1st International Workshop on
Blockchain for Smart Cyber-Physical Systems
(Adhering to Security, Trust and Integrity)
1st International Workshop on
Blockchain for Smart Cyber-Physical Systems
(Adhering to Security, Trust and Integrity)
in conjunction with
14th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing
(IEEE/ACM UCC 2021)
December 6 - 8, Leicester, UK
The aim of this workshop is to provide a platform for industrial practitioners and academic researchers to think beyond the boundaries and design/develop Blockchain-based scalable, smart, and sustainable CPSs. Moreover, our focus is intended to discuss the near-term and long-term confluence of the smart CPS and Blockchain.
The workshop will be help in conjunction with the 14th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (IEEE/ACM UCC) - during 6 - 9 December, 2021 in Leicester, UK. All accepted workshop papers will be included in the proceedings published by IEEE and made available online via the ACM Digital Library and IEEE Digital Library.
Topics of Interest
Previously unpublished contributions in Blockchain derived by experimental and theoretical communication, networking and analytics techniques for the Smart CPS are solicited including (but not limited to):
Scalable and Parallel Blockcians in Smart CPS
Blockchain for Security and Trust in Smart City applications
IoT frameworks for Blockchain in smart CPS
Consensus and Trust building with Blockchain in smart CPS
Scalability issues for Blockchain in smart CPS
Applications of big data analytics for Blockchain in smart CPS
Software-defined networking for Blockchain-based CPS
Standardization paradigms for Blockchains in smart CPS
Edge/cloud platform for Blockchain in smart CPS
Edge –as-a-service for Blockchain-based CPS
Blockchain-enabled smart energy CPS and smart grid
Applications of Blockchain in e-health environment and medical diagnostics
Case Studies and real-world testbeds of Blockchains in smart CPS
Distributed consensus algorithms for Blockchain in smart CPSs
Secure communication architectures for smart city applications
Increasing resilience and scalability in smart city-based cyber-physical paradigms
Self-healing and optimization techniques for the communication infrastructure
Machine learning for Trust and Resilience in smart CPS
Trust management between various devices in smart CPS
Fraud and theft detection in smart CPS using Blockchain
Workshop Chairs
Dr. Gagangeet Singh Aujla, Department of Computer Science, Durham University, UK. (Email: gagangeet.s.aujla@durham.ac.uk)
Dr. Anish Jindal, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex, UK. (Email: a.jindal@essex.ac.uk)
Publicity Chairs
Dr. Ehsan Toreini, Department of Computer Science, Durham University, UK. (Email: ehsan.toreini@durham.ac.uk)
Dr. Devki Nandan Jha, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, UK. (Email: devki.jha@eng.ox.ac.uk)
Dr. Ranbir Singh Batth, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Lovely Professional University, India. (Email: ranbir.21123@lpu.co.in)
Paper Submission
The BlockCPS workshop invites authors to submit original and unpublished work. Papers should not exceed 6 pages single-spaced double-column, using ACM format. Additional pages might be purchased upon the approval of the proceedings chair.
Submission Link at easychair
Submission requires the willingness of at least one of the authors to register for an early full and non-student fee and present the paper.
All papers submitted to this workshop will peer-reviewed and proceedings will be published by ACM and made available online via the ACM Digital Library and IEEE Digital Library.
For further submission guideline: see IEEE/ACM UCC webpage at https://www.cs.le.ac.uk/events/UCC2021/index.htm
Important Dates
Papers Submission Deadline: September 25, 2021 [FIRM DEADLINE]
Notification of Acceptance: October 20, 2021
Deadline for Camera-ready Papers: October 31, 2021
Deadline for Author Registration: April 30, 2020
Workshop date (tentative): December 6-9 2021 (Exact date to be determined)
Technical Program Committee
Prof. Omer F. Rana, Cardiff University, UK
Prof. Albert Y. Zomaya, Univeristy of Sydney, Australia
Prof. Rajiv Ranjan, Newcastle Univeristy, UK
Prof. Neeraj kumar, Thapar Univeristy, India
Prof. Salil Kanhere, University of New South Wales, Australia
Prof. Amir H Gandomi, UTS, Australia
Prof. Radu Prodan, University of Klagenfurt, Austria
Prof. Valentina Balas, Univeristy of Arad, Romania
Dr. Wanqing Tu, Durham University, UK
Dr. Syed Hassan Ahmed, WMA Wireless, USA
Dr. Harpreet Singh Dhillon, Virginia Tech, USA
Dr. Amitabh Trehan, Durham University, UK
Dr. Kuljeet Kaur, University of Quebec, Canada
Dr. Gabriele Gianini, Università degli Studi di of Milano, Italy
BlockCPS Programme
Workshops Programme: Day 4, Thursday, 9th December 2021, Online Event
(NOTE: The programme is in the UK time zone) Zoom Links to Workshops: Room 2 https://zoom.us/j/97980800986?pwd=YnpzNHRjSXNCMXl4SHlzeG9TOWJyQT09
9:00 – 10:30 BlockCPS Online Session I Session Chair: Raman Singh, University of West of Scotland
9:00 – 9:30 Yasheng Zhang, Chengcheng Li, Chao Wang Peiying Zhang
Blockchain-based Cyber-Physical Systems Security Autonomous Routing Scheme
09:30 – 10:00 Davit Marikyan, Savvas Papagiannidis, Rajiv Ranjan, Omer Rana
General Data Protection Regulation: An Individual’s Perspective
10:00 – 10:30 Qijie Qian, Yu‘ao Wang, Hao She, Yong‘an Guo, Hongbo Sun
Multi-Path Selection Access Algorithm and Design of Intelligent Perception Network Model for Blockchain-Enabled CPSs
10:30 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:30 BlockCPS Online Session II Session Chair: Devki Nandan Jha, Oxford University, UK
11:00 – 11:30 Vladislav Kashansky, Radu Prodan, Aso Validi, Cristina Olaverri-Monreal, Gleb Radchenko
Monitoring System Architecture for the Multi-Scale Blockchain-based Logistic Network
11:30 – 12:00 Gang Wang, Mark Nixon;
SoK: Tokenization on Blockchain
12:00 – 12:30 Andres Heredia, Gabriel Barros-Gavilanes
Dealing With Multi-Step Verification Processes For Certification Issuance In Universities