Workshop Info

Workshop in brief

This workshop aims at investigating the role of trust in the implementation of digital technologies by means of an interdisciplinary approach, including engineering, economic, legal considerations. The focus will be on the use of Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Technology (BCT) in Smart cities and in particular in smart energy systems, as means to optimize energy trading and managing. They are key technologies for energy transition that require to face technological challenges for their implementation (e.g. cyber security), but they also rise further critical issues about how to secure the trust process in terms of requirements of the legal framework, technical applications and economic/business conditions. Contributions can deal with, but are not limited to, cyber-security, BCT in peer to peer energy trading, artificial intelligence methods for energy supply coordination, etc. 

Motivations, goals, and relevance to the EDCC community

This workshop has been conceived in the context of TRUST project (“TRUST” digital TuRn in EUrope: Strengthening relational reliance through Technology – H2020 MSCA RISE 2021-2025). The project deals with understanding the role of trust in the implementation of digital technologies and to suggest actual means of development. Special attention is devoted to Blockchain Technology (BCT) as one of the most relevant forms of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). With a multi-disciplinary approach, the mutual relationship between trust and DLT in order to evaluate how to implement trust in people-to-people, people to business and people to authorities’ relations is addressed.

These topics are closely related with those of EDCC community, especially regarding the dependability and security of: 

We aim to bring a multi-disciplinary point of view about this topic, by including also contributions looking into social, economic and legal aspects in addition to technical issues. Dependable Computing and AI and blockchain represent a convergence of technologies and efforts aimed at enhancing the dependability, security, and efficiency of critical systems and applications within Europe, leveraging the capabilities of AI and blockchain technologies. This convergence aligns with broader European initiatives to promote innovation, sustainability, and regulatory compliance in emerging technology domains.


Technical Committee

  • Alessia Arteconi, KU Leuven, BE
  • Adriano Mancini, Università Politecnica delle Marche, IT
  • Emanuele Frontoni, Università di Macerata, IT
  • Francesca Spigarelli, Università di Macerata, IT
  • Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro. Telecom SudParis · Institut Mines-Telecom & · Institut Polytechnique de Paris, FR
  • Geert Deconinck, KU Leuven, BE
  • Marco Baldi, Università Politecnica delle Marche, IT
  • Wissam Mallouli, Montimage (SME), FR
  • Marcella Cornia, Unimore, IT