs
* Layer 2 solutions for scalability and privacy
* Blockchain interoperability and cross-chain mechanisms
* Storage solutions and data availability
* Obstacles to achieve effective decentralization
* Adversarial attacks and participant's strategic behaviour
Fundamentals of Decentralized Apps, Smart contracts, and chain code:
* Languages and tooling for dApp development
* Security, privacy, and forensics
* Transaction monitoring and analysis
* Collaboration between on-chain and off-chain code
* Token Economy, incentives, and protocols
* Tokenization of Intangible, Real-world Assets
* Blockchain-defined networking
* Web3 and distributed storage and computation
Application and service cases of DLT and Smart contracts:
* Blockchain and AI, federated and decentralized learning
* Identity management
* Finance, payments, and fraud detection and prevention
* Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and payments
* IoT and cyber-physical systems
* Smart grids and Industry 4.0, including dataspaces
* V2X, connected and autonomous vehicles
* Networking, Edge, and Cloud technologies
* Blockchain for Beyond 5G and 6G technologies
* Service or resource marketplaces
* Public sector Blockchain solutions and infrastructures
* Results from large collaborative projects on these topics
* Blockchain for education, public administration, health
* Blockchain for Business Process and Supply Chain Management
* Regulations and policies
Submission Guidelines
Submitted papers must represent original material that is not currently
under review in any other conference or journal and has not been
previously published. All submissions should be written in English
following the Two-Column IEEE Conference Format, with a maximum of eight
(8) pages (Full Papers), four (4) pages (Short Papers and work in
progress), or two (2) pages (Poster Papers), including text, figures,
and references. Papers should be submitted through EDAS at:
https://edas.info/N33559 [2]
Double-Blind Review
All submissions must be anonymous. We follow a relaxed double-blind peer
review process: authors are allowed to share their work on platforms
such as arXiv and present it publicly. However, authors should not
mention their own name or affiliation in the submission, or include
obvious references that reveal their identity. A reviewer who has not
previously encountered the work should be able to read the submission
without learning the authors' identities.
If your work is not yet available online (e.g., on arXiv), we recommend
waiting until after the notification of acceptance before posting it
publicly.
For any questions regarding the double-blind policy, please contact the
general co-chairs of BRAINS 2025
Student Track
We encourage the submission of student papers (i.e., all authors of the
paper must be MSc or PhD students) on the topics mentioned in the CFP.
Student papers have to be clearly stated on the first page. The papers
should follow the same guidelines as short papers (max 4 pages) and be
submitted on the dedicated track for student papers.
Best paper awards
Two best paper awards will be delivered:
* Best Full Paper Award
* Best Student Paper Award
Important Dates:
* Paper Submission deadline: June 15, 2025
* Notification of Acceptance: September 11, 2025
* Camera-Ready: September 22, 2025
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#Call for Posters and Demos
BRAINS 2025 will also hold demo and poster sessions in the areas
specified above. Hence, prospective authors are invited to submit their
demo and poster proposals in the form of a 3-page paper in IEEE
conference double-column format.
All submissions must be done electronically through EDAS using the
following link: https://edas.info/N33559 [2]
IMPORTANT DATES
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Demo/Poster Submission deadline: September 15, 2025
Notification of Acceptance: September 30, 2025
Camera-Ready: October 15, 2025
For more details visit :
https://brains.dnac.org/2025/call-for-demos-posters/ [3]
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TPC Chairs
Quentin Bramas (University of Strasbourg, France)
Sheng-Nan Li (UZH BCC, Switzerland)
Philip Raschke (TU Berlin, Germany )
Marcus Völp (CritiX Lab, Interdisciplinary Centre for Security,
Reliability and Trust, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
General Chairs:
Emmanuel Bertin (Orange Innovation, France)
Claudio J. Tessone (UZH BCC, Switzerland)
Details: https://brains.dnac.org/ [1]
Looking forward to your submissions!
Links:
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[1] https://brains.dnac.org/2024/
[2] https://edas.info/N33559
[3] https://brains.dnac.org/2025/call-for-demos-posters/
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