The 7th International Symposium on Blockchain Applications and Theory (BCAT 2025), Tampa, Florida, USA. May 19-22, 2025
March 4th, 2025 
Daniela Lopez de Luise The 7th International Symposium on Blockchain Applications and Theory (BCAT 2025)
https://icsc-conference.org/2025/Workshops/BCAT2025/
Hybrid Event
Tampa, Florida, USA. May 19-22, 2025
Co-located with
The Fifth IEEE Intelligent Cybersecurity Conference (ICSC2025)
Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE Florida West Coast Section
BCAT 2025 CFP:
A blockchain is a distributed ledger for recording transactions and/or data in a meaningful order, maintained by many connected nodes without a trusted central authority. Blockchain has a great potential to create new foundations for most distributed systems by efficiently establishing trust among nodes, especially in emerging networks. Such a fundamental technology to enable decentralization play an important role in a wide spectrum of topics such as Internet of Things (IoT), Cyber Physical Systems (CPS), edge computing, cloud computing, fog, mobile computing, social networking, wireless communication, vehicular network, and even more other fields.
At the same time, there is a lack of fundamental study on the limitation of blockchain such as scalability, security, privacy, efficiency, availability and dependability. Hence, the development and deployment of blockchain-based systems and applications will likely exhibit new requirements and complicated challenges, which brings more open issues and exciting directions for research communities. The aim of BCAT is to bring together researchers and practitioners working in cloud computing, distributed systems, cryptography, security, and networking, from academia and industry, who are interested in the applications and theory of blockchains and related protocols. Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to:
- Theories of blockchain and distributed ledger technology
- Distributed data store for blockchain
- Distributed transaction for blockchain
- Blockchain in cloud computing
- Blockchain in mobile and edge computing
- Blockchain in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
- Blockchain and Financial Networks
- Blockchain in vehicular network
- Blockchain in the Internet of things (IoT)
- Blockchain Systems for Cyber Security
- Blockchain in Cyber Physical Systems (CPS)
- Blockchain in social networking
Submissions Guidelines and Proceedings
Manuscripts should be prepared in 10-point font using the IEEE 8.5″ x 11″ two-column format. All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted electronically at Paper Submission Link. A full paper can be up to 6 pages (including all figures, tables and references). Submitted papers must present original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines may be rejected without review. Also submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the Program Chair for further information or clarification. All submissions are peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers. Accepted papers will appear in the ICSC Proceeding, and be published by the IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services and be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion.
Important Dates:
- Paper submission deadline: March 23rd 2025 (Firm and Final)
- Notification of acceptance: April 7th, 2025
- Camera-ready Submission: April 21st, 2025
Contact:
Please send any inquiry on ICSC to Fahed Alkhabbas at: fahed.alkhabbas@mau.se
IEEE BHI 2025 – “Precision Health: AI Tailored to Individuals”
March 4th, 2025 Daniela Lopez de Luise
The IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI), sponsored by the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE EMBS), is EMBS’s primary technical conference on informatics and computing in healthcare and life sciences. BHI 2025 will take place in Atlanta, Georgia, USA from October 26 – 29, 2025. It will provide a unique forum to showcase basic and translational research on big data analytics and machine learning that address challenges in the acquisition, transmission, processing, security, visualization, and interpretation of vast volumes of multi-modal biomedical data, as well as related social, behavioral, environmental, and geographical data. It will also demonstrate the deployment of BHI informatics solutions that integrate key technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, mHealth, e-Health, human-computer interface, telemedicine, bioinformatics, sensors, imaging, and public health monitoring, to achieve patient-centric and outcome-driven effective health care.
Important Information
- IEEE JBHI format: 8-page J-BHI format papers will be evaluated by JBHI with accepted papers published in JBHI Special Issue and featured by an oral presentation at the conference.
- Opportunities for regular conference papers (4-7 pages) and 1-page abstracts.
- Open Access: BHI 2025 proudly features Open-Access publishing for accepted regular papers.
- Accepted regular conference papers for publishing in IEEE Xplore.
- Open Double-Blind Review for high quality: BHI 2025 will use OpenReview for establishing open review processes.
- Best paper awards for recognizing innovative and excellent research
- 1-page extended abstracts for poster presentations and rapid fire sessions
- Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits for clinicians
- Travel Awards: for undergraduate and graduate students from US Institutions
- Data competition and awards for students
The topical areas of interest include but are not limited to the following:
The BHI2025 scope covers multimodality data collection by novel sensors, imaging, omics, public and global health surveillance, robots, drug discovery, immunotherapy, and multiple other biomedical technologies; data transmission (security, encryption); data visualization; data analysis by signal processing and machine learning; advanced AI such as Generative AI and Cognitive AI for large range of biomedical and health technologies and applications, including Metaverse, Digital Health, Bioinformatics, Electronic Health Records, Human-Computer Interaction, Telemedicine, Public Health, Aging, Infectious Diseases, Chronic Conditions, and so on under the six big categories of informatics:
- Biomedical Sensor Informatics
- Bioinformatics
- Imaging Informatics
- Clinical Informatics
- Public Health Informatics
- Theoretical Biomedical Informatics
The detailed categories include but are not limited to:
- AI Implementation Science in Medicine
- AI in Precision and Predictive Health
- AI in Wellness and Preventative Care
- Biomarker Discovery and Drug Design
- Causal Inference for Biomedicine
- Cognitive Automation in Health and Medicine
- Cybersecurity and Privacy Preservation
- Data Harmonization and Quality Control
- Digital Twins / Personalized AI Models
- Ethical and Regulatory Issues in Biomedical AI
- Explainable AI for Decision Support
- Generative AI and Foundational Models for Biomedicine
- Metaverse, Augmented and Intelligent Reality
- Multimodality Data Analysis
- Pervasive Computing for Wearables
- Robotic Surgery and Interventions
- Single-cell and spatial genomics
- Biomedical digital twins
Important Dates
|
Paper Submission (JBHI & Reg. Conf. papers) |
May 23, 2025 |
|
Special Session, Workshop & Tutorial |
June 13, 2025 |
|
1st Round of Paper Review Notifications |
July 7, 2025 |
|
2nd Round Paper Review Submission |
July 25, 2025 |
|
Final Paper Acceptance Notification |
August 15, 2025 |
|
Final Camera Ready Paper |
September 1, 2025 |
|
1-page Abstract Submission Window |
May 1 – October 1, 2025 |
|
1-page Abstract Acceptance Notification |
decisions released every two weeks |
Second Call for Papers DGMM 2025
March 4th, 2025 Daniela Lopez de Luise
4th International Conference on Discrete Geometry and Mathematical Morphology
University of Groningen, The Netherlands November 3-6, 2025
Url:
The submission for papers is now open for the 4th International Conference on Discrete Geometry and Mathematical Morphology (DGMM 2024), to be held at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, on November 3-6, 2025.
DGMM 2025 will be the fourth joint event between the two main conference series of IAPR TC18, the International Conference on Discrete Geometry for Computer Imagery (DGCI) and the International Symposium on Mathematical Morphology (ISMM).
DGMM offers the opportunity for researchers, students, and practitioners to share and discuss novel high quality research results within the fields of discrete geometry and mathematical morphology, and their applications to image processing and image analysis. Both theoretical and application-focused contributions related to these fields are welcome. The proceedings will be published by Springer in Lecture Notes in Computer Science.
A separate Call for Tutorials and Call for State-of-the-Art Reviews will follow soon.
Important dates:
-
Title+abstract submission: March 28, 2025
-
Paper submission deadline: April 7, 2025
-
Preliminary author notification: June 13, 2025
-
Rebuttal deadline: June 30, 2025
-
Final acceptance: July 11 , 2025
-
Camera ready deadline: September 8, 2025
-
Conference dates: November 3-6, 2025
Submission deadline extended Mar 17th
March 4th, 2025 Daniela Lopez de Luise Submission deadline extended for March 17th.
IbPRIA 2025
30/Jun – 3/Jul – Coimbra, Portugal
Website: http://www.ibpria.org
IbPRIA is an international conference co-organized by the Portuguese APRP and Spanish AERFAI chapters of the IAPR International Association for Pattern Recognition, and it is technically endorsed by the IAPR.
IbPRIA consists of high-quality, previously unpublished papers, presented either orally or as a poster, intended to act as a forum for research groups, engineers and practitioners, to present recent results, algorithmic improvements and promising future directions in pattern recognition and image analysis.
All accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings and will be published in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science Series. In addition, a short list of presented papers will be invited to submit extended versions for possible publication after revision in a journal to announce soon. The best paper and best student paper awards will be invited to prepare extended versions to be considered for publication on another journal (to announce soon). The following awards will be given at IbPRIA 2025:
-
- Best paper award (and additional honorable mention).
- Best student paper award (and additional honorable mention).
- APRP Ph.D. prize 2023-2024.
- AERFAI Ph.D. prize 2023-2024.
Important Dates:
Submission of Papers: Mar 17th, 2025
Submission of Tutorials proposals: Mar 17th, 2025
Submission for Doctoral Consortium: Mar 17th, 2025
(extended abstracts)
Notification of acceptance (all): Apr 14th, 2025
Camera-ready: May 5th, 2025
Early registration: May 5th, 2025
Tutorials and Doctoral Consortium: Jun 30th, 2025
Main conference: Jul 1st – Jul 3rd 2025
Topics of interest:
The conference is looking for new theoretical results, techniques, and main applications in any aspect of pattern recognition and image analysis, including but not restricted to:
Pattern Recognition
Special Hardware Architectures
Image Analysis
Image Coding and Processing
Computer Vision
Shape and Texture Analysis
Biometrics and Human Computer Interaction
Information Systems
Statistical and Structural Pattern Recognition
Multimedia Systems
Machine Learning
Speech Recognition
Deep learning
Artificial Intelligence
Bioinformatics
Industrial Applications of Pattern Recognition
Computational biology
Character and Text Recognition
Medical and forensic applications of Pattern Recognition
Biomedical Imaging
Robotics
Remote Sensing
Tutorials and Doctoral Consortium
IbPRIA 2025 is accepting proposals for high-quality and relevant Tutorials either for half-day (Jun 30th) or blocks of 2 hours. The topics to be considered are listed at the main conference webpage, but others will be also considered. Proposals shall be sent by email to ibpria2025@isr.uc.pt until the appointed deadline (Feb 14th, 2025).
PhD students seeking for a dynamic and social environment with other PhD students in the topics of the conference, faculties and researchers, and willing for an opportunity to present their work in this environment, can submit extended abstracts of their work until the appointed deadline (Mar 14th, 2025) in the submission portal.
IbPRIA Committes and team:
General Co-Chairs
– Hélder Oliveira – APRP, INEST TEC, University of Porto, Portugal
– Joan Andreu Sánchez – AERFAI, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
Local Chair
– Nuno Gonçalves – ISR, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Program Chairs
– Jorge Batista – ISR, University of Coimbra, Portugal
– Ana Maria Mendonça – University of Porto, Portugal
– Hugo Proença – University of Beira Interior, Portugal
– Petia Radeva – Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
Tutorial Chairs
– Bernardete Ribeiro – CISUC, University of Coimbra, Portugal
– Catarina Silva – CISUC, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Sponsors Chairs
– Paulo Peixoto – ISR, University of Coimbra, Portugal
– Ágata Lapedriza – Universitat Operta de Barcelona, Spain
Local Committee
– Paulo Peixoto – ISR, University of Coimbra, Portugal
– Paulo Menezes – ISR, University of Coimbra, Portugal
– Cristiano Premebida – ISR, University of Coimbra, Portugal
– Joel Arrais – CISUC, University of Coimbra, Portugal
– João Marcos – ISR, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Invited Speakers:
– António M. López – Autonomous Univ. Barcelona
– Christoph Busch – NTNU, Norway & HAD, Germany
– Luísa Proença Portuguese Investigation Police (Polícia Judiciária)
– João Filipe Henriques – Univ. of Oxford
Venue:
The tutorials and the conference will be held at:
Quinta das Lágrimas Hotel *****
Rua António Augusto Gonçalves
3041-901 Coimbra
Conference email: ibpria25@isr.uc.pt