Blockchain and Big Data Analytics
A special issue of Future Internet (ISSN 1999-5903). This special issue belongs to the section "Big Data and Augmented Intelligence".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 888
Special Issue Editors
Interests: blockchain and smart contracts; cyber security; artificial intelligence and security; legal contracts and natural language processing; metaverse; fuzzy logic; data cooperatives
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Interests: smart contracts; blockchain; Dapp; consensus protocols; network security; computer security; artificial intelligence (AI); cyber–AI applications
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The convergence of blockchain and big data analytics is driving innovation across a wide range of digital ecosystems. Blockchain offers decentralized trust, transparency, and tamper-resistant data management, while big data analytics provides the capability to extract insights from large, dynamic, and diverse datasets. Their integration presents new opportunities for secure, scalable, and intelligent systems across a wide range of sectors such as finance, healthcare, supply chains, and smart cities.
This Special Issue aims to collect high-quality research articles, reviews, and case studies that address the technical challenges and breakthroughs in this area. Topics of interest include blockchain-based frameworks for data integrity and access control, smart contracts, privacy-preserving analytics in decentralized environments, consensus mechanisms adapted for high-throughput data settings, and the use of AI/ML models in blockchain-enhanced applications. We also encourage submissions that explore system-level designs involving sensor data, risk analysis, and secure data sharing, particularly those that relate to complex and data-intensive applications.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Blockchain;
- Smart contracts;
- Big data analytics;
- Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT);
- AI and blockchain integration;
- Autonomous vehicles security using blockchain;
- Privacy-preserving computation;
- Secure data sharing;
- Decentralized Applications (dApps);
- Federated learning;
- Data provenance;
- Cybersecurity;
- Risk analysis in decentralized systems;
- Real-time data processing;
- Multi-sensor fusion;
- Secure V2X communication;
- IoT and blockchain;
- Blockchain scalability;
- Consensus mechanisms;
- Edge intelligence.
Dr. Kritagya Upadhyay
Dr. Syed Badruddoja
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- blockchain
- big data
- artificial intelligence
- federated learning
- cybersecurity
- IoT
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