Previously unpublished contributions in Blockchain derived by experimental and theoretical communication, networking and analytics techniques for the Smart CPS are solicited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 Blockchians 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

• Dr. Amritpal Singh, Durham University, UK. (Email: amritpal.singh@durham.ac.uk)

• Dr. Maninderpal Singh, Southern Methodist University, USA. (Email: maninderpals@mail.smu.edu)

• Dr. Umit Demirbaga, Bartin University, Turkiye. (Email: umitdemirbaga@gmail.com)

The BlockCPS workshop invites authors to submit original and unpublished work. Manuscripts are submitted in PDF format and may not exceed six (6) IEEE-formatted *double-column* pages, including figures, tables, and references.  

• Submission Link at EASYCHAIR (**submission system changed from EDAS to EasyChair, if you have already submitted using EDAS, then email to gagangeet.s.aujla@durham.ac.uk. We will make sure your submission is reviewed**)

• All manuscripts undergo a double-blind peer-review process and will be reviewed and judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, rigor in analysis, quality of results, quality of presentation, and interest and relevance to the conference attendees. Your submission is subject to a determination that you are not under any sanctions by  IEEE.

• 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.

• Accepted papers will be considered in the conference proceedings published by the ACM, and will be made online through the IEEE Xplore and ACM Digital Libraries.

For further submission guideline: see IEEE/ACM UCC 2024 webpage at https://www.uccbdcat2024.org/ucc/

• Prof. Omer F. Rana, Cardiff University, UK

• Prof. Albert Y. Zomaya, Univeristy of Sydney, Australia

• Prof. Rajiv Ranjan, Newcastle Univeristy, UK

• Prof. Salil Kanhere, University of New South Wales, Australia

• Prof. Harpreet Singh Dhillon, Virginia Tech, USA

• 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. Anish Jindal, Durham University, UK

• Dr. Amit Dua, BITS, Pilani, India

• Dr. Kuljeet Kaur, ETS, Montreal, Canada 

• Dr. Devki Nandan Jha, Newcastle University, UK

• Dr. Sahil Garg, Ultra Communications, Canada

• Dr. Ayan Mondal, IIT Indore, India

• Dr. Nitin Auluck, IIT Ropar, India

• Dr. Amitabh Trehan, Durham University, UK

• Dr. Gabriele Gianini, Università degli Studi di of Milano, Italy

• Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Broadcom, USA