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                             CALL FOR PAPERS
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              1st Workshop on Digital Currencies  (DC 2014)
                                    
                             in conjunction with
     17th International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS
                                  2014)
                                     

                             Larnaca, Cyprus
                              May 22, 2014

                      /bis2013/wscfp.php?ws=dc2014

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                 Deadline for submissions: Apr 15, 2014

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	During the last few years, the growing interest and popularity in crypto
currencies have fostered developments in research and practices in
relevant fields. Academics and practitioners, alike, are facing
challenges related to the ever increasing required infrastructure for
mining crypro-currencies, the operational aspects of exchanges, the
regulatory frameworks that are required for the new form of payment
instruments without hindering the growth of the new economy and the
relation between crypto-currencies and official payment methods. 

Nowadays, addressing such challenges becomes essential for developing new
services and possibly business models that contain the prospect of
restructuring financial systems. 

This workshop  invites researchers and business experts to share
knowledge and competencies for organizational and practical apsects of
crypto-currency systems. We expect participants to  present research
papers, comment on business cases,  hold tutorial sessions or demonstrate
systems, tools and other related issues needed to:    
	(a)  manage crypto-currencies 
	(b)  optimize operational aspects of crypto-currency exchanges and 
	(c)  assess and make informed decisions related to digital currencies.
  

TOPICS OF INTEREST

* Types of Digital Payment Systems and Properties
* Crypto-currencies and Security
* Mining Crypto-ocurrencies
* P2P Decentralized Architectures and Platforms
* Crypto-currency Exchange Markets
* Risk Analysis of Exchanges for Digital Currency
* Assessing Emerging Regulatory Frameworks
* Mobile Information Systems and Services in Crypto-currencies
* Digital Currency as a Service
* Digital Currency and the Banking Sector
* Investing and Crypto-currencies
* Regulatory Frameworks in Digital Monetary Systems
* Digital Currency Transactions and Privacy
* Policy and Ethics
* Case Studies and Best Practices

SUBMISSION

* Long papers: max. 12 pages
* Work-in-progress reports: max. 6 pages
* Demo papers: max. 4 pages


    Papers must be submitted in PDF format according to Springer LNBIP
template available from
	http://www.springer.com/computer+science/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-791344-0.

	Submission system will be available at EasyChair.
	
	Submission system is available at
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bis20141stworkshopon.
  
WORKSHOP FORMAT

	95% Tutorials (case studies and tools demo)	
	
	5% Panel Discussion (discussion on the issues addressed and on how to
face challenges)

	Each paper submitted to BIS workshop will be reviewed by at least two
referees.
  
IMPORTANT DATES

* Apr 15, 2014 - submission deadline for papers
* Apr 25, 2014 - notification of acceptance/rejection
* May 18, 2014 - submission of final papers
* May 22, 2014 - the workshop

ORGANIZERS

* University of Nicosia (http://www.unic.ac.cy)

CHAIRS

* George Giaglis
* Angelika Kokkinaki

PROGRAM COMMITTEE (to be extended)

* Dmitri Apraksin, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
* Marios Christou, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
* Ioanna Dionysiou, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
* George Giaglis, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
* Harald Gjermundrod, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
* Angelika Kokkinaki, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
* Petros Lois, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
* Panos Markopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
* Constantinos Mavromoustakis, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
* Antonis Polemitis, Ledra Capital, USA

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