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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:150%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">[Apologies if you got
multiple copies of this invitation]</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:150%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><a href="http://emergingtechnet.org/BAT2021/index.php" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The 3rd International Workshop on Blockchain Applications
and Theory (BAT 2021)</span></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
<span style="color:black">in conjunction with<span></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:150%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><a href="http://emergingtechnet.org/SDS2021/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The 8th International Conference on Software Defined Systems
(SDS-2021)</span></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:150%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Gandia, Spain. December 6-9, 2021 </span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><u><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">BAT 2021 CFP<span></span></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A blockchain is a distributed ledger
for recording transactions and/or data in a meaningful order, maintained by
many connected nodes without a trusted central authority. Blockchain has a
great potential to create new foundations for most distributed systems by
efficiently establishing trust among nodes, especially in emerging networks.
Such a fundamental technology to enable decentralization play an important role
in a wide spectrum of topics such as Internet of Things (IoT), Cyber Physical
Systems (CPS), edge computing, cloud computing, fog, mobile computing, social
networking, wireless communication, vehicular network, and even more other
fields.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">At the same time, there is a lack of
fundamental study on the limitations of blockchain such as scalability,
security, privacy, efficiency, availability and dependability. Hence, the
development and deployment of blockchain-based systems and applications will
likely exhibit new requirements and complicated challenges, which brings more
open issues and exciting directions for research communities.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The aim of this workshop is to bring
together researchers and practitioners working in cloud computing, distributed
systems, cryptography, security, and networking, from academia and industry,
who are interested in the applications and theory of blockchains and related
protocols.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Researchers are encouraged to submit
original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not
limited to:<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Theories of blockchain and
distributed ledger technology<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Distributed data store for
blockchain<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Distributed transaction for
blockchain<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Distributed consensus and fault
tolerance mechanism<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Blockchain in cloud computing<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Blockchain in mobile and edge
computing<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Deployment and feasibility study
in emerging networks such as VANET, connected vehicles<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Blockchain in Intelligent
Transportation Systems (ITS)<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Blockchain and Financial Networks<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Blockchain in vehicular network<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Blockchain in the Internet of
things (IoT)<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Blockchain in Cyber Physical
Systems (CPS)<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Blockchain in social networking<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Blockchain in supply chain
management<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Blockchain in connected and
autonomous vehicles<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Blockchain in mobile cellular
networks<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Blockchain and
governance/policy/regulation<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Game theory and blockchain<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Real-world blockchain-based system
analysis and optimization<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Experience papers with blockchain<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Security, privacy and trust of
blockchain<span></span></span></p>

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security tradeoff<span></span></span></p>

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evaluation techniques<span></span></span></p>

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code<span></span></span></p>

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will appear in the SDS Proceedings, which will be submitted to IEEE Xplore for
inclusion. Papers must be 6 pages max in IEEE format, 10pt font using the IEEE
8.5" x 11" two-column format, single space, A4 format. All papers
should be in PDF format, and submitted electronically at Paper Submission Link.
A full paper must not exceed the stated length (including all figures, tables
and references). </span></span><span><span><span></span></span></span></p>

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original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other
conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines may be rejected
without review. Also submissions received after the due date, exceeding length
limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may
contact the Program Chair for further information or clarification. </span></span><span><span><span></span></span></span></p>

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Notification to Authors: 31 Oct, 2021<br>
Camera Ready Submission: 10th November, 2021</font></span>

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