A blockchain is a form of distributed ledger technology where transactions as data state
changes are permanently recorded securely and transparently without the need for third …

In recent years it has been shown that the secure exchange of medical information
significantly benefits people's life quality, improving their care and treatment. The …

Prompt engineering is an increasingly important skill set needed to converse effectively with
large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT. Prompts are instructions given to an LLM …

This chapter presents design techniques for software engineering, in the form of prompt
patterns, to solve common problems that arise when using large language models (LLMs) to …

Digital Twins are complex digital representations of assets that are used by a variety of
organizations across the Industry 4.0 value chain. As the digitization of industrial processes …

This position paper discusses the challenges of blockchain applications in businesses and
the public sector related to an excessive degree of transparency. We first point out the types …

A smart contract is a computer program that allows users to automate their actions on the
blockchain platform. Given the significance of smart contracts in supporting important …

Federated learning is an emerging privacy-preserving AI technique where clients (ie,
organizations or devices) train models locally and formulate a global model based on the …

Blockchain has evolved into a platform for decentralized applications, with beneficial
properties like high integrity, transparency, and resilience against censorship and …

The Internet of Things (IoT) aims at connecting things to the Internet in a peer-to-peer
paradigm for data collecting and data sharing in our daily life. A blockchain is an immutable …