Connectionists: CfP: Blockchain for Distributed Research - Frontiers

[Sean Manion]

Blockchain for Distributed Research, a special issue from Frontiers in
Blockchain.

https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/9698/blockchain-for-distributed-research

Abstracts due by 24 March. Manuscripts due by 22 July.

Brief Description:

Science faces challenges and blockchain is maturing at the right time to
help. Blockchain is a distributed, immutable ledger of data transactions
shared across a system of users. The ledger reconciles automatically based
on agreed upon governance and can include automated data processing (smart
contracts). It does this without the delay of a trusted intermediary, a
“trustless trust” among users that what the ledger recorded really
happened, from financial exchange to methods and hypothesis tested in an
experiment. For science, benefits range from faster reviews to improved
quality and transparency.

Blockchain is not one size fits all, it will take scientists who know the
pain points, data, and workflow to design solutions across each discipline.
That’s where you come in. Astronomy to Genetics, Neuroscience to Public
Health, experts are needed to determine how it may help. We are looking for
manuscripts on empirical experience as well as theoretical applications to
any field of science. How blockchain can be applied, the good it will do
for advancing knowledge, and the value it can bring. Focus on challenges in
each field is encouraged: lack of data standards, complexity of workflows,
and other hurdles.


Sean
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