[hpc-announce] [CFP] (DDL Extended: Feb. 6(Firm)) IEEE MetaCom 2023- IEEE International Conference on Metaverse Computing, Networking and Applications, Kyoto, Japan

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*IEEE International Conference on Metaverse Computing, Networking and
Applications (IEEE MetaCom 2023), June 26-28, 2023, Kyoto, Japan*

http://www.ieee-metacom.org/2023

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*IMPORTANT DATES:*

*Paper Submission Due: 6 February 2023 (Firm)*

Author Notification:  15 March 2023

Camera-Ready Due: 10 May 2023

Conference Dates: 26-28 June 2023



*Submission Link: **https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=metacom2023*
<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=metacom2023>



IEEE MetaCom 2023 provides a forum for academic researchers and industry
practitioners to present research progresses, exchange new ideas, and
identify future directions in the field of Computing, Networking, and
Applications for Metaverse.



Scope and Objectives:

Metaverse is one of the key enablers for the future society, which is
envisioned to bring a new revolution to digital world. For Metaverse,
physical world will be seamlessly integrated with cyber world through
digitizing physical objects to create digital twins, which poses numerous
challenges on human-machine interfaces, ultra-low latency, extremely high
resource demands, low traffic, reliability and trustworthiness. To realize
this vision, it becomes indispensable for the convergence of computing,
networking and applications for Metaverse in a wide range of domains
including industry, finance, medical care, smart cities, entertainment,
education, and agriculture.



The conference solicits submissions from all research areas related to
Metaverse computing, networking, as well as their corresponding systems and
applications. Topics of interests are covered by the following tracks:



*Track 1: Metaverse Architectures and Applications*

https://www.ieee-metacom.org/2023/track1.php

*Track Chairs: *Bo Han，George Mason University, USA

Luiz Fernando Bittencourt，University of Campinas, Brazil

·       Architecture and system design

   - Immersive services
   - Digital twin modeling and rendering
   - Animations and physical world simulations
   - Model evolution, composition and library
   - Holographic applications
   - Virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, extended reality
   - Metaverse applications in different domains, such as industry,
   healthcare
   - Design, implementation, and evaluation of novel applications
   - Measurement of commercial platforms
   - Scalability and interoperability



*Track 2: Networking and Communications*

https://www.ieee-metacom.org/2023/track2.php

*Track Chairs: *Lijun Dong，Futurewei, USA

Lei Lei，University of Guelph, Canada

·       Network architectures and design principles for metaverse

   - Routing metrics and algorithms
   - Rendezvous services for metaverse
   - Resource control and allocation
   - Network management
   - Interactions between cyber and physical spaces
   - Data center communications for metaverse
   - Decentralized communications for metaverse
   - Ultra-low-time communications for metaverse
   - Green communications for metaverse
   - Holographic communications
   - B5G/6G for metaverse applications



*Track 3: Metaverse Computing *

https://www.ieee-metacom.org/2023/track3.php

*Track Chairs:* Paolo Bellavista，University of Bologna, Italy

Yehia Elkhatib，University of Glasgow, U.K.

·       Adaptive resource provisioning and monitoring in the Metaverse
cloud continuum

·       Resource elasticity in the cloud continuum for Metaverse
applications

·       Computation offloading for extremely low latency in the cloud
continuum

·       Building flexible data paths in the cloud continuum

·       High-performance Metaverse data streaming and storage

·       QoS assurance and SLA in the cloud continuum

·       QoE-aware Metaverse service management

·       Distributed Digital Twins in the Metaverse

·       Tactile Internet for the Metaverse

·       End-to-end quality of service/experience in collaborative Metaverse
applications

·       Distributed AI/ML for Metaverse resource management and applications

·       Data governance mechanisms in the Metaverse

·       Metaverse computing for cross-domain service interoperability

·       Metaverse computing for cross-context security and trust management

·       Scalability and resilience of cloud continuum-based Metaverse
applications

·       System design and evaluation for immersive Metaverse experiences

·       Innovative proposals, middleware, and application components in the
following vertical domains



*Track 4: Blockchain and Web 3.0*

https://www.ieee-metacom.org/2023/track4.php

*Track Chairs:* Henry M. Kim，York University, Canada

Bin Cao，Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

   - Zero-trust architecture and protocol design for blockchain and web3.0
   - Incentive and consensus mechanisms for blockchain and web3.0
   - Identity Management System for blockchain and web3.0
   - Distributed storage, identifiers, and data verification in blockchain
   and web3.0
   - Fundamental limits and theoretical guidance for blockchain and web3.0
   - Emerging technologies for blockchain and web3.0
   - Hardware and infrastructure implementation for blockchain and web3.0
   - Smart contract and chain code
   - NFT applications and protocols
   - Semantic computing and services in blockchain and web3.0
   - Blockchain and web3.0 applications
   - Blockchain and web3.0 standardizations



*Track 5: Security, Privacy, and Trust*

https://www.ieee-metacom.org/2023/track5.php

*Track Chairs: *Rongxing Lu，University of New Brunswick, Canada

Yogachandran Rahulamathavan，Loughborough University, U. K.

·       Security, privacy and/or trust frameworks for metaverse

·       Secure protocols for dynamic IoT networks and metaverse

·       Privacy mitigation techniques for IoT-enabled extended reality for
metaverse

·       Secure data sharing and integration mechanisms across extended IoT
networks for metaverse

·       Trust issues to address AI/ML techniques in metaverse

·       Security, privacy, and trust in the context of the metaverse

·       New cryptographic technologies for metaverse

   - Data security and governance
   - Privacy preserving technologies
   - Policy and regulation compliance
   - Trust management framework
   - ID management, authentication and authorization
   - Accountability for metaverse
   - Zero-knowledge proof for metaverse
   - Zero-trust architecture for metaverse



*Track 6: Theories, Experiments and Evaluations*

https://www.ieee-metacom.org/2023/track6.php

*Track Chairs: *Zehui Xiong，Singapore University of Technology and Design
(SUTD), Singapore

Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo，The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA

·       Theoretical investigations on metaverse

   - Optimization, game theory, incentive designs
   - AI (e.g., machine / deep learning) experiments for metaverse
   - Simulators, testbeds, prototypes
   - Implementations, and field experiments
   - Verification of the existing knowledge
   - Performance evaluation and modeling
   - Quality of service and quality of experience
   - Standardizations for metaverse



*IEEE MetaCom will arrange exciting panels and tutorials.*

Panel Chair: Tarek Abdelzaher Unniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA

Tutorial Chairs: Yan Zhang University of Oslo, Norway

Andreas Veneris, University of Toronto, Canada



*The PhD forum is also open for submissions.*



*Best Paper Award and Journal Special Issues:*

Three accepted papers will be selected for best paper awards. Selected
papers will be recommended to Digital Communications and Networks (IF:
6.797) for potential fast-track publications.



*Regular Paper Submission Guidelines:*

IEEE MetaCom 2023 invites submission of manuscripts with original research
results that have not been previously published or posted on public
websites or that are not currently under review by another conference or
journal. Submitted manuscripts must be prepared according to IEEE Computer
Society Proceedings Format (double column, 10pt font, letter paper) and
submitted in the PDF format. The manuscript submitted for review should be
no longer than 8 pages. After the manuscript is accepted, the camera-ready
paper may have up to 10 pages, subject to an additional fee per extra page.
Reviewing will be *double-blind*. Submissions must not reveal the authors’
names and their affiliations and avoid obvious self-references. Manuscripts
should be submitted to one of the research tracks. Submissions not meeting
these guidelines will be rejected without consideration of their merits.
Accepted and presented papers will be published in the IEEE MetaCom 2023
Conference Proceedings and included in IEEE Xplore.

Submission Link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=metacom2023



*IMPORTANT DATES:*

*Paper Submission Due: 6 February 2023 (FIRM)*

Author Notification:  15 March 2023

Camera-Ready Due: 10 May 2023

Conference Dates: 26-28 June 2023



General Chairs:

Chonggang Wang, Interdigital, USA

Dusit Niyato, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore



TPC Chairs:

Ruidong Li, Kanazawa University, Japan

Enzo Mingozzi, University of Pisa, Italy

Max (Chong) Li, Computecoin Network and Columbia University, USA



*Supported by IEEE SIG on Metaverse (METASIG): www.ieee-metacom.org/sigmeta

*METASIG Linkedin Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14120645