<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><h2 id="m_-1237565071110214770gmail-m_-1182027415025516437m_6908623093099971992gmail-focodile-2022---3th-international-workshop-on-foundations-of-consensus-and-distributed-ledgers" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:1.25;padding-bottom:0.3em;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(234,236,239);color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol"">FOCODILE 2022 - 3rd International Workshop on Foundations of Consensus and Distributed Ledgers<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.discotec.org/2022/focodile*focodile-2022---3th-international-workshop-on-foundations-of-consensus-and-distributed-ledgers__;Iw!!IBzWLUs!EHsOXCh4FR-BKW_yTsMri2lqPBRK-1pvHsEdVBiIfLPFee3wNl5tkrIKMF6WWnUS7-P3Gnjctn4xUg$" aria-label="Anchor" style="color:rgb(0,123,255);box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-line:none;opacity:0;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:1em;line-height:1;font-family:anchorjs-icons;padding-left:0.375em" target="_blank"></a></h2><h2 id="m_-1237565071110214770gmail-m_-2462783649880552790gmail-m_2962842153954872006gmail-m_-7277357408363817594gmail-m_-7982480470595719170gmail-m_6908623093099971992gmail-focodile-2022---3th-international-workshop-on-foundations-of-consensus-and-distributed-ledgers" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:1.25;padding-bottom:0.3em;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(234,236,239);color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol""><p style="font-weight:400;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px"><font size="4">FOCODILE 2022 (<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.discotec.org/2022/focodile__;!!IBzWLUs!EHsOXCh4FR-BKW_yTsMri2lqPBRK-1pvHsEdVBiIfLPFee3wNl5tkrIKMF6WWnUS7-P3GniSJ7T-fA$" target="_blank" style="">https://www.discotec.org/2022/focodile</a>) is one of the workshops at DisCoTec 2022, the 17th International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques (<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.discotec.org/2022__;!!IBzWLUs!EHsOXCh4FR-BKW_yTsMri2lqPBRK-1pvHsEdVBiIfLPFee3wNl5tkrIKMF6WWnUS7-P3Gng05BPmZw$" target="_blank" style="">https://www.discotec.org/focodile/2022/</a>). DisCoTec 2022 will take place at the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.imtlucca.it/en__;!!IBzWLUs!EHsOXCh4FR-BKW_yTsMri2lqPBRK-1pvHsEdVBiIfLPFee3wNl5tkrIKMF6WWnUS7-P3GnjPZfG4ZA$" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,86,179);outline-width:0px">IMT School for Advanced Studies</a> Lucca (IT).</font></p></h2><h3 id="m_-1237565071110214770gmail-m_-1182027415025516437m_6908623093099971992gmail-important-dates" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;font-size:1.25em;line-height:1.25;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol"">Important Dates<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.discotec.org/2022/focodile*important-dates__;Iw!!IBzWLUs!EHsOXCh4FR-BKW_yTsMri2lqPBRK-1pvHsEdVBiIfLPFee3wNl5tkrIKMF6WWnUS7-P3Gnj_H5zKpQ$" aria-label="Anchor" style="color:rgb(0,123,255);box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-line:none;opacity:0;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:1em;line-height:1;font-family:anchorjs-icons;padding-left:0.375em" target="_blank"></a></h3><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:1.25;padding-bottom:0.3em;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(234,236,239);color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol""><ul style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:2em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px"><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box">Submission deadline (Hard): <span dir="ltr">May 11th, 2022</span> (AoE)</li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0.25em">Notification of accepted talks: <span dir="ltr">May 20th, 2022</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0.25em">Workshop: <span dir="ltr">June 13th, 2022</span></li></ul><p style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px"><b>Scope</b></p><p style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px">FOCODILE is a forum to exchange ideas and recent research findings on theoretical foundations of consensus and blockchain technology. Topics include, but are not limited to:<br></p><ul style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:2em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px"><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box">Formal models of distributed consensus</li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0.25em">Blockchain-specific cryptographic primitives and protocols</li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0.25em">Formal verification of blockchain protocols and smart contracts</li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0.25em">Byzantine fault tolerance and consensus</li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0.25em">Design and analysis of distributed ledgers</li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0.25em">Blockchain consensus mechanisms</li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0.25em">Privacy and anonymity in cryptocurrencies</li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0.25em">Game-theoretic approaches to blockchains</li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0.25em">Post-quantum blockchain protocols</li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0.25em">Performance and scalability of blockchain systems</li></ul></h2><h3 id="m_-1237565071110214770gmail-m_-1182027415025516437gmail-m_6908623093099971992extended-abstract" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;font-size:1.25em;line-height:1.25;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol"">Extended Abstract<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.discotec.org/2022/focodile*extended-abstract__;Iw!!IBzWLUs!EHsOXCh4FR-BKW_yTsMri2lqPBRK-1pvHsEdVBiIfLPFee3wNl5tkrIKMF6WWnUS7-P3GnhX2PGrJQ$" aria-label="Anchor" style="color:rgb(0,123,255);box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-line:none;opacity:0;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:1em;line-height:1;font-family:anchorjs-icons;padding-left:0.375em" target="_blank"></a></h3><h3 id="m_-1237565071110214770gmail-m_-1182027415025516437m_6908623093099971992gmail-submission-information" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;font-size:1.25em;line-height:1.25;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol""><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;font-size:16px"><span style="font-weight:normal">Novel research works or already published papers are welcome (in the form of extended abstracts).</span></p></h3><h3 id="m_-1237565071110214770gmail-m_-1182027415025516437m_6908623093099971992gmail-submission-information" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;font-size:1.25em;line-height:1.25;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol"">Submission information<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.discotec.org/2022/focodile*submission-information__;Iw!!IBzWLUs!EHsOXCh4FR-BKW_yTsMri2lqPBRK-1pvHsEdVBiIfLPFee3wNl5tkrIKMF6WWnUS7-P3GngmmfpcGg$" aria-label="Anchor" style="color:rgb(0,123,255);box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-line:none;opacity:0;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:1em;line-height:1;font-family:anchorjs-icons;padding-left:0.375em" target="_blank"></a></h3><h3 id="m_-1237565071110214770gmail-m_-1182027415025516437m_6908623093099971992gmail-organising-committee-chairs" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;font-size:1.25em;line-height:1.25;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol""><p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:16px;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px">Extended abstracts (2 pages + references) have to be submitted in PDF format using the EasyChair submission page <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=focodile2022__;!!IBzWLUs!EHsOXCh4FR-BKW_yTsMri2lqPBRK-1pvHsEdVBiIfLPFee3wNl5tkrIKMF6WWnUS7-P3GnjkyTdstQ$" target="_blank">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=focodile2022</a></p><p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:16px;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px">The submissions must be prepared using Springer’s LNCS style. Accepted submissions should be presented during the workshop day.</p><p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:16px;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px">FOCODILE has no formal proceedings.</p></h3><h3 id="m_-1237565071110214770gmail-m_-1182027415025516437m_6908623093099971992gmail-organising-committee-chairs" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;font-size:1.25em;line-height:1.25;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol"">Organizing committee chairs<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.discotec.org/2022/focodile*organising-committee-chairs__;Iw!!IBzWLUs!EHsOXCh4FR-BKW_yTsMri2lqPBRK-1pvHsEdVBiIfLPFee3wNl5tkrIKMF6WWnUS7-P3Gni9W04JZA$" aria-label="Anchor" style="color:rgb(0,123,255);box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-line:none;opacity:0;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:1em;line-height:1;font-family:anchorjs-icons;padding-left:0.375em" target="_blank"></a></h3><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:1.25;padding-bottom:0.3em;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(234,236,239);color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol""><ul style="font-weight:400;font-size:16px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:2em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px"><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box">Zeta Avarikioti (TU Wien) <a href="mailto:zetavar@hotmail.com" target="_blank">zetavar@hotmail.com</a></li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0.25em">Andrea Morichetta (University of Camerino) <a href="mailto:andrea.morichetta@unicam.it" target="_blank">andrea.morichetta@unicam.it</a></li></ul></h2></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

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