FCiR25 - Financial Cryptography in Rome 2025


First international conference: Financial Cryptography in Rome.
October 1st, 2025
Via Nazionale, Rome (Italy)

Organisers

Jointly organised by Bank of Italy (Banca d'Italia) and De Cifris Association (De Cifris APS).

Chairs

Michela Iezzi (Bank of Italy)
Massimiliano Sala (De Cifris Association, Italy)

Description

Building on our first event, Financial Cryptography in Rome (FCiR25) covers all aspects of securing transactions and digital value, with a specific focus on commercial and currency contexts. While we hosts cryptographic talks on both fundamental research and real-world applications, we encourage also interdisciplinary works not strictly related to cryptography.

Call for papers

Important deadlines

Submission deadlineApril 28th, 2025
Acceptance notificationJuly 1st, 2025
Final papersSeptember 1st, 2025
Conference startsOctober 1st, 2025

Submission criteria

Conference contributions will be submitted via EasyChair. Papers must be formatted using the standard LNCS format and submitted as PDF files. Submissions in any other format will not be accepted.

Submissions should not substantially overlap with work that has already been accepted for publication in any other peer-reviewed conference, workshop, journal, or proceedings. We consider simultaneous double submission to be a serious violation of research ethics and will treat it accordingly. However, it is acceptable for papers to be made available in non-peer-reviewed formats, such as technical reports or online preprint archives like ePrint.

Authors are required, when submitting, to disclose any conflicts of interest with: program committee members, management of Bank of Italy, management of De Cifris when submitting their work.

Accepted topics

Security & Privacy
  • Access control and authorization systems
  • Anonymity technologies and privacy protection
  • Security and privacy in economics
  • Fraud detection and social engineering
  • Security of mobile payments
  • Security of online payments
  • Forensics, transaction analysis, and monitoring
  • Security of peer-to-peer systems and decentralized networks
Cryptography & Authentication
  • Applied cryptography and secure communication protocols
  • Authentication methods, identity management, and biometrics
  • Zero-knowledge proofs
  • Functional encryption
  • Homomorphic encryption
  • Secure smartcards, tokens, and hardware-based security
Blockchain & Distributed Systems
  • Decentralized finance (DeFi)
  • Distributed consensus mechanisms
  • Security and protocols for blockchain-based systems
  • Decentralized digital currencies and payment systems
  • Smart contracts
Financial Systems & Economics
  • Economic models and monetary aspects of cryptocurrencies
  • Incentive mechanisms and game theory for blockchain
  • Security in banking, financial services, and e-commerce
  • Digital cash systems and electronic payment platforms
Security in the Cloud
  • Cloud computing, data outsourcing, and security challenges
  • Network security and distributed system vulnerabilities
  • Security in trusted execution environments (TEEs)
Compliance, Auditing & Certification
  • Certification systems and audit trails for secure systems
  • Forensics and transaction graph analysis for fraud prevention
  • Regulatory issues of blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and digital payments

Review criteria

Regular Research Papers should present original, unpublished scientific contributions to the field and will undergo a thorough peer review process. Submissions must adhere to the LNCS format and are limited to 15 pages, excluding references and appendices. Committee members are not required to review the appendices, so papers should be understandable without them.

Short Papers will also undergo peer review, and will be evaluated based on their novelty and potential to inspire participant interest and future research directions. Short papers must not exceed 8 pages in the LNCS format, excluding references. The title of short papers must begin with "Short Paper:". Accepted short papers will be included in the conference proceedings.

Program committee

  • Christian Badertscher (Input Output - Switzerland) [TBC]
  • Marco Benedetti (Banca d'Italia - Italy)
  • Charles Bouillaguet (Sorbonne University LIP6 Paris - France) [TBC]
  • Marco Calderini (University of Trento - Italy)
  • Matteo Campanelli (Protocol Labs - Denmark) [TBC]
  • Claude Carlet (Univ. of Paris 8 - France and Univ. of Bergen - Norway)
  • Michele Ciampi (University of Edinburgh - Scotland)
  • Roberto Civino (University of L’Aquila - Italy)
  • Miranda Chris (Columbia University - USA) [TBC]
  • Anna Lisa Ferrara (University of Molise - Italy)
  • Tako Boris Fouotsa (EPFL - Switzerland)
  • Danilo Francati (Aarhus University - Denmark) [TBC]
  • Daniele Friolo ("Sapienza" University of Rome - Italy)
  • Philippe Gaborit (University of Limoges - France)
  • Delaram Kahrobaei (New York University - USA)
  • Elena Kirshanova (Baltic Federal University - Russia) [TBC]
  • Gregor Leander (University Bochum - Germany)
  • Nian Li (Hubei University - China)
  • Atul Mantri (Virginia Tech - USA) [TBC]
  • Sihem Mesnager (University of Paris VIII - France) [TBC]
  • Giacomo Micheli (University of South Florida - USA)
  • Matteo Nardelli (Banca d'Italia - Italy)
  • Svetla Petkova-Nikova (KU Leuven - Belgium)
  • Alberto Ravagnani (The Eindhoven University - The Netherlands) [TBC]
  • Divya Ravi (University of Amsterdam - Netherlands) [TBC]
  • Simona Samardjiska (Radboud University - The Netherlands)
  • Santanu Sarkar (Indian Institute of Technology Madras - India)
  • Luisa Siniscalchi (Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU) - Denmark) [TBC]
  • Claudio Soriente (NEC Laboratories Europe Madrid - Spain) [TBC]
  • Pantelimon Stanica (Naval Postgraduate School - USA)
  • Serge Vaudenay (EPFL - Switzerland)
  • Polina Vinogradova (IOHK - Canada) [TBC]
  • Hendrik Waldner (Max Planck Institute - Germany)