5th International Workshop on Formal Methods for Blockchains ()FMBC

April 07, 2024, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Co-located with the european joint conferences ontheory and practice of software (ETAPS 2024)

IMPORTANT DATES

• Abstract submission: January 24, 2024
• Paper submission: January 31, 2024
• Notification: February 29, 2024
• Camera-ready: March 15, 2024
• Pre-Proceedings: March 31, 2024
• Workshop: April 07, 2024

Deadlines are Anywhere on Earth

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Blockchain is a novel technology to store data in a decentralized way.Although the technology was originally invented to enable cryptocurrencies,it quickly found applications in several other domains.

Blockchains may also provide support for Smart Contracts. Smart Contractsare scripts of an ad-hoc programming language that are stored in theblockchain and that run on the network. They can interact with the ledger’sdata and update its state. These scripts can express the logic of possiblycomplex contracts between users of the blockchain. Thus, Smart Contractscan facilitate the economic activity of blockchain participants.

Since blockchains are often used to store financial transactions, bugs mayresult in huge economic losses and thus it is now of utmost importance tohave strong guarantees of the behaviour of blockchain software. Theseguarantees can be brought by using Formal Methods. Indeed, Blockchain softwareencompasses many topics of computer science where using Formal Methodstechniques and tools is relevant: consensus algorithms to ensure the livenessand the security of the data on the chain, programming languages specificallydesigned to write smart contracts, cryptographic protocols, such aszero-knowledge proofs, used to ensure privacy, etc.

This workshop is a forum to identify theoretical and practical approaches offormal methods for Blockchain technology. Topics include, but are not limited to:* Formal models of Blockchain applications or concepts* Formal methods for consensus protocols* Formal methods for Blockchain-specific cryptographic primitives or protocols* Design and implementation of Smart Contract languages* Verification of Smart Contracts

SUBMISSION

Submit original manuscripts (not published or considered elsewhere)with a page limit of 12 pages for full papers and 6 pages for short papers(excluding bibliography and short appendix of up to 5 additional pages).

Alternatively you may also submit an extended abstract of up to 2pages (excluding bibliography) summarizing your ongoing work in the areaof formal methods and blockchain. Authors of selected extended-abstractsare invited to give a short lightning talk.

Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fmbc2024

Authors are encouraged to use LaTeX and prepare their submissions accordingto the instructions and styling guides for OASIcs provided by Dagstuhl.

Instructions for authors:

https://submission.dagstuhl.de/documentation/authors#oasics

At least one author of an accepted paper is expected to present thepaper at the workshop as a registered participant.

PROCEEDINGS

All submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least three members of theprogram committee for quality and relevance. Accepted regular papers(full and short papers) will be included in the workshop proceedings.

INVITED SPEAKER

Franck Cassez, Head of Research, Mantl

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

PC CO-CHAIRS

• Bruno Bernardo (Nomadic Labs, France) (bruno@nomadic-labs.com)
• Diego Marmsoler (University of Exeter, UK) (D.Marmsoler@exeter.ac.uk)

PC MEMBERS

• Burcu Kulahcioglu Ozkan (Delft University of Technology)
• Maria Potop-Butucaru (Sorbonne University, LIP6, Paris)
• Bas Spitters (Aarhus University)
• Sophie Rain (TU Wien)
• Gordon Pace (University of Malta)
• Ron Van Der Meyden (The University of New South Wales)
• Maurice Herlihy (Brown University)
• Vincent Rahli (University of Birmingham)
• Meng Sun (Peking University)
• Martin Ceresa (IMDEA Software Institute)
• Massimo Bartoletti (Universita' degli Studi di Cagliari)
• Denisa Diaconescu (University of Bucharest)
• Manuel Chakravarty (Tweag & IOG)
• Bernhard Beckert (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
• Florian Kammueller (Middlesex University London and TU Berlin)
• Baoluo Meng (GE Global Research)
• Albert Rubio (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
• Sylvain Conchon (Universite Paris-Saclay)