[Submission deadline: 14 August 2024] Call for Papers: Blockchain Kaigi 2024 (BCK24), September 12-13, 2024, Zurich, Switzerland

[池田裕一]

Dear all,

We are preparing to hold the following workshop in September. I hope you will consider submitting a paper.

Deadline has been postponed to 14 August 2024.

Please find the following information for the Blockchain Kaigi 2024(BCK24).

https://www.blockchain.uzh.ch/blockchainkaigi2024/
University of Zurich, Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zurich
September 12-13, 2024

The International Workshop ‘Blockchain Kaigi’ (BCK) (会議, kaigi: Meeting, Conference) aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from diverse scientific and technological disciplines. BCK has established itself as a dynamic academic venue where forward-thinking researchers can share innovative ideas in the field of blockchain research. For this year’s iteration, BCK will be held by the University of Zurich.

Keynote Speakers:
Prof. Tomaso Aste (Keynote): University College London, Complex systems and financial mathematics

Invited Speakers:
Prof. Kristjian Lenac: University of Rijeka, Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security  
Prof. Junghee Lee: Korea University, Cyber Security
Prof. Kenichi Ueda: University of Tokyo, Central Bank Digital Currency
Prof. John Augustine: IIT Madras, Distributed trust/computing
Prof. Kotaro Kataoka: IIT Hyderabad, Internet architecture/network applications

Invited Speakers (Company Session):
 (TBD)

Registration / Submission:
https://easychair.org/cfp/BCK24

We invite the submission of extended abstracts. All submissions must use the Ledger templates; a LaTex and a Word template are available.
Submission Deadline: 04 August 2024     14 August 2024

Topics:
Blockchain technology, cryptography/mathematics
Anomaly detection, cyber security
Digital Asset Market, Central Bank Digital Currency CBDC
Innovation policy
Agent-based modelling of on-chain activity
DAOs
ML application to blockchains
Smart contract
Application to energy and environmental problems
Application to financial inclusion, remittance and digital identity
Legal and regulatory issues
Network Science, Graph Theory, Mathematics of Hypergraphs
Blockchain integration
Blockchain data analytics

Publication:
Selected works of BCK 2024 may be invited for submission to a special issue of the Ledger Journal.

Registration Fees and Policies
A complete and paid registration is required to attend the conference.
Registration deadline: 30th August 2024

Professionals: CHF 110
Student Participants: CHF 50 (for Ph.D., Master, and Bachelor Students)
Networking dinner: CHF 50 (not included above)
Note (27.05.24): Registration link will be generated in due time (mid of July)

Previous BCKs:
BCK23 (RIKEN Kobe campus): https://blockchain.innovationkyoto.org/bck2023/?lang=en%C2%A0
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　https://journals.jps.jp/doi/book/10.7566/BCK23

BCK22 (Tohoku University): https://blockchain.innovationkyoto.org/bck22/

                                         https://journals.jps.jp/doi/book/10.7566/BCK22
BCK21 (Kyoto University): https://blockchain.innovationkyoto.org/blockchain-in-kyoto-2021/?lang=en
                                       https://journals.jps.jp/doi/book/10.7566/BCK21

Steering Committee
Claudio J. Tessone, University of Zurich
Yuichi Ikeda, Kyoto University
Tetsuo Hatsuda, RIKEN iTHEMS
Burkhard Stiller, University of Zurich
Thorsten Hens, University of Zurich
Akihiro Fujihara, Chiba Institute of Technology
Tomoyuki Shirai, Kyushu University

Programme Committee
Taehoon Kim, University of Zurich
Nicolò Vallarano, University of Zurich
Benjamin Kraner, University of Zurich
Jian Hong Lin, University of Zurich
Sheng-Nan Li, University of Zurich
Sina Rafati Niya, University of Zurich
Matija Piskorec, Rudjer Bošković Institute

Organising Committee
Taehoon Kim, University of Zurich
Benjamin Kraner, University of Zurich
Ece Su Ustun, University of Zurich
Parminder Kaur Makode, University of Zurich

Yuichi Ikeda, Ph.D
Professor of Physics
Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability
Kyoto University
1 Yoshida-Nakaadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 606-8306, JAPAN
email: ikeda.y...@kyoto-u.ac.jp

phone: +81-(0)75-762-2102