<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr"><div id="m_-2849138051224520527m_4037815810057577680x_gmail-:a2j"><div id="m_-2849138051224520527m_4037815810057577680x_gmail-:a2f" style="direction:ltr;min-height:308px"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="color:rgb(112,48,160)">Subject:  iMETA 2023: International Conference on Intelligent Metaverse Technologies & Applications, Tartu, Estonia</span><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.2667px;color:rgb(112,48,160)"></span></p><p align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20pt;line-height:28.5333px">International Conference on Intelligent Metaverse Technologies & Applications (</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:22.8267px">iMETA2023)</span></b></p><p align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:17.25pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(65,65,66)">18–20 September, 2023 – Tartu, Estonia</span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:16.2pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(112,48,160)"> </span><a href="https://imeta-conference.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(112,48,160)">https://imeta-conference.org/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(112,48,160)"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(112,48,160)"></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px">Over the years, technology has advanced significantly, and the creation of the virtual environments (i.e., metaverse) is one of the latest innovations that is set to revolutionize how we interact, process, and connect our real-life to other lifes. With the metaverse, we are presented with a new realm that blurs the lines between the physical and digital world, providing a new space for communication, commerce, services, and entertainment.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px"></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px">The International Conference on Intelligent Metaverse Technologies & Applications (iMeta) is to bring together leading researchers, academics, and industry experts to explore the various aspects of the distributive metaverse, including its technologies, applications, and implications for various industries. Attendees can expect to participate in exciting keynote speeches, panel discussions, and presentations on cutting-edge research field. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px">Throughout the conference, there will be ample opportunities for attendees to network, share their knowledge, and collaborate on future initiatives that will drive the development of the metaverse forward. We are confident that iMeta conference will inspire new ideas, foster innovation, and spark collaborations that will push the boundaries of the metaverse and its potential to change the world as we know it.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px">Overall, the iMETA conference aims to provide attendees with comprehensive understanding of the communication, computing, and system requirements of the metaverse. Through keynote speeches, panel discussions, and presentations, attendees will have the opportunity to engage with leading experts and learn about the latest developments and future trends in the field. The conference will also provide ample opportunities for networking, sharing knowledge, and collaborating with others in the metaverse community.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px"></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px">List of Tracks:</span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px">Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to:</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px">1.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">      </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px">AI</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px">2.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">      </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px">Security and Privacy</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px">3.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">      </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px">Networking and Communications</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px">4.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">      </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px">Systems and Computing</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px">5.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">      </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px">Multimedia and Computer Vision</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px">6.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">      </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px">Immersive Technologies and Services</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px">7.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">      </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px">Storage and Processing</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:red">Important Dates:</span></b></p><ul type="square" style="margin-top:0in"><li style="margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Papers due: <span style="color:red">May 10, 2023</span></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Short paper/poster due: June 10, 2023</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Acceptance notification: July 10, 2023</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Camera-ready paper due: July 31, 2023</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Workshop Proposal due: April 1, 2023</span></li></ul><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:red">Keynote Speakers:</span></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span style="font-size:18.6667px"><b>      </b></span></font><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:wingdings">§<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">  </span></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Walid Saad</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt">, Virginia Tech, USA</span></p><ul type="square" style="margin-top:0in"><li style="margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Merouane Debbah</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt">, TII, UAE</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Ian F. Akyildiz</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt">, Truva Inc., USA</span></li></ul><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:red">Submission Guidelines:</span></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 17.85pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.2pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">There are three categories of submission:</span></p><ul type="square" style="margin-top:0in"><li style="margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Long papers:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"> 7-8 pages.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Short papers:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"> 5-6 pages.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Positioning papers:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"> 3-4 pages.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"></span></li></ul><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;color:rgb(112,48,160)">Submission Link: </span></b><a href="https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=imeta2023" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px">https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=imeta2023</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;color:rgb(68,114,196)"></span></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:red">Organizing Committee</span></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,114,196)">      Steering Committee</span></b></p><ul type="square" style="margin-top:0in"><li style="margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Walid Saad, Virginia Tech, USA</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Giancarlo Fortino, University of Calabria, Italy</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Ian F. Akyildiz, Truva Inc., USA</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Merouane Debbah, TII, UAE</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Salil Kanhere, UNSW Sydney, Australia</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Yaser Jararweh, JUST, Jordan</span></li></ul><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,114,196)">General Co-Chair</span></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(68,114,196)"><span style="font-size:17.3333px"><b> </b></span></font><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:wingdings">§<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><font size="4">Ilir Capuni, University of Montenegro, Montenegro</font></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,114,196)">Program Co-Chairs</span></b></p><ul type="square" style="margin-top:0in"><li style="margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt">Feras Awaysheh, University of Tartu, Estonia</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt">Gautam Srivastava, Brandon University, Canada</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt">Jun Wu, Waseda University, Japan</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt">Moayad Aloqaily, MBZUAI, UAE</span></li></ul><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,114,196)">Local Committee</span></b></p><ul type="square" style="margin-top:0in"><li style="margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt">Karl Lomp, University of Tartu, Estonia</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt">Madis Vasser, University of Tartu, Estonia</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt">Stefania Tomasiello, University of Tartu, Estonia</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt">Ulrich Norbisrath, University of Tartu, Estonia</span></li></ul><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:11.75pt"> </p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"> </p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"> --Regards,</p><p align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"> </p></div></div></div></div></div></div><hr style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px">To unsubscribe from the csim list, click the following link: <a href="https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=csim&A=1" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none">https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=csim&A=1</a></p></div>