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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">ACM International Symposium on Blockchain and
Secure Critical Infrastructure (BSCI 2025), in conjunction with ACM ASIACCS
2025 between 25th and 29th August, 2025, in Hanoi, Vietnam</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif"></span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The series of highly successful International
Symposium on Blockchain and Secure Critical Infrastructure (BSCI) include
BSCI-2024 (Singapore</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">; <a href="https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3659463" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3659463</a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">),
BSCI-2023 (Melbourne, Australia</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">; <a href="https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3594556" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3594556</a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">),
BSCI-2022 (Nagasaki, Japan</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">; <a href="https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3494106" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3494106</a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">),
BSCI-2021 (Hongkong, China</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">; <a href="https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3457337" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3457337</a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">),
BSCI-2020 (Taipei, Taiwan, China</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">; <a href="https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3384943" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3384943</a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">)
and BSCI-2019 (Auckland, New Zealand</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">; <a href="https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3327960" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3327960</a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Topics of particular interest include, but are
not limited to:</span></p>

<ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in" type="disc">
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Blockchain-assisted Federated Learning</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Blockchain-assisted Artificial Intelligence Large Model</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Decentralized Artificial Intelligence Model Identity
     Ownership</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Blockchain-based Data Trading Mechanism</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Blockchain-based Data Elements Trustworthy Circulation</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Blockchain Advances in 6G Network</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Smart Contract Methods in Intelligent Control System</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Technical issues of Blockchain and Secure Critical
     Infrastructure (architecture, functionality, workflows, availability,
     scalability, challenges of implementation, etc.)</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Security and Privacy in Blockchain and Critical
     Infrastructure</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Attacks on Blockchain and Critical Infrastructure</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Blockchain with Industry 4.0</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Impact on business models (change of existing business
     models, emergence of new business models, disruptive business models,
     etc.)</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Blockchain Advance in Secure Smart Grid</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">F</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">uture
     applications of Blockchain and Secure Critical Infrastructure (</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">e.g., </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">finance,
     insurance, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, energy sector, education,
     transportation, media production, </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">and
     </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">government sector)</span></li>
</ul>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">In addition to the technical research
achievements, all qualified submissions in relevant subtopics (including novel
industrial topics) not mentioned here are </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">also </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">welcomed.</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Program Chairs</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></p>

<ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in" type="disc">
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Keke Gai, Beijing Institute of Technology, China</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, The University of Texas at San
     Antonio, USA</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Joseph Liu,
     Monash University, Australia</span></li>
</ul>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Important Dates</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></p>

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 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Submission Deadline: </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">March</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">14</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">th, 2025</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> (new extension)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></li>
</ul>

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 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Paper Notification: </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">May</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">1</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">st, 2025</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Camera Ready Version: </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">May</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">25</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">th, 2025</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Workshop Date: August 25th, 2025</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif"></span></li>
</ul>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Submission
Instruction</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Submitted
papers must not substantially overlap papers that have been published or that
are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with
proceedings. <b>All submissions should be appropriately anonymized and a
DOUBLE-BLIND REVIEW policy will be applied during the review process.</b> Submissions
must be in double-column ACM SIG Proceedings format, and should not exceed the
following page limit.</span></p>

<ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in" type="disc">
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Full-Length
     Paper = 12 Page Limit + up to 2 extra pages for appendices only</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Short
     Paper = 6 Page Limit + up to 2 extra pages for appendices only</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Poster/Late
     Breaking = 3 Page Limit (for all content, no extra pages)</span></li>
</ul>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Position
papers describing the work in progress are also welcome. Only pdf files will be
accepted. Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their papers will be
presented at the workshop. At least one author of the paper must be registered
at the appropriate conference rate. Accepted papers will be published in the
ACM Digital Library. This symposium will grant a few awards, including <b>ACM
Best Paper Award</b> and <b>ACM Best Student Award</b>.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Prior
year awards</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Best
Paper Awards</span></i></p>

<ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in" type="disc">
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">2024:
     A Game Theoretic Analysis of Validator Strategies in Ethereum 2.0, by
     Chien-Chih Chen (University of Waterloo, Canada) and Wojciech Golab
     (University of Waterloo, Canada)</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">2023:
     Trusted Sharing of Autonomous Vehicle Crash Data using Enterprise
     Blockchain and IPFS, by Akarsh Singh (Indian Institute of Technology
     Kharagpur, India), Shounak Sural (Carnegie Mellon University, USA),
     Tirthankar Sengupta (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India) and
     Shamik Sural (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India)</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">2022:
     Economic Analysis of Decentralized Exchange Market with Transaction Fee
     Mining, by Hongbo Zhang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen,
     China); Sizheng Fan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen,
     Shenzhen, China); Zhixuan Fang (Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China); Wei
     Cai (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China)</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">2021:
     Eth2Vec: Learning Contract-Wide Code Representations for Vulnerability
     Detection on Ethereum Smart Contracts, by Nami Ashizawa (Osaka University,
     Japan); Naoto Yanai (Osaka University, Japan); Jason Paul Cruz (Osaka
     University, Japan); Shingo Okamura (National Institute of Technology,
     Japan)</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">2020:
     Mining the Characteristics of the Ethereum P2P Network, by Zhenzhen Li,
     Wei Xia, Mingxin Cui, Fu Peipei, Gaopeng Gou, Gang Xiong (China Institute
     of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences)</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">2019:
     Distributed Community Detection over Blockchain Networks Based on
     Structure Entropy, by Yang Chen, Jiamou Liu (University of Auckland)</span></li>
</ul>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Best
Student Paper Awards </span></i></p>

<ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in" type="disc">
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">2024:
     On the Impact of Network Transport Protocols on Leader-Based Consensus
     Communication, by Richard von Seck (Technical University of Munich,
     Germany), Filip Rezabek (Technical University of Munich, Germany),
     Sebastian Gallenmüller (Technical University of Munich, Germany), and
     Georg Carle (Technical University of Munich, Germany)</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">2023:
     DCSS: A Smart Contract-based Data Continuous Storage Scheme, by Kun Wang
     (Beihang University, China), Qianhong Wu (Beihang University, China),
     Tianxu Han (Beihang University, China), Yujue Wang (Beihang University,
     China), Yingmiao Zhang (Beijing Jiaotong University, China) and Bo Qin
     (Renmin University of China, China)</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">2022:
     ScaleSFL: A Sharding Solution for Blockchain-Based Federated Learning, by
     Evan Madill (University of Manitoba, Canada); Ben Nguyen (University of
     Manitoba, Canada); Sara Rouhani (University of Manitoba, Canada)</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">2021:
     MultiCall: a Transaction-batching Interpreter for Ethereum, by William
     Hughes (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden); Gerardo Schneider
     (University of Gothenburg, Sweden); Alejandro Russo (Chalmers University
     of Technology, Sweden)</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">2020:
     SmartWitness: A Proactive Software Transparency System using Smart
     Contracts, by Juan Guarnizo (Singapore University of Technology and
     Design), Bithin Alangot (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham), Pawel Szalachowski
     (Singapore University of Technology and Design)</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">2019:
     Proof-of-Play: A Novel Consensus Model for Blockchain-based Peer-to-Peer
     Gaming System, by Ho Yin Yuen (Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Feijie
     Wu (Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Wei Cai (Chinese University of Hong
     Kong), Henry C.B. Chan (Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Qiao Yan
     (Shenzhen University), Victor C.M. Leung (Shenzhen University)</span></li>
</ul>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif"><br></span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Paper submission site: <a href="https://easychair.org/account2/signin?l=3173067091268534640">https://easychair.org/account2/signin?l=3173067091268534640</a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif"></span></p>

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