[AISWorld] AISWorld Digest: IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica's Special Issue on Blockchain for Internet-of-Things and Cyber-Physical Systems: Emerging Trends, Issues and Challenges

[Raymond Choo]

Call for Papers
IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica (Impact Factor 5.129)
Special Issue on Blockchain for Internet-of-Things and Cyber-Physical
Systems: Emerging Trends, Issues and Challenges

http://www.ieee-jas.org/news/news_en/9248195c-6d90-4868-9962-263ed9ba12f3_en.htm



*Guest Editors*

·        Mohammad Mehedi Hassan, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
(mmhassan at ksu.edu.sa)

·        Giancarlo Fortino, University of Calabria, Italy (
giancarlo.fortino at unical.it)

·        Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada (
ltyang at stfx.ca)

·        Hai Jiang, Arkansas State University, USA (hjiang at astate.edu)

·        Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, The University of Texas at San Antonio,
USA (raymond.choo at fulbrightmail.org)

·        Jun Jason Zhang, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China (
jun.zhang.ee at whu.edu.cn)

·        Fei-Yue Wang, Institute of Automation Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, China (feiyue at ieee.org)



*Aims and Scope*

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) combine both cyber- and physical-worlds, using
pervasive sensing, communication technologies and other Internet of Things
(IoT) devices to benefit the economy and society. CPS have seen exponential
growth in recent years, with applications in energy, health,
transportation, and many other sectors. One of the major requirements in
CPS is that the interaction between cyber-world and man-made physical world
(exchanging and sharing of data and information with other physical objects
and systems) must be safe, especially in bi-directional communications.  In
particular, there is a need to suitably address security and/or privacy
concerns in this human-in-the-loop CPS ecosystem. However, existing
centralized architecture models in CPS, and also the more general IoT
systems, have a number of associated limitations, in terms of single point
of failure, data privacy, security, robustness, etc. Such limitations
reinforce the importance of designing reliable, secure and
privacy-preserving distributed solutions and other novel approaches, such
as those based on blockchain technology due to its features (e.g.,
decentralization, transparency and immutability of data).

While researchers and practitioners have explored and demonstrated the
potential of utilizing blockchain for CPS applications, a number of
limitations and opportunities remain. Examples include scalability,
security, privacy, performance, and benefit maximization. Thus, the goal of
this special issue is to bring together researchers from different
disciplines and sectors to present their state-of-the-art work that
addresses the various challenges and limitations.



*Topics of Interest (not limited to):*

· Security, privacy, and trust in and of blockchain-enabled/augmented CPS

· Blockchain to support mobile smart services and applications

· Blockchain governance for collaborative manufacturing

· Blockchain-based approach for Mobile Crowdsensing

· Blockchain of Things (BCoT): The Fusion of Blockchain and IoT Technologies

· Formal methods and modeling of blockchain-enabled CPS

· Service-oriented blockchain for CPS

· Blockchain-based smart contracts for CPS security

· Blockchain for 5G-enabled IoT

· Performance optimization of blockchain and decentralized schemes in CPS

· Distributed ledger and consensus schemes for CPS

· Blockchain in CPS applications, e.g., Industry 4.0, Smart Cities, Smart
Grids, Logistics or Industrial production, Health 4.0, Internet of
vehicles, and UAV networks



*Submission Process*

Submission site: https://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/ieee-jas
<https://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/ieee-jas>

The journal's review policy is double-blind peer review (the submission
should not contain any author-related information).



*Schedule*

·        Deadline of submission: Nov 15, 2020

·        1st round of review: Feb 15, 2021

·        Comments to authors: Mar 1, 2021

·        Revision deadline: April 30, 2021

·        2nd round of review: June 15, 2021

·        Comments to authors: June 30, 2121

·        Submission of final version: July 30, 2021