Call for Papers: Workshop Encouraging Building Better Blockchain Security (WEB3SEC 2024)

Overview The third annual WEB3SEC workshop will be held on Monday, December 9, 2024, in conjunction with the Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC) in Waikiki, Hawaii. This event provides a dedicated platform for blockchain and security experts to share insights and innovations in enhancing blockchain systems' security.

Workshop Website For further details about WEB3SEC, please visit the workshop website at www.web3sec.ws or at https://www.acsac.org/2024/workshops/WEB3SEC/.

For questions, please contact the General Chair at dragan.boscovic@asu.edu

Call for Papers Description WEB3SEC invites researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to submit papers on advancements in blockchain security. The workshop seeks contributions that propose novel security techniques and approaches, serving as foundational elements for improved distributed ledgers.

Topics of Interest

• Cryptography for Distributed Systems
• Distributed Consensus Protocols

• Decentralized Identity and Access Management
• Account Management and Key Security

• Secure User-Centric Privacy-Preserving Techniques
• Data Privacy in Decentralized Systems
• Blockchain Data Availability, Security, and Integrity

• Smart Contract Exploitation and Post-mortems
• DeFi Security
• Secure Multiparty Computation

• Layer-2 Solutions and Potential Vulnerabilities
• Blockchain Scalability and Security Trade-offs
• Quantum-Computing Threats to Blockchain

• Cross-chain Transaction Security
• Bridging Protocols and Interoperability Vulnerabilities

• Decentralized Decision Making and Voting Protocols
• Reputation Systems and Trust Management
• Detecting Blockchain Anomalies using Machine Learning
• Supply Chain Security using Web3
• Oracle Security and Reliability
• Random Number Generation (RNG) in Web3

• Economics of Security in Web3
• Usability and Security Trade-offs
• Regulations and Compliance for Web3 Security

Submission Instructions 

• Page Limit: Submissions should consist of a PDF with no more than 10 double-column pages, excluding references and appendices (max 5 pages). The total PDF must not exceed 15 pages.
• Paper Format: Use the IEEE template for your ACSAC paper, available here. For Latex, use \documentclass[conference,compsoc]{IEEEtran}.
• Anonymity: Submissions must be anonymous. Author names and affiliations should not be included. Authors can cite their work but must do so in the third person.
• Submission Website: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=web3sec1

Review Process The review process is double-blind. Submissions must not include author names or affiliations, and efforts should be made to obscure identities.

Conflict of Interest Authors and PC members must disclose any conflicts of interest, including advisory or institutional relationships or collaborations within the past two years.

Publication: Accepted papers will be published by IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services (CPS) and will appear in the Computer Society Digital Library and IEEE Xplore® in an ACSAC Workshops 2024 volume alongside the main ACSAC 2024 proceedings. We are currently transitioning to technical sponsorship by IEEE Computer Society's Technical Community on Security and Privacy (TCSP) and expect approval before the proceedings are compiled.

Important Dates

• Submission Deadline: Oct 6, 2024
• Notification Deadline: Nov 10, 2024
• Camera-Ready Deadline: Nov 17, 2024
• Workshop Date: December 9, 2024

Registration Register via the ACSAC 2024 Registration Page. Ensure to add the WEB3SEC workshop fee. Visa invitation letters are available upon request for registered attendees.

Attendance At least one author of each accepted paper must attend the workshop.

Organizing Committee

• General Chair: Dragan Boscovic, Arizona State University
• Program Chairs: Khaled Salah, Khalifa University
• Organizing Chair: Saleha Jaweid, Topl
• PC Members: 

• M. Habib ur Rehman, University of Bedfordshire
• Junaid Arshad, Birmingham City University
• Raja Wasim, Ajman University
• Raja Jayaraman, New Mexico State University
• Ahmad Musameh, Khalifa University
• Tarek Sheltami, KFUPM
• Farhan Ahmad, University of Huddersfield
• Saqib Hakak, University of New Brunswick

Join us for a stimulating exchange of ideas at WEB3SEC 2024 in the beautiful setting of Hawaii!