[AISWorld] ACM Distributed Ledger Technologies: Research and Practice: Special Issue on Mathematical Research for Blockchain Economy

[Raymond Choo]

*ACM Distributed Ledger Technologies: Research and PracticeSpecial Issue on
Mathematical Research for Blockchain Economy*
https://dl.acm.org/pb-assets/static_journal_pages/dlt/pdf/DLT_cfp_special_issue_v2.pdf

Guest Editors

   - • Elise Alfieri, Université Paris Est-Créteil, elise.alfieri at u-pec.fr
   - • Ilias Kotsireas, Wilfried Laurier University, ikotsire at wlu.ca
   - • William Knottenbelt, Imperial College London,
   w.knottenbelt at imperial.ac.uk
   - • Stefanos Leonardos, Singapore University of Technology and Design,
   stefanos_leonardos at sutd.edu.sg
   - • Panos Pardalos, University of Florida, pardalos at ufl.edu


This special issue invites papers on all areas related to the mathematics
of blockchains in a broad sense. The special issue will also consider
peer-reviewed journal versions (at least 30% new content) of top papers
from the 2022 edition of the International Conference on Mathematical
Research for Blockchain Economy (MARBLE'22) which is scheduled to take
place in Vilamoura Portugal, 12-24 July 2022. The new content must be in
terms of intellectual contributions, technical experiments and findings.

Any manuscript that will be submitted to this open call should not be
published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. Contributions
arising from papers given at other conferences are also welcome but should
be substantially extended and should cite the conference paper where
appropriate. The differences should also be explicitly outlined in the
accompanying cover letter.


*Subject*Blockchain Technology has been considered as the most
revolutionising invention since the Internet. Because of its immutable
nature and the associated security and privacy benefits, it has widely
attracted the attention of banks, governments, techno-corporations, and
venture investors. Blockchain applications range from finance to
healthcare, from education and media to logistics, NFTs and many more.
However, the theoretical limitations and technical barriers to the adoption
of blockchain such as scalability, latency, privacy and security need to be
further studied and addressed in high quality research. MARBLE focuses on
the mathematics behind blockchain to bridge the gap between theory and
practice. Through the current special issue, it aims to provide a
high-profile, cutting-edge platform for mathematicians, computer scientists
and economists to present latest advances and innovations in key theories
of blockchain.


*Topics*Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
• Cryptoeconomics/token economics
• Economic modelling of cryptocurrency systems
• Game-theoretic analysis
• Decentralised finance
• Stablecoins
• Consensus mechanism design
• Distributed Applications (DApps)
• Market mechanism analysis and incentive design
• Analysis of mining algorithms and strategies
• Price variation prediction and trading strategies
• Novel indices for digital assets
• Consensus protocol security analysis
• Mathematical modelling of network attacks
• Verification of smart contracts
• Measures of blockchain health
• Government policy related to blockchain economics


*Important Dates*• Open for submissions: October 1, 2022.
• Submissions deadline: December 1, 2022.
• First-round review decisions: February 15, 2023.
• Deadline for revision submissions: May 1, 2023.
• Notification of final decisions: July 1, 2023.
• Tentative publication: published online individually before print
publication.


*Submission Information*Prospective authors are invited to submit their
manuscripts electronically adhering to the ACM Distributed Ledger
Technologies: Research and Practice guidelines (see
https://dl.acm.org/journal/dlt/author-guidelines).

Please submit your papers through the online system (
https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/dlt) and be sure to select the Paper for
Mathematical Research for Blockchain Economy option for the paper-type.
Also, please indicate that you are submitting to this special issue in the
author's cover letter. Papers will be subject to a strict review process
under the supervision of the Guest Editors, and accepted papers will be
published online individually before print publication.

For questions and further information, please contact any of the guest
editors.