<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div id="m_-4967634419710149780m_-1388496736788895114gmail-:1jv" style="display:block"><div id="m_-4967634419710149780m_-1388496736788895114gmail-:1jr" aria-label="Message Body" role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" style="direction:ltr;min-height:445px" aria-controls=":1mn"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:150%"><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></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:150%"><a href="http://emergingtechnet.org/BAT2022/index.php" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The 4th International Workshop on Blockchain Applications and
Theory (BAT 2022)</span></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black">in conjunction with</span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:150%"><a href="http://emergingtechnet.org/SDS2022/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The 9th International Conference on Software Defined Systems
(SDS-2022)</span></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Paris, France 12-15 Dec
2022</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">BAT 2022 CFP</span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><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.  At the same
time, there is a lack of fundamental study on the limitation 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></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><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></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><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></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Theories of blockchain and
distributed ledger technology</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Distributed data store for
blockchain</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Distributed transaction for
blockchain</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Distributed consensus and fault
tolerance mechanism</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Blockchain in cloud computing</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Blockchain in mobile and edge
computing</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Deployment and feasibility study
in emerging networks such as VANET, connected vehicles</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Blockchain in Intelligent
Transportation Systems (ITS)</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Blockchain and Financial Networks</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Blockchain in vehicular network</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Blockchain in the Internet of
things (IoT)</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Blockchain in Cyber Physical
Systems (CPS)</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Blockchain in social networking</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Blockchain in supply chain
management</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Blockchain in connected and
autonomous vehicles</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Blockchain in mobile cellular
networks</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Blockchain and
governance/policy/regulation</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Game theory and blockchain</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Real-world blockchain-based system
analysis and optimization</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Experience papers with blockchain</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Security, privacy and trust of
blockchain</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Decentralization, scalability, and
security tradeoff</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Simulation and performance
evaluation techniques</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Secure smart contract and chain
code</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a name="m_-4967634419710149780_m_-1388496736788895114__Hlk26121409"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Submission</span></u></b></a></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Papers selected for presentation
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></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Submitted papers must present
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></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">Submission Date: 5th November , 2022 (Firm and Final)</span></p>

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to Authors: 15 November, 2022</span></p>

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Ready Submission: 22 November, 2022</span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></b></p>

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any inquiry to Emerging Tech. Network Team at</span>: <a href="mailto:emergingtechnetwork@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">emergingtechnetwork@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>

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