<div dir="ltr">FMBC 2022 Second Call for Papers<br>[ Please distribute, apologies for multiple postings. ]<br><br>========================================================================<br><br>4th International Workshop on Formal Methods for Blockchains (FMBC) - First Call<br><br><a href="https://fmbc.gitlab.io/2022" target="_blank">https://fmbc.gitlab.io/2022</a><br><br>August 11, 2022, Haifa, Israel<br><br>Co-located with the The Federated Logic Conference 2022 (FLoC 22 -- <a href="https://www.floc2022.org/" target="_blank">https://www.floc2022.org/</a>) as a satellite workshop of the 34th International Conference on Computer-Aided Verification (CAV 2022 -- <a href="http://i-cav.org/2022/" target="_blank">http://i-cav.org/2022/</a>).<br><br>-----------------------------------------------------------------<br>Important dates<br>---------------------<br><br> Abstract submission: May 3, 2022<br> Full paper submission: May 10, 2022<br> Notification: June 15, 2022<br> Camera-ready: July 13, 2022<br> Workshop: August 11, 2022<br><br>Deadlines are Anywhere on Earth -- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anywhere_on_Earth" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anywhere_on_Earth</a>.<br><br>----------------------<br>----------------------<br>TOPICS OF INTEREST<br>---------------------<br>Blockchains
are decentralized transactional ledgers that rely on cryptographic hash
functions for guaranteeing the integrity of the stored data.
Participants on the network reach agreement on what valid transactions
are through consensus algorithms.<br><br>Blockchains may also provide
support for Smart Contracts. Smart Contracts are scripts of an ad-hoc
programming language that are stored in the Blockchain and that run on
the network. They can interact with the ledger’s data and update its
state. These scripts can express the logic of possibly complex contracts
between users of the Blockchain. Thus, Smart Contracts can facilitate
the economic activity of Blockchain participants.<br><br>With the
emergence and increasing popularity of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin
and Ethereum, it is now of utmost importance to have strong guarantees
of the behavior of Blockchain software. These guarantees can be brought
by using Formal Methods. Indeed, Blockchain software encompasses many
topics of computer science where using Formal Methods techniques and
tools are relevant: consensus algorithms to ensure the liveness and the
security of the data on the chain, programming languages specifically
designed to write Smart Contracts, cryptographic protocols, such as
zero-knowledge proofs, used to ensure privacy, etc.<br><br>This workshop
is a forum to identify theoretical and practical approaches of formal
methods for Blockchain technology. Topics include, but are not limited
to:<br><br>* Formal models of Blockchain applications or concepts<br>* Formal methods for consensus protocols<br>* Formal methods for Blockchain-specific cryptographic primitives or protocols<br>* Design and implementation of Smart Contract languages<br>* Verification of Smart Contracts<br><br>----------------------<br>----------------------<br>SUBMISSION<br>---------------------<br>Submit
original manuscripts (not published or considered elsewhere) with a
page limit of 12 pages for full papers and Systematization of Knowledge
(SoK) papers, 6 pages for short papers, and 2 pages for tool papers
(excluding bibliography and short appendix of up to 5 additional pages).<br><br>Alternatively,
you may also submit an extended abstract of up to 3 pages (including a
bibliography) summarizing your ongoing work in the area of formal
methods and blockchain. Authors of selected extended abstracts are
invited to give a short lightning talk.<br><br>--------------------<br>--------------------<br>PROCEEDINGS<br>-------------------<br>All submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least three members of the
program committee for quality and relevance. Accepted regular papers
(full and short papers) will be included in the workshop proceedings.
, published as a volume of the OpenAccess Series in Informatics (<a href="https://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publications/oasics/" target="_blank">OASIcs</a>) by Dagstuhl.<br><br>----------------------<br>----------------------<br>INVITED SPEAKER<br>---------------------<br>Massimo Bartoletti, Professor, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy<br><br>----------------------<br>----------------------<br>PROGRAM COMMITTEE<br>---------------------<br><br>PC CO-CHAIRS<br>* Zaynah Dargaye (Nomadic Labs, France) (<a href="mailto:zaynah.dargaye@nomadic-labs.com" target="_blank">zaynah.dargaye@nomadic-labs.com</a>)<br>* Clara Schneidewind, (MPI-SP, Germany) (<a href="mailto:clara.schneidewind@mpi-sp.org" target="_blank">clara.schneidewind@mpi-sp.org</a>)<br><br>PC MEMBERS<br><br>Wolfgang Ahrendt (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)<br>Leonardo Alt (Ethereum Foundation, Germany)<br>Lacramioara Astefanoaei (Nomadic Labs, France)<br>Roberto Blanco (MPI-SP, Germany)<br>Joachim Breitner (Germany)<br>Achim Brucker (University of Exeter, UK)<br>Ethan Cecchetti (University of Maryland, USA)<br>Manuel Chakravarty (IOHK & Tweag, Netherlands)<br>Jing Chen (Algorand Inc, USA)<br>Jérémie Decouchant (TU Delft, Netherlands)<br>Antonella Del Pozzo (Université Paris-Saclay & CEA & List, France)<br>Dana Drachsler Cohen (Technion, Israel)<br>Cezara Dragoi (INRIA & ENS & CNRS & PSL, France)<br>Ansgar Fehnker (Twente, Netherlands)<br>Dominik Harz (Interlay & Imperial College London, UK)<br>Lars Hupel (INNOQ, Germany)<br>Igor Konnov (Informal Systems, Austria)<br>Paul Laforgue (Nomadic Labs, France)<br>Julian Nagele (Bank of America, USA)<br>Russel O’Connor (Blockstream)<br>Maria Potop-Butucaru (LIP6, France)<br>Albert Rubio (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain)<br>César Sanchez (IMDEA, Spain)<br>Sun Meng (Peking University, China)<br>Simon Thompson (IO Global, UK)<br>Josef Widder (Informal Systems, Austria)</div>