Please check out the workshop "AI meets Blockchain" at HIPC 2018, in Bangalore: http://hipc.org/ai-blockchain/
HIPC is a premier conference and hence getting a paper accepted in HIPC workshop would be quite an accomplishment for any blockchain/AI enthusiast. Check out the details in this poster on submissions.
1. 1st
Workshop on “AI Meets Blockchain”
http://hipc.org/ai-blockchain/
Call for Papers
Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain have been making rapid technological advances independently. As
these two technologies mature and become part of real life deployments, research focus is turning to
synergizing these two technologies for novel applications and addressing the short comings of each of
these individual technologies.
Due to the risks associated with centralized AI, decentralized blockchain mechanism is being leveraged,
for data and model sharing across non-trusted entities to enable truly autonomous AI. Blockchain is seen
as the way forward to establish provenance on training/testing data & models and to improve the
trustworthiness of the data & models in AI deployments. AI systems are turning to blockchain’s
verifiability and transparency capabilities to ensure clear and transparent audit trails for data sources and
models. Recent advances in AI such as federated learning, algorithms for fairness in AI decision making
are adding momentum to this synergy of AI and blockchain. Monetization of data and models are getting
facilitated by the emergence of AI marketplaces leading to true decentralization of AI. Decentralized
Autonomous Organizations (DAO) and smart contracts facilitate machine to machine AI interactions,
leading to truly autonomous AI. We invite papers focusing on the synergy between AI and block chain.
Topics of interest include but not limited to the following:
Using decentralized blockchain for data sharing of AI applications
Blockchain based data management systems for AI/Analytics.
Leveraging AI for addressing energy consumption issues in blockchain
Model sharing and AI Marketplaces using blockchain
Smart contracts for AI
Federated Machine Learning
Traceable Machine Learning using blockchain
Homomorphic encryption and multi-party computation
Challenges in AI-Blockchain synergy
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations & AI
Novel applications of AI and Blockchain synergy
Submitted papers can be of any of the following types:
1. Regular Research Papers: These papers should report original research results. They should be
at most eight pages.
2. Application Papers. These papers will present novel applications focussing on the synergy of AI
and blockchain. They should be at most eight pages.
3. Position Papers. The extended abstracts will present novel research directions or identify
challenging problems. They should be at most eight pages.
4. Case Studies. The extended abstracts will present case studies from real-life experiences of
developing/deploying AI-Blockchain applications and/or challenges/issues faced. They should be
at most eight pages.
2. All submissions should be in PDF format and made through the Easychair submission site set up for this
workshop: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aimb2018
Submitted manuscripts should be structured as per the submission guidelines given for the main
conference. Papers will undergo a rigorous review by the Program Committee consisting of experts
from AI, data science, blockchain communities. Please note that the review process is “single-blind” (i.e.,
authors can list their names on the paper). All papers need to be original previously unpublished work.
At least one author from each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the paper in
order for the paper to be included in the conference proceedings.
Important Dates
Workshop papers deadline: 9th Sep 2018
Workshop papers notification: 26th
Sep 2018
Workshop papers camera ready: 3rd Oct 2018
Workshop: 17th
Dec 2018
Organizing Committee (email: aimb2018@gmail.com)
Archana Ramakrishnan. Conduent Labs India
Sandya Mannarswamy, Conduent Labs India
Program Committee Members
Vedire, Ritheesh, Conduent Labs
Manamohan Satyanarayanan, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Krishnaprasad Narayanan, Conduent Labs
Dinkar Sitaram, PES University
Krupa Bhathia, Conduent Labs
Shourya Roy, American Express
Manjira Sinha, Accenture
Ashwini Marathe, Conduent Labs
Pankaj Dayama, IBM Research
Neeta Pande, Morgan Stanley
Suparna Bhattacharya, HPE
Praphul Chandra, Koin Earth