Publications
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IEEE Calls for Papers
IT Professional
Innovations Using Blockchain - Submission deadline: 30 November 2018
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
Blockchain Ecosystem: Technological and Management Challenges and Opportunities - Submission deadline: 31 December 2018
IEEE Network
Blockchains for Scalable IoT Management, Access and Accountability - Submission deadline: 15 February 2019
IEEE Publications on Blockchain
IEEE Security & Privacy, July/August 2018
Blockchain Security and Privacy
IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine, July 2018
Buying Into the Blockchain
IEEE Spectrum, October 2017
Blockchain World
Computer, September 2017
Blockchain Technology in Finance
IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, December 2015
Blockchain Thinking
White Papers
Reinforcing the Links of the Blockchain
IEEE Future Directions - November 2017
The purpose of this white paper is to explore the various ways by which the IEEE can lead and support an initiative on Blockchain while providing educational materials that will foster the next generation of blockchain engineers. This white paper summarizes and expands upon the IEEE Blockchain Incubator Workshop held by IEEE Future Directions at the end of October in 2017.
Download the white paper (PDF, 1 MB)
IEEE Blockchain Initiative Articles
Blockchain-GDPR Privacy by Design
By Claudio Lima, Ph.D., Blockchain Engineering Council, BEC Co-Founder; Vice Chair, IEEE Blockchain Standards - July 2018
How Decentralized Blockchain Internet Will Comply with GDPR Data Privacy
"The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that was recently approved for implementation in the EEUU by May 25th, 2018 is already creating some controversies, when confronted with emerging Blockchain technologies, regarding what they have most in common: data privacy and protection. These are two are essential areas where Blockchain shines."
Download the paper (PDF, 899 KB)
Read Dr. Lima's article "Adapting Blockchain for GDPR Compliance" at InformationWeek
External Publications
Blockchain: A New Digital Revolution
The Parliament Magazine - November 2018
A Parliament Magazine special supplement with IEEE on the opportunities of Blockchain technology.
Read more at The Parliament Magazine
Blockchain and Economic Development: Hype vs. Reality
Center for Global Development - July 2017
Increasing attention is being paid to the potential of blockchain technology to address long-standing challenges related to economic development. Blockchain proponents argue that it will expand opportunities for exchange and collaboration by reducing reliance on intermediaries and the frictions associated with them. The purpose of this paper is to provide a clear-eyed view of the technology’s potential in the context of development. In it, we focus on identifying the questions that development practitioners should be asking technologists, and challenges that innovators must address for the technology to meet its potential.
Read more at the Center for Global Development
A Case Study for Blockchain in Healthcare: “MedRec” prototype for electronic health records and medical research data
MIT Media Lab, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - August 2016
A decentralized record management system to handle electronic health records, using Blockchain technology that manages authentication, confidentiality, accountability and data sharing.
Download white paper at HealthIT.gov (PDF, 591 KB)