EAI ICNGWN 2023 will be held as an on-site conference and if needed, Accepted Authors who are unable to attend the event in person will be given the option to present remotely.
Special Session on “Chain of Things: Unleashing the Power of Blockchain in the IoT Ecosystem” (SS_07)
The objective of the special session
In today’s world, Blockchain has been perceived to be a promising technology that has gaining popularity. Being in a digital era, blockchain plays a significant role in bringing changes to digital system services, operations and management. It aims at creating a strong backbone for the internet by allowing digital data to be distributed. The Internet of Things (IoT) helps in connecting a large number of devices to the internet. These devices generate a huge amount of data. Handling a huge amount of data is an important research issue. The existing solutions are based on the cloud, which needs the usage of high-speed networks and high-end servers for providing storage and computation services. But the server maintenance costs, security and trust issues exist in a cloud-based system. This poses the need for new technology to support the IoT frameworks to operate efficiently.
To meet the demands of the future IoT systems, the current centralized architecture is overseen and the decentralized structure is emphasized with the usage of blockchain technique along with cryptographic concepts. However, the application of blockchain will create a variety of complicated problems and new requirements that bring more open challenges for research communities. This special session aims to bring together the latest advances and developments related to blockchain and their utility in the service of smart and automated systems, building an era of blockchain and Internet of Things convergence. Researchers, scholars from both industry and academia are encouraged to present their research findings and achievements in this domain.
Session Chairs
N.Gayathri
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, GITAM University, India.
S. Rakesh Kumar
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, GITAM University, India.
Seifedine Kadry
Professor, Department of Applied Data Science, Noroff University College, Norway
Topics
We welcome contributions from the following fields:
- Blockchain and Distributed Systems for IoT Deployment
- Blockchain-based security frameworks for IoT
- Blockchain-based identity management and access control systems for the IoT environment.
- Blockchain schemes for decentralization in IoT
- Distributed IoT and Distributed ledger technology.
- Blockchain in next-generation mobile communication networks for IoT.
- Impact of Blockchain smart contract on IoT
- Blockchain in 4G/5G for IoT
- Blockchain and IoT
- IoT Data Encryption and decryption in blockchain.
- IoT sensor data storage and management using blockchain
- Internet of Medical Things
- Internet Hospitals
- Industry 5.0, 6G
- Distributed trust models and trust engines based on IoT
- Blockchain in Smart cities
- Blockchain and E-health management
- Vehicular services based on blockchain
- Applications of blockchain and smart contracts
Publication
All registered papers will be published in the EAI CORE series as a proceedings book and made available through the European Union Digital Library (EUDL).
Proceedings will be available in the European Union Digital Library, the proceedings are disseminated to an even wider audience by being indexed in ProQuest, CNKI, Google Scholar, and Ei Compendex indexing.
Authors of selected best accepted and presented papers will be invited to submit an extended version to EAI Transactions (Scopus-indexed journals):
- EAI Endorsed Transactions on Scalable Information Systems (Scopus, WoS, Ei Compendex)
- EAI Endorsed Transactions on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems (Scopus, Ei Compendex)
- EAI Endorsed Transactions on Energy Web (Scopus, Ei Compendex)
- EAI Endorsed Transactions on Pervasive Health and Technology (Scopus, Ei Compendex)
All accepted authors are eligible to submit an extended version in a fast track of:
- EAI Endorsed Transactions on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems
- EAI Endorsed Transactions on Mobile Communications and Applications
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 CORE format (see Author’s kit section).
- 12-15+ pages in length.
- Short papers should be 6-11 pages in length.
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.