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5th International Workshop on Formal Methods for Blockchains - Fourth Call (deadline extension)
April 07, 2024, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Co-located with the european joint conferences on
theory and practice of software (ETAPS 2024)
IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract submission (extended): January 31, 2024
Paper submission (extended): February 07, 2024
Notification: February 29, 2024
Camera-ready: March 15, 2024
Pre-Proceedings: March 31, 2024
Workshop: April 07, 2024
Deadlines are Anywhere on Earth:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anywhere_on_Earth
TOPICS OF INTEREST
Blockchain is a novel technology to store data in a decentralized way.
Although the technology was originally invented to enable cryptocurrencies,
it quickly found applications in several other domains.
Blockchains may also provide support for Smart Contracts. Smart Contracts
are scripts of an ad-hoc programming language that are stored in the
blockchain and that run on the network. They can interact with the ledger’s
data and update its state. These scripts can express the logic of possibly
complex contracts between users of the blockchain. Thus, Smart Contracts
can facilitate the economic activity of blockchain participants.
Since blockchains are often used to store financial transactions, bugs may
result in huge economic losses and thus it is now of utmost importance to
have strong guarantees of the behaviour of blockchain software. These
guarantees can be brought by using Formal Methods. Indeed, Blockchain software
encompasses many topics of computer science where using Formal Methods
techniques and tools is relevant: consensus algorithms to ensure the liveness
and the security of the data on the chain, programming languages specifically
designed to write smart contracts, cryptographic protocols, such as
zero-knowledge proofs, used to ensure privacy, etc.
This workshop is a forum to identify theoretical and practical approaches of
formal methods for Blockchain technology. Topics include, but are not limited to:
SUBMISSION
Submit original manuscripts (not published or considered elsewhere)
with a page limit of 12 pages for full papers and 6 pages for short papers
(excluding bibliography and short appendix of up to 5 additional pages).
Alternatively you may also submit an extended abstract of up to 2
pages (excluding bibliography) summarizing your ongoing work in the area
of formal methods and blockchain. Authors of selected extended-abstracts
are invited to give a short lightning talk.
Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fmbc2024
Authors are encouraged to use LaTeX and prepare their submissions according
to the instructions and styling guides for OASIcs provided by Dagstuhl.
Instructions for authors:
https://submission.dagstuhl.de/documentation/authors#oasics
At least one author of an accepted paper is expected to present the
paper at the workshop as a registered participant.
PROCEEDINGS
All submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least three members of the
program committee for quality and relevance. Accepted regular papers
(full and short papers) will be included in the workshop proceedings,
which will be published as a volume of the OpenAccess Series in
Informatics (OASIcs) by Dagstuhl.
INVITED SPEAKER
We are pleased to have
Franck Cassez, Head of Research, Mantle ( https://www.mantle.xyz )
https://franck44.github.io/
as a keynote speaker which will talk about verification of smart contracts.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
PC CO-CHAIRS
PC MEMBERS
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