1st Workshop on Fintech and Decentralized Finance (FiDeFix)

Workshop Description

This workshop aims at gathering together researchers and practitioners, coming from both academia and industry, to focus on the new challenges posed by the novel technologies and applications to foster innovative financial applications. Specific focus is given to the computer science aspects related to systems, algorithms and protocols for financial data management and analysis. Technical aspects for the development of reliable and scalable distributed systems are welcome. 

Paper submissions must present original, unpublished research or experiences. The submission of both “full-fledged” technical papers and “visionary” position papers is strongly encouraged. Late-breaking advances and work-in-progress reports from ongoing research are also encouraged. 

The specific areas of interest include, but are not limited to:  

• Distributed systems for financial applications 

• Blockchain-based system 

• Decentralized Finance (DeFi )

• Metaverse

• Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti Money Laundering (AML)

• Liquidity Pools and Automated Market Making (AMM)

• Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)

• Security and Privacy in Fintech

• Distributed (smart) systems relying on cryptocurrencies and smart contracts

• Blockchain in edge and cloud computing

• Blockchain schemes for decentralization 

• Performance optimization of blockchain and decentralized schemes

• Multi-Agent Systems for modeling fintech applications and services

• Simulation and Modeling techniques for DeFi and Fintech applications

• Digital Twins for Fintech

• Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence in Fintech

• Data analysis techniques for financial applications (portfolio management, insurtech, lending, etc.)

• RegTech

• Predictive analysis in Fintech and DeFi

• Systems for Digital Payment Services

• Sustainability in Fintech applications

Paper Submission

All workshop papers are limited to no more than 6 pages in IEEE format aligned with the IEEE-ICDCS main conference guidelines.

Accepted workshop papers will be included in the IEEE ICDCS 2023 proceedings and will appear in the IEEE Explore Library.

Paper submission website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fidefix23

Important Dates

Submission deadline: March 10, 2023  March 25, 2023 (extended)

Acceptance notification: April 3, 2023 April 24, 2023

Camera-ready paper submissions: May 8, 2023 TBD (approx. end of May)

Workshop Co-Chairs

Technical Program Committee

• Carol Alexander, University of Sussex (United Kingdom)

• Tomaso Aste, University College London (United Kingdom)

• Wei Cai, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (China)

• Simone Casale Brunet,  École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland)

• Jing Chen, Algorand Inc. (USA)

• Xiaotie Deng,  Peking University (China)

• Damiano Di Francesco Maesa, University of Pisa (Italy)

• Daniel Liebau, Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands)

• Paolo Mori, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)

• Georgios Samakovitis, University of Greenwich (United Kingdom)

• Luca Serena, University of Bologna (Italy)

• Su-Kit Tang, Macao Polytechnic University (Macao SAR, China) 

• Qiang Tang, University of Sydney (Australia)

• Bao Te, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)

• Palina Tolmach, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)

• Luyao Zhang, Duke Kunshan University (China) 

• Mirko Zichichi, IOTA Foundation (Italy)