-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: Blockchain Technologies for Consumer Electronics, IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine Datum: Sun, 8 Oct 2017 18:05:45 +0900 Von: Jong-Hyouk Lee jonghyouk@GMAIL.COM Antwort an: Jong-Hyouk Lee jonghyouk@GMAIL.COM An: tccc-announce@COMSOC.ORG

Call for Papers (Apologies if you received multiple copies of this CFP)

Special Issue on: Blockchain Technologies for Consumer Electronics, IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine (SCIE indexed) Deadline: November 30, 2017 (extended)

Guest Editor - Jong-Hyouk Lee, Department of Software, Sangmyung University, Republic of Korea

Authors are invited to submit papers for a special issue on ‘Blockchain Technologies for Consumer Electronics’ in the IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine. This special issue aims at providing a comprehensive review on fundamentals as well as the current state-of-the-art on Blockchain technologies. Recent developments in cryptocurrencies and consensus algorithms are creating new Blockchain based services, while various Blockchain technologies are being developed. Various Blockchain based services are becoming integrated with our daily lives and applied for consumer electronics. This special issue seeks articles that review current Blockchain technologies or explore new Blockchain applications and usage scenarios for consumer electronics. Technical articles may be welcome but these should be of general interest to an engineering audience and of broader scope than archival journal/transaction papers. Articles should be broadly scoped as typically review and tutorial articles are suited to the IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine.

Topics of interest for this special issue include but are not limited to the following: - New Blockchain backbone network and protocol - Smart contracts for consumer electronics - Decentralized organizations for consumer electronics - Security and privacy issues on Blockchain technologies - Blockchain applications for consumer electronics - Blockchain usage scenarios for consumer electronics - Blockchain based automations for consumer electronics - Blockchain based payment system for consumer electronics - Real use cases and business models in consumer electronics areas

Submission Procedure: Submissions should follow IEEE standard template and should consist of the following: (i) A manuscript of maximum 8-page length: A pdf of the complete manuscript layout with figures, tables placed within the text, (ii) A source file in Word or Latex format, and (iii) High resolution original photos and graphics as JPEG files are required for the final submission. Images embedded in Word or Excel documents are not suitable; however, figures and graphics may be provided in a PowerPoint slide deck, with one figure/graphic per slide. Articles which have been previously published at a conference needs to have at least 30% new material as clarified in the cover letter of the submission. The manuscripts need to be submitted online at ScholarOne using the following URL: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cemag. The authors need to select "Special Section: Blockchain Technologies for CE" in Step-1 of submission process to ensure that the article is reviewed for this Special Call. For any questions, please contact guest editor Prof. Jong-Hyouk Lee.

Schedule: - Submission Deadline: November 30, 2017 (extended) - Author Notification: January 30, 2018 - Publication Date: Mid 2018 -- Jong-Hyouk Lee, living somewhere between /dev/null and /dev/random Protocol Engineering Lab., Sangmyung University

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