-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [InternetTC] CFP: Approaching deadline for BRAINS 2025: 7th Conference on Blockchain Research & Applications for Innovative Networks and Services Datum: Tue, 1 Jul 2025 14:58:19 +0200 Von: Aziza Lounis (DNAC) aziza.lounis@DNAC.ORG An: itc@COMSOC.ORG

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*** CALL FOR PAPERS ***

7th Conference on Blockchain Research & Applications for Innovative Networks and Services

*BRAINS 2025*

November 18 - 21, 2025

Zurich, Switzerland

(In-person conference)

https://brains.dnac.org/2025/ https://brains.dnac.org/2024/

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- Full and Short Paper submission deadline: *July 7, 2025 (Firm)*

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- Demo/Poster Submission deadline: *September 15, 2025*

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👉Submissions Link:https://edas.info/N33559 https://edas.info/N33559

*BRAINS 2025 is technically co-sponsored by IEEE and IEEE ComSoc, all accepted and presented papers will be submitted for publication in IEEE Xplore.*

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*The best technical papers presented at the conference will be invited to submit an extended version for fast-track review in the ACM DLT journal (Distributed Ledger Technologies: Research and Practice*

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Decentralized technologies (Web3*, *Blockchain, Distributed Ledger Technologies, IPFS) have started to disrupt multiple domains, including finance and payments but also networks, computing, supply chain, identity management or Artificial Intelligence with decentralized learning.

BRAINS conference is dedicated to these advances that could make the world of networks and services more secure while enabling new distributed business models.

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

*Effective challenges for decentralized systems*

* Theoretical contributions to Blockchain, DLT and decentralized storage

* Distributed consensus and fault tolerance solutions, including domain-specific consensus

* Protocols and algorithms

* Distributed ledger analytics

* Trade-offs between decentralization, scalability, performance, and security

* Zero-Knowledge proofs

* Layer 2 solutions for scalability and privacy

* Blockchain interoperability and cross-chain mechanisms

* Storage solutions and data availability * Obstacles to achieve effective decentralization * Adversarial attacks and participant’s strategic behaviour

*Fundamentals of Decentralized Apps, Smart contracts, and chain code:*

* Languages and tooling for dApp development

* Security, privacy, and forensics * Transaction monitoring and analysis

* Collaboration between on-chain and off-chain code

* Token Economy, incentives, and protocols

* Tokenization of Intangible, Real-world Assets

* Blockchain-defined networking

* Web3 and distributed storage and computation

*Application and service cases of DLT and Smart contracts:*

* Blockchain and AI, federated and decentralized learning

* Identity management

* Finance, payments, and fraud detection and prevention

* Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and payments

* IoT and cyber-physical systems

* Smart grids and Industry 4.0, including dataspaces

* V2X, connected and autonomous vehicles

* Networking, Edge, and Cloud technologies

* Blockchain for Beyond 5G and 6G technologies

* Service or resource marketplaces

* Public sector Blockchain solutions and infrastructures

* Results from large collaborative projects on these topics

* Blockchain for education, public administration, health

* Blockchain for Business Process and Supply Chain Management

* Regulations and policies

*Submission Guidelines*

BRAINS 2025 solicits original, unpublished work not currently under review by other conferences or journals and has not been previously published. All submissions should be written in English following the Two-Column IEEE Conference Format with a maximum of eight (8) pages (Full Papers), four (4) pages (Short Papers and work in progress), or two (2) pages (Poster Papers). These page limits include all text and figures but exclude references and appendices. For Full Papers, the total length including references and appendices must not exceed ten (10) pages.

Papers should be submitted through EDAS at: https://edas.info/N33559 https://edas.info/N33559

*Double-Blind Review*

All submissions must be anonymous. We follow a relaxed double-blind peer review process: authors are allowed to share their work on platforms such as arXiv and present it publicly. However, authors should not mention their own name or affiliation in the submission, or include obvious references that reveal their identity. A reviewer who has not previously encountered the work should be able to read the submission without learning the authors' identities.

If your work is not yet available online (e.g., on arXiv), we recommend waiting until after the notification of acceptance before posting it publicly.

For any questions regarding the double-blind policy, please contact the general co-chairs of BRAINS 2025

*Best paper awards*

Two best paper awards will be delivered:

* Best Full Paper Award * Best Student Paper Award

*Important Dates:*

* Paper Submission deadline: *July 7, 2025 (Firm)* * Notification of Acceptance: September 11, 2025 * Camera-Ready: September 22, 2025

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*#Call for Posters and Demos*

BRAINS 2025 will also hold demo and poster sessions in the areas specified above. Hence, prospective authors are invited to submit their demo and poster proposals in the form of a 3-page paper in IEEE conference double-column format.

All submissions must be done electronically through EDAS using the following link: https://edas.info/N33559 https://edas.info/N33559

IMPORTANT DATES

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Demo/Poster Submission deadline: *September 15, 2025*

Notification of Acceptance: September 30, 2025

Camera-Ready: October 15, 2025

For more details visit :

https://brains.dnac.org/2025/call-for-demos-posters/https://brains.dnac.org/2025/call-for-demos-posters/

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*TPC Chairs*

Quentin Bramas (University of Strasbourg, France)

Sheng-Nan Li (UZH BCC, Switzerland)

Philip Raschke (TU Berlin, Germany )

Marcus Völp (CritiX Lab, Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)

*General Chairs:*

Emmanuel Bertin (Orange Innovation, France)

Claudio J. Tessone (UZH BCC, Switzerland)

Details: https://brains.dnac.org/ https://brains.dnac.org/2024/

Looking forward to your submissions!

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