[DL] FMBC 2024 - First Call for Papers

[Marmsoler, Diego]

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5th International Workshop on Formal Methods for Blockchains - First Call

https://fmbc.gitlab.io/2024

April 07, 2024, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Co-located with the european joint conferences on
theory and practice of software (ETAPS 2024)

https://www.etaps.org/2024/

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IMPORTANT DATES
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Abstract submission: January 24, 2024
Paper submission: January 31, 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

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TOPICS OF INTEREST
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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:
* Formal models of Blockchain applications or concepts
* Formal methods for consensus protocols
* Formal methods for Blockchain-specific cryptographic primitives or protocols
* Design and implementation of Smart Contract languages
* Verification of Smart Contracts

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SUBMISSION
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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.

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PROCEEDINGS
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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.

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INVITED SPEAKER
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Franck Cassez, Head of Research, Mantle ( https://www.mantle.xyz )
https://franck44.github.io/

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PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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PC CO-CHAIRS
* Bruno Bernardo (Nomadic Labs, France) (bruno at nomadic-labs.com)
* Diego Marmsoler (University of Exeter, UK) (D.Marmsoler at exeter.ac.uk)

PC MEMBERS
* Burcu Kulahcioglu Ozkan (Delft University of Technology)
* Maria Potop-Butucaru (Sorbonne University)
* Bas Spitters (Aarhus University) 
* Sophie Rain (TU Wien)
* Gordon Pace (University of Malta)
* Ron Van Der Meyden (The University of New South Wales)
* Maurice Herlihy (Brown University)
* Vincent Rahli	(University of Birmingham)
* Meng Sun (Peking University)
* Martin Ceresa (IMDEA Software Institute)
* Massimo Bartoletti (Universita' degli Studi di Cagliari)
* Denisa Diaconescu (University of Bucharest)
* Manuel Chakravarty (Tweag & IOG)
* Bernhard Beckert (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
* Florian Kammueller (Middlesex University London and TU Berlin)
* Baoluo Meng (GE Global Research)
* Albert Rubio (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
* Sylvain Conchon (Universite Paris-Saclay)
* Fritz Henglein (University of Copenhagen)