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Policy decisions are increasingly dependent on the outcomes of simulations and/or machine learning models. The ability to share and interact with these outcomes is relevant across multiple fields and is especially critical in the disease…

A trusted achievement record is a secure system that aims to record and authenticate certificates as well as key learning activities and achievements. This paper intends to gather important information on the thoughts and outlooks of…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-07-07 Bakri Awaji , Ellis Solaiman , Lindsay Marshall

The complexity of cyberattacks in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs) calls for a mechanism that can evaluate critical infrastructures' operational behaviour and security without affecting the operation of live systems. In this regard, Digital…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-05-15 Sabah Suhail , Saif Ur Rehman Malik , Raja Jurdak , Rasheed Hussain , Raimundas Matulevičius , Davor Svetinovic

Current architectures to validate, certify, and manage identity are based on centralised, top-down approaches that rely on trusted authorities and third-party operators. We approach the problem of digital identity starting from a human…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-02-26 Geoff Goodell , Tomaso Aste

Deepfake technology is a major threat to the integrity of digital media. This paper presents a comprehensive framework for a blockchain-based decentralized system designed to tackle the escalating challenge of digital content integrity. The…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-12-05 Dipankar Sarkar

Numerous IoT applications, like building automation or process control of industrial sites, exist today. These applications inherently have a strong connection to the physical world. Hence, IT security threats cannot only cause problems…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-05-09 Holger Kinkelin , Valentin Hauner , Heiko Niedermayer , Georg Carle

Catalyzed by the popularity of blockchain technology, there has recently been a renewed interest in the design, implementation and evaluation of decentralized systems. Most of these systems are intended to be deployed at scale and in…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-01-12 Martijn de Vos , Georgy Ishmaev , Johan Pouwelse , Stefanie Roos

Trust in applications is crucial, especially for fast and efficient hiring processes. Applicants must present credentials that employers can trust without delays or risk of fraudulent information. This paper introduces a framework for…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-24 Patrick Herbke , Anish Sapkota , Sid Lamichhane

Spectrum access system (SAS) is widely considered the de facto solution to coordinating dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) and protecting incumbent users. The current SAS paradigm prescribed by the FCC for the CBRS band and standardized by the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-01-14 Yang Xiao , Shanghao Shi , Wenjing Lou , Chonggang Wang , Xu Li , Ning Zhang , Y. Thomas Hou , Jeffrey H. Reed

Self Sovereign Identity (SSI) is an emerging identity system that facilitates secure credential issuance and verification without placing trust in any centralised authority. To bypass central trust, most SSI implementations place blockchain…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-08-04 Rahma Mukta , Rue C. Teh , Hye-young Paik , Qinghua Lu , Salil S. Kanhere

Large Language Model-based Multi-Agent Systems (LLM-MAS) have demonstrated strong capabilities in solving complex tasks but remain vulnerable when agents receive unreliable messages. This vulnerability stems from a fundamental gap: LLM…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-15 Pengfei He , Zhenwei Dai , Xianfeng Tang , Yue Xing , Hui Liu , Jingying Zeng , Qiankun Peng , Shrivats Agrawal , Samarth Varshney , Suhang Wang , Jiliang Tang , Qi He

Large Language Models (LLMs) have enabled the emergence of autonomous agents capable of complex reasoning, planning, and interaction. However, coordinating such agents at scale remains a fundamental challenge, particularly in decentralized…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-09-23 Minfeng Qi , Tianqing Zhu , Lefeng Zhang , Ningran Li , Wanlei Zhou

Modern society functions on trust. The onchain economy, however, is built on the founding principles of trustless peer-to-peer interactions in an adversarial environment without a centralised body of trust and needs a verifiable system to…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-03-11 Himanshu Udupi , Ashutosh Sahoo , Akshay S. P. , Gurukiran S. , Parag Paul , Petrus C. Martens

Academic credentials are documents that attest to successful completion of any test, exam or act as a validation of an individual's skill. Currently, the domain of academic credential management suffers from large time consumption, high…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-06-24 Chaitanya Bapat

Decentralized trust management is used as a referral benchmark for assisting decision making by human or intelligence machines in open collaborative systems. During any given period of time, each participant may only interact with a few of…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2019-09-26 Xinxin Fan , Ling Liu , Rui Zhang , Quanliang Jing , Jingping Bi

The paper presents an innovative approach to address the challenges of scalability and reliability in Distributed Federated Learning by leveraging the integration of blockchain technology. The paper focuses on enhancing the trustworthiness…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-11 Ajay Kumar Shrestha , Faijan Ahamad Khan , Mohammed Afaan Shaikh , Amir Jaberzadeh , Jason Geng

Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) offers significant potential for managing identities in the Internet of Things (IoT), enabling decentralized authentication and credential management without reliance on centralized entities. However, existing…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Guntur Dharma Putra , Bagus Rakadyanto Oktavianto Putra

There is a growing interest today in blockchain technology as a possible foundation for the future global financial ecosystem. However, in order for this future financial ecosystem to be truly global, with a high degree of interoperability…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-05-14 Thomas Hardjono , Ned Smith

Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) promise decentralization, transparency, and security, yet the reality often falls short due to fundamental governance flaws. Poorly designed governance frameworks leave these systems vulnerable to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-05-14 Aida Manzano Kharman , William Sanders

The challenge to establish and verify human identity over the Internet in a secure and privacy-respecting way is long-standing. In this paper, we explore the blockchain trilemma of scalability, security, and decentralization in the context…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-04-13 Paul Dunphy