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<p>Dear Reader,</p>
<p>The <b>Journal of Network and Systems Management (JNSM)</b>
seeks contributions to the <b>Special Issue (SI) on Blockchains
and Distributed Ledgers in Network and Service Management</b>.</p>
<p> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:107%;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">This
special issue of JNSM will challenge researchers and experts to
foster the investigations on the convergence of BCs and DLs and
different components in a decentralized network infrastructure
that drives cutting-edge innovations, especially their service
and management tasks in those differently organized
distributions and their trust assumptions. Authors are invited
to submit high-quality papers containing original work from
either academia or industry reporting novel advances in (but not
limited to) the following topics on BCs and DLs applied and
deployed in Network and Service Management:</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"
lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:107%;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"
lang="EN-US">BCs and Network Security;</span></li>
<li><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"
lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:107%;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"
lang="EN-US">BCs and DLTs Security and Privacy for IoT
Healthcare Systems;</span></li>
<li><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"
lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:107%;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"
lang="EN-US">BCs and DLTs for Internet-of-Things (IoT);</span></li>
<li><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"
lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:107%;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"
lang="EN-US">Novel development of Smart Contracts in the
BC-IoT Ecosystem;</span></li>
<li><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"
lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:107%;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"
lang="EN-US">Machine Learning Approaches for the Convergence
of IoT and DLTs;</span></li>
<li><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"
lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:107%;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"
lang="EN-US">DLT solutions for Edge Computing/networking in
IoT Systems;</span></li>
<li><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"
lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:107%;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"
lang="EN-US">Applications of DLTs and BCs in edge, fog, and
cloud computing;</span></li>
<li><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"
lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:107%;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"
lang="EN-US">BC and DLT Applications in 5G or 6G;</span></li>
<li><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"
lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:107%;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"
lang="EN-US">BCs and DLTs for a Secure and Privacy-strong
Internet-of-Vehicles;</span></li>
<li><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"
lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""></span></span></span><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:107%;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"
lang="EN-US"> Cooperative Overlays based on BCs;</span></li>
<li><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"
lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""></span></span></span><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:107%;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"
lang="EN-US"> Decentralized Domain Name Servers (dDNS) based
on BCs;</span></li>
<li><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"
lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""></span></span></span><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:107%;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"
lang="EN-US">Network Governance, Resilience, and Configuration
Hardening;</span></li>
<li><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"
lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""></span></span></span><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:107%;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"
lang="EN-US">BC P2P Network Monitoring on BC P2P Network;</span></li>
<li><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"
lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""></span></span></span><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:107%;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"
lang="EN-US">Message Broadcasting on BC P2P Network;</span></li>
<li><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"
lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""></span></span></span><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:107%;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"
lang="EN-US">BC Node Recovery from BC Network and System
failure.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"
lang="EN-US">Please contact the Guest Editors if you are
uncertain if your submission is in scope for this special issue.</span></p>
<b><br>
Submission Schedule<br>
</b><br>
We use an “open” submission schedule, which means that you can
submit your paper at any time before we close the call (see below)
and that we will start the review process right after receiving the
submission.<br>
• Call closes: November 30, 2021<br>
• Revision notification: 2 months after submission<br>
• Revised paper due: 1.5 months after the revision notification<br>
• Final notification: 1 month after the revised paper
notification<br>
• Expected publication of the special issue: second quarter of
2022 (early accepted papers will be accessible online before the
deadline)<br>
<br>
<b>Submission Format and Review Guidelines<br>
</b><br>
Submitted manuscripts must be written in English and must not exceed
30 pages in Springer LNCS format. Your paper must describe original
research not published or currently under review by other journals
or conferences. Parallel submissions will not be accepted.<br>
All submitted papers, if relevant to the theme and objectives of the
special issue, will go through an external peer-review process.
Submissions should (i) conform strictly to the Instructions for
Authors available on the JNSM website (available as “Guide to
Authors” at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.springer.com/journal/10922/submission-guidelines#contents">https://www.springer.com/journal/10922/submission-guidelines#contents</a>)
and (ii) be submitted through the Editorial Management system
available at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.editorialmanager.com/jons">http://www.editorialmanager.com/jons</a>.<br>
<br>
<b>More info<br>
</b>
<p>CfP page: <b><br>
</b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.springer.com/journal/10922/updates/19367090">https://www.springer.com/journal/10922/updates/19367090</a></p>
<p>The CfP is available attached as PDF and also at WikiCFP:<a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=139186©ownerid=118588"><br>
http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=139186©ownerid=118588</a><br>
</p>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
Bruno <br>
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Bruno Rodrigues, Postdoctoral researcher<br>
University of Zurich UZH<br>
Department of Informatics IFI<br>
Communication Systems Group CSG<br>
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