5th International Workshop on 

Blockchain for Secure Software-defined Networking in Smart Communities 

5th International Workshop on 

Blockchain for Secure Software-defined Networking in Smart Communities 


in conjunction with

IEEE Global Communications Conference

(IEEE Globecom 2024)

December 8 - 12, Cape Town, South Africa

https://globecom2024.ieee-globecom.org

The digital age is empowering users to adopt Internet-of-Things (IoT) in smart communities. The connected hardware devices generate and exchange data to enable fast communication among heterogeneous devices. The data is transported to the network through advanced wireless communication technologies and communicated among various domains such as a device to device, a device to cloud, or device to gateway. Software-defined networking (SDN) comes to the aid of IoT as a centralized approach that can provide flexible network topologies, and also maintain data consistency and interoperability among heterogeneous IoT devices with the help of automation. Although SDN technology performs resilient and reliable connections in the heterogeneous environment based on secure communication protocols designed by the network programmers, but it is still susceptible to security vulnerabilities and devastating attacks. Nowadays, Blockchain, often linked to the financial service industry due to the concept of its underlying inception, i.e, bitcoin. But, it is a wrong conception to confine blockchain to only one vertical. Contrary to popular opinion, blockchain can be closely associated with security and thereon can transverse across all smart communities. Under this umbrella, one possibility is the blockchain for Secure SDN, and large-scale network enterprises are already investing and exploring this opportunity. 

Addressing the need for a secure network architecture that adapts to the diverse requirement of smart communities, this workshop aims to serve as a platform for researchers from academia and industry, to submit the new developments, related to the usage of blockchain for Secure SDN. 

The workshop will be help in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC) - during 9 - 13 June, 2024 in Denver, CO, USA. All accepted workshop papers will be included in the proceedings published by IEEE and made available online via the IEEE Digital Library.

Topics of Interest

Previously unpublished contributions in Blockchain derived by experimental and theoretical communication, networking and analytics techniques for the Secure Software-defined Networking in Smart Communities are solicited including (but not limited to):  

General Co-Chairs

Publicity Chairs

Paper Submission

The BlockSecSDN 2024 workshop invites authors to submit original and unpublished work. Papers should not exceed 6 pages single-spaced double-column, using IEEE format. Additional pages might be purchased upon the approval of the proceedings chair.

For further submission guideline: see IEEE ICC webpage at https://globecom2024.ieee-globecom.org/call-papers#Submission%20Guidelines

Important Dates

Technical Program Committee

Workshop Program

TBA 

Past Workshops

BlockSecSDN Series

SecSDN Series

BlockCPS Series

EdgeAI Series