Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ======================= BlockChain : A Special Session of IEEE SmartWorld 2018 ======================= The 2018 Special Session on Blockchain and its Applications (BlockChain 2018) October 8-12, 2018, Guangzhou, China http://www.smart-world.org/2018/BlockChain/ ====== IEEE SmartWorld 2018 ====== The IEEE Smart World Congress October 8-12, 2018, Guangzhou, China http://www.smart-world.org/2018/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keynote Speeches Section You are welcome to attend 15+ Keynote Speeches offerred by world-renowned professors and industry leaders, which will be shared by the IEEE Smart World Congress 2018 and its six Co-Located Conferences (UIC, ATC, ScalCom, CBDCom, IoP, SCI) and their associated Symposiums/Workshops. Detailed information will be available at the conference website later. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Issues Section Distinguished papers, after further revisions, will be published in 20+ SCI & EI indexed special issues* (to be confirmed). Special issues will be shared by IEEE Smart World Congress 2018 and its six Co-Located Conferences (UIC, ATC, ScalCom, CBDCom, IoP, SCI) and their associated Symposiums/Workshops: (1) IEEE Internet of Things Journal (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 7.596) http://ieee-iotj.org/ (2) Information Fusion - Elsevier (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 5.667) https://www.journals.elsevier.com/information-fusion/ (3) Information Sciences - Elsevier (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 4.832) http://www.journals.elsevier.com/information-sciences/ (4) Future Generation Computer Systems - Elsevier (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 3.997) http://www.journals.elsevier.com/future-generation-computer-systems/ (5) Journal of Network and Computer Applications - Elsevier (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 3.500) https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-network-and-computer-applications/ (6) IEEE Access (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 3.244) http://ieeeaccess.ieee.org/ (7) Ad Hoc Networks - Elsevier (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 3.047) https://www.journals.elsevier.com/ad-hoc-networks/ (8) Soft Computing - Springer (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.472) https://link.springer.com/journal/500 (9) Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing - Hindawi (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 1.899) https://www.hindawi.com/journals/wcmc/ (10) International Journal of Parallel Programming - Springer (SCI & EI Indexed, Impactor Factor: 1.156) https://link.springer.com/journal/10766 (11) Journal of Computer Science and Technology - Springer (SCI & EI Indexed, Impactor Factor: 0.956) http://www.springer.com/computer/journal/11390 (12) Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments - IOS (SCI & EI Indexed, Impactor Factor: 0.809) https://www.iospress.nl/journal/journal-of-ambient-intelligence-and-smart-environments/ (13) IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems - (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 0.411) http://www.ieice.org/eng/ (14) IEEE Cloud Computing - (EI Indexed) https://cloudcomputing.ieee.org/ (15) Journal of Information Security and Applications - Elsevier (ESCI & EI Indexed) https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-information-security-and-applications/ (16) Future Internet - MDPI (ESCI & EI Indexed) http://www.mdpi.com/journal/futureinternet (17) International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering (IJCSE) - INDERSCIENCE (ESCI & EI Indexed) http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=IJCSE (18) International Journal of Embedded Systems (IJES) - INDERSCIENCE (EI Indexed) http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=IJES (19) International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking (IJHPCN) - INDERSCIENCE (EI Indexed) http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijhpcn * More special issues will be added later. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Blockchain is a decentralized, tamper-resistant and indestructible public digital ledger to record transactions. Currently, Blockchain is one of the world's leading technologies that reform traditional e-cash systems and can serve as backbone technique for many other applications such as medical, industry and manufacturing, due to its desirable merits. However, the blockchain technology is still in its infancy. There are still some issues that need to be addressed in Blockchain system and its applications. The aim of the proposed special session is to solicit high-quality contributions on all aspects of Blockchain and its applications to promote frontier research outcomes and accelerate the adoption of this technology in more real-world scenarios. This special session includes but are not limited to the following topics: - Digital currency and payment system - Bitcoin and altcoins - Smart contract and Ethereum - Consensus in Blockchain - Incentive in Blockchain - Privacy and security in Blockchain - Legal and regulatory issues in Blockchain - Standards and interfaces in blockchain - Auditing and supervision in blockchain - Blockchain applications in IoT - Blockchain applications in healthcare - Blockchain applications in business - Blockchain applications in manufacturing - Blockchain applications in industry IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submission Deadline: June 8, 2018 Author Notification Date: July 8, 2018 Camera-ready Deadline: August 8, 2018 PAPER SUBMISSION A submission is limited to 6 pages for a special session paper in the IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Format with Portable Document Format (.pdf). A submission can have at most 2 additional pages with the pages overlength charge if accepted. Please submit at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=smartworld2018. Important Tip: When submitting a paper to this special session, please make sure to choose the Track: BlockChain in EasyChair of the main conference. PAPER PUBLICATION Accepted conference papers will be published by IEEE CPS (IEEE-DL and EI indexed). At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register and present their work at the conference; otherwise the paper will not be included in the proceedings. Best Paper Awards will be presented to high quality papers. Selected papers will be recommended to special issues. More details can be found via http://www.smart-world.org/2018/. PROGRAM CHAIRS - Kouichi Sakurai, Kyushu University, Japan - Yannan Li, University of Wollongong, Australia - Yong Yu, Shaanxi Normal University, China Contact Please email inquiries concerning IEEE SmartWorld/BlockChain 2018 to Conference Organizers: SmartWorld2018Guangzhou@googlegroups.com. Prof. Guojun Wang, General Chair of IEEE SmartWorld 2018 -- ******************************************************************* Dr. Guojun Wang, Pearl River Scholarship Distinguished Professor Director of Institute of Computer Networks, Vice Dean of School of Computer Science and Educational Software, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, P. R. China, 510006 Tel/Fax: +86-20-39366920, Mobile: +86-13360581866 Email: csgjwang@gzhu.edu.cn; csgjwang@gmail.com http://trust.gzhu.edu.cn/faculty/~csgjwang/publications.html *******************************************************************