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C-DAC Bangalore under the aegis of the Office of the Controller of Certifying Authorities, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, invites participants for the workshop on Blockchain for PKI, featuring hackathon, paper presentations and invited talks on this topic. This is one of a unique event featuring the use of Blockchain exclusively for the PKI ecosystem and PKI applications. This workshop-cum-hackathon is being organized with the technical support of IEEE Bangalore Section.
About HackChain4PKI
Developers, Students and interested members are invited to
participate in this hackathon competition. Participants are expected
to participate in a team or as an individual. The team size can be a
maximum of five members. A preliminary intro to PKI and
Blockchain can be found online at: https://youtube.com/pkiindia
Participants are requested to either work on the problem statements
given on the Website, or propose their problem statements relating
to the use of Blockchain in PKI and can work on the same, upon
approval/incorporating the suggestions given by the jury.
Important Dates
Morning Session
PKI and Blockchain Basics
Invited Talks
Selected Papers
Afternoon Session
Selected Paper Presentations
Hackathon Presentations
Award
Last date of registration for the Hackathon
31 March 2020
Brochure for the workshop is available
Last date for submission of the code and demo
31 May 2020
Last date for Submission of Papers
30 April 2020
Announcement of Results
31 May 2020
Workshop Date
16 June 2020
Call for Papers
We seek research paper submissions on the innovative use of Blockchain in the PKI Ecosystem and PKI applications. Some of the topics of interest include, but not limited to:
Blockchain for Certificate Life Cycle Management
Blockchain and PKI for IoTDevices
Blockchain and PKI for Identity Management
Electronic Trust Management
Blockchain for Key Rollovers in PKI
PKI and Blockchain Integration Issues
Blockchain and PKI for DAPPS
Blockchain and PKI for Smart Contracts
Scalability issues specific to PKI and Blockchain
Rules and Prizes
Hackathon participants are required to register before the deadline giving the details of the team, and the problem statement that they have chosen to work on. Participants are required to submit a working demo (video tutorial) of their code, along with the the complete code and details of pre-requisite software. The participating teams will be notified for making a short presentation, which has to be made during the workshop. The jury’s decision will be final and binding. The copyright of all the submissions will be held by C-DAC with due credits to the authors.
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Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
68, Electronics City
Bangalore - 560100
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