[AISWorld] Special Issue: IoT+Blockchain | Q1 Journal: Journal of Network and Computer Applications

[IEEE COINS Conference]

*The Convergence of Intelligent Internet of Things (IoT) and Distributed
Ledger Technology (DLT): Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions*


Journal of Network and Computer Applications (Q1)

Submission Deadline: June  6, 2020
http://ees.elsevier.com/jnca/




Digital revolution is characterized by the convergence of technologies—from
cloud computing to artificial intelligence, big data, DLT and IoT—that is
blurring the lines between physical and digital worlds. Although the IoT
and DLT, of which blockchain is a popular example, are two very different
technologies, the fusion of DLT and IoT technologies is an unprecedented
paradigm shift that is expected to disrupt both current and future systems
in various fields. In particular, DLT has exactly what is needed to fix the
weaknesses and vulnerabilities of IoT, in particular in terms of security.
Although the convergence of IoT and DLT can potentially tackle major
shortcomings of today’s solutions, its adoption is still in its infancy
phase, suffering from various issues, including lack of scalability,
consensus algorithms, data privacy, efficiency, availability, storage,
interoperability, standardization, as well as the lack of consensus towards
any reference models or best practices that specify how DLT should be
utilized in IoT, among others. This special issue aims to bring together
researchers and experts in order to foster the investigations on
cutting-edge IoT-DLT solutions and allowing one to contribute to advancing
the convergence of DLT and IoT. Authors are invited to submit high-quality
papers containing original work from either academia or industry reporting
novel advances in (but not limited to) the following topics:


   - The recent development in DLTs | Architectures/platforms for DLT and
   IoT
   - Applications of DLT and Blockchain in edge, fog and cloud computing
   - Development of DLT-IoT enabled sensor networks
   - DLTs and Blockchain in peer-to-peer and M2M communications
   - DTLs and Blockchain in embedded and real-time systems
   - Provisioning of sensor-enabled blockchain-IoT architecture
   - DLT-based IoT security and privacy solutions, key management, identity
   management, authentication, authorization, and access control
   - System design and implementation methods for blockchain-based IoT
   systems
   - Performance evaluation and experimental analysis of DLT/blockchain IoT
   schemes
   - Novel development of smart contracts in the blockchain-IoT ecosystem
   - Deployment of IoT-based sensor-data management
   - Machine Learning Approaches for Convergence of IoT and DLT
   - Performance evaluation and experimental analysis of Blockchain IoT
   schemes
   - Case studies (e.g., healthcare, energy, smart home, smart building,
   smart city, Industry 4.0, finance, transportation, and logistics)



*Submission Format and Guideline*

All submitted papers must be clearly written in excellent English and
contain only original work, which has not been published by or is currently
under review for any other journal or conference. A detailed submission
guideline is available as “Guide to Authors” at
https://www.elsevier.com/journals/journal-of-network-and-computer-applications/1084-8045/guide-for-authors


All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted through
Elsevier Editorial System (EES). The authors must select as “SI – IoT-DLT”
when they reach the “Article Type” step in the submission process. The EES
website is located at: http://ees.elsevier.com/jnca/

Requests for additional information should be addressed to the guest
editors (Farshad.firouzi at duke.edu).

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*For further information, please see*

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-network-and-computer-applications/call-for-papers/
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