[agents] [CFP] IEEE MetaCom 2024: Abstract due Mar. 15, Paper due Mar. 22, 2024

[Li Ruidong]

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CALL FOR PAPERS
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IEEE International Conference on Metaverse Computing, Networking and
Applications (MetaCom 2024)
August 12-15, 2024 · Hong Kong SAR, China
https://www.ieee-metacom.org/
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General Chair:
Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
TPC Chairs:
Tarek Abdelzaher, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA;
Baochun Li, University of Toronto, Canada

Abstract Submission Due: March 15, 2024
Full Paper Submission Due (Firm): March 22, 2024
Paper Submission link: https://metacom.cc/

Call for Papers
IEEE MetaCom 2024 provides a forum for academic researchers and industry
practitioners to present research progress, exchange new ideas, and
identify future directions in the field of Computing, Networking, and
Applications for the Metaverse.

Scope and Objectives
The Metaverse, an immersive space supported by AR/VR/XR technologies that
integrate pervasive computing, augmented reality, and virtualization, is
one of the key enablers for the future society and an extension of today's
Internet of Things. It is envisioned to bring a revolution to the digital
world that spans areas from retail to defense, and from education to
virtual tourism. In the Metaverse, the physical world will be seamlessly
integrated with a cyber world through digitized physical objects (digital
twins), posing numerous challenges in human-machine interface design,
ultra-low latency communication, distributed synchronization, scalable
real-time operation, reliability and trustworthiness. New multimodal
content will be generated, calling for technologies for content authorship,
capture, and multimodal search. Generative AI will be used to enhance
virtual experiences that integrate physical and cyber components. The
integration will endow objects with new virtual capabilities, allow virtual
transformation in space and in time, and enable myriads of new services
leveraging the combined affordances of pervasive computing and virtual
environments. To realize this vision, a convergence of novel computing,
networking, and application technologies is needed to support the
development and use of Metaverse affordances in a wide range of domains
including industry, finance, medical care, smart cities, entertainment,
education, and agriculture.

IEEE MetaCom 2024 solicits original submissions from academia, industry,
and government on research areas related to Metaverse computing,
networking, and corresponding systems and applications. Topics of interest
are covered by the following tracks.

Track 1: Metaverse Computing, Architectures, and Applications
Metaverse architectural and system design
Digital twin modeling and rendering
Animations and physical world simulations
Model evolution, composition and library
Virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, extended reality
Holographic applications
Design and implementation of Metaverse applications
Measurement studies of real-world platforms
Metaverse scalability and interoperability
Computational offloading in the Metaverse
Metaverse data streaming and storage

Track 2: Networking and Communications
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
B5G/6G for metaverse applications

Track 3: AI for the Metaverse
Distributed AI/ML for Metaverse resource management and applications
Deep reinforcement learning for the Metaverse
Federated Learning for the Metaverse
Distributed model inference for the Metaverse
Large language models for the Metaverse
Stable diffusion models for the Metaverse
Graph neural networks for the Metaverse
Vision tasks in the Metaverse

Track 4: Blockchain and Web 3.0
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

Track 5: Security, Privacy, and Trust
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: Testbeds, Experiments, Use-Cases, and Evaluation
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

Paper Submission

IEEE MetaCom 2024 invites submission of original manuscripts that have not
been previously published or currently under review by another conference
or journal. Submitted manuscripts must be prepared according to the IEEE
Conference 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.
The paper review process 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 desk-rejected
without consideration of their merits. Accepted and presented papers will
be published in the IEEE MetaCom 2024 Conference Proceedings and included
in IEEE Xplore.

Important Dates
Abstract Submission Due: March 15, 2024
Full Paper Submission Due (Firm): March 22, 2024
Author Notification: May 24, 2024
Camera-Ready Due: June 15, 2024
Conference Date: August 12-15, 2024
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