Third ACM International Workshop on Blockchain-enabled Networked Sensor Systems (BlockSys)

New: New: The program for BlockSys@SenSys is online!

New: Remote attendees can join here: https://sensys-buildsys-21.dei.uc.pt/yt/room5

New: Attendees should post their questions on ACM SenSys 2021 / BuildSys 2021 Slack. Please note the Channel for BlockSys: nov17_sensys_workshop_acm_blocksys. If you don't have access to ACM SenSys 2021 / BuildSys 2021 Slack, please email g.ramachandran@qut.edu.au, ali.dorri@qut.edu.au, and shantanu.pal@qut.edu.au.

Description of the Workshop

Sensing technologies are being widely used in environments such as smart home, smart building, vehicular network, etc. Information collected from networked sensor systems are valuable if shared and tracked correctly. However, today’s sensing-cloud paradigm does not genetically support trust management and privacy preservation; it also does not encourage information sharing in multi-stakeholder settings through incentives and payment mechanisms. The emerging blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies offer a possibility to 1) ensure data protection, 2) monetize information exchange, 3) reduce sharing and maintenance costs, and 4) to manage trust in multi-stakeholder settings. We solicit high quality position papers and research papers that address opportunities and challenges at the intersection of networked sensing/IoT, smart cities, and blockchain. We aim to set up a stage for industry and academia to share wins and lessons combining both disciplines. We welcome contributions to all relevant research on application, system, network and security.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Applications of blockchain in sensing, IoT, smart city, and energy distribution environments
New protocols and consensus algorithms providing fault-tolerance for sensing and IoT systems
Sensor data-tampering protection using blockchain based systems
Incentives and reward mechanisms for sharing sensing data
Decentralized sensing data sharing and storage
Smart contract design and implementation
Resource optimization on compute, storage, energy and network
Solutions to performance and scalability issues
Blockchain and mobile sensing systems
Architectural issues around blockchain-based sensor systems
Decentralized machine learning and AI systems/protocols
Blockchain-based solutions for IoT Trust, security, and privacy
Decentralized IoT marketplace

Important Dates

Paper Registration and Abstract (Deadline Extended): September 24, 2021 23:59 AoE
Paper Submission (Deadline Extended): September 24, 2021 23:59 AoE
Notification: October 11, 2021

Submission Guidelines

Submissions should be previously unpublished, and not currently under review by another conference or journal. Papers should be submitted for consideration via the workshop website, prior to the submission deadline, and must adhere to the provided formatting guidelines. All submissions must use the LaTeX styles found here . Papers that do not meet the size and formatting requirements will not be reviewed. Please note that ACM uses 9pt fonts in all conference proceedings, and the LaTeX style implicitly defines the font size to be 9pt.

We solicit three types of paper submission:

Technical Papers up to 6 pages (including everything except references), reporting on novel research, to be presented at the workshop as an oral presentation;
Position Papers up to 4 pages (including everything), reporting on new research directions to be presented at the workshop as an oral presentation with interactive discussion;
Demo/Poster Papers up to 2 pages (including everything), to be presented at the workshop as an interactive demonstration or poster respectively.

Submission Site

BlockSys-2021 HotCRP