[AISWorld] [CFP ICC'2023 MetaNC Workshop - Deadline 20th Jan] 1st Workshop on Metaverse-based Networking and Computing

[Atif Rehman]

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[CFP] IEEE ICC 2023 Workshop: Metaverse-based Networking and Computing

1st Workshop on Metaverse-based Networking and Computing (MetaNC 2023), May 28-June 01, 2023, Rome, Italy <https://icc2023.ieee-icc.org/workshop/ws-17-workshop-metaverse-based-networking-and-computing-metanc/>

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Important Dates

Workshop paper submission deadline: 20 January 2023

Workshop paper decision date: 06 March 2023

Camera-ready due: 15 April 2023



Scope

Metaverse, a reality-virtuality continuum, is blending physical and digital worlds, creating theoretically unlimited virtual environments with geographically distributed end-users who interact using digital avatars and experience heterogenous activities in real-time. The immersive experience in Metaverse is revolutionizing various industries, paving the way for the realization of virtual remote environments, in turn enabling real-time interactions amongst geographically distributed users around the globe. The realization of the Metaverse is facilitated by the convergence of various technologies, including image processing and computer vision to create the virtual environment inside the Metaverse. The network protocols, and edge computing techniques, on the other hand, enable a real-time immersive experience using dedicated network paths and proximate computations from outside; thus, certainly signifying the Metaverse reliance on pervasive network access and efficient computing technique. However, traditional networking solutions, and edge computing techniques—in the context of enabling dedicated network paths for seamless multimedia communication, computations offloading and execution—are incapable of delivering the real-time experience owing to considerable latency incurred by the in-efficient network protocol design, and limited edge computing capabilities.

The “Metaverse-based Networking and Computing” (MetaNC) workshop aims at presenting the latest advances in networking for instance the emergence of New-IP/future vertical communication networks (FVCN) in conjunction with information-centric networking (ICN), and edge and fog computing integration to enable distributed proximate computations offloading which have the potential to resolve the Metaverse challenges presented above.



Topics of Interest

We seek original completed and unpublished work not currently under review by any other journal/ magazine/conference. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

-Collaborative content-sharing network protocols for Metaverse

-Metaverse-based customized network protocol design

-Proximate computation offloading techniques for Metaverse

-Latency reduction techniques for Metaverse applications

-Integration of edge and fog computing for Metaverse

-Information-centric Metaverse

-New IP / future vertical communication networks for Metaverse

-Protocol design for distributed edge and fog computing for Metaverse

-Microservices architectural requirements & design implementation for Metaverse

-Resource orchestration in Metaverse

-Distributed resource allocation in Metaverse

-Intelligent networking for Metaverse

-Distributed microservices deployment models for the heterogeneous compute nodes in Metaverse

-Secure and reliable communications for Metaverse



Keynote Speaker

--Speaker: Professor Haris Gačanin (IEEE F’20) , RWTH Aachen University

--Title: Metaverse-ready wireless communications and computing systems



Workshop General Co-Chairs

-Muhammad Atif Ur Rehman (m.atif.ur.rehman at mmu.ac.uk<mailto:m.atif.ur.rehman at mmu.ac.uk> ), Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom

-Pietro Manzoni (pmanzoni at disca.upv.es<mailto:pmanzoni at disca.upv.es> ), Universitat Politècnica de València Camino de Vera, Valencia, Spain

-Spyridon Mastorakis (smastorakis at unomaha.edu<mailto:smastorakis at unomaha.edu> ), University of Nebraska at Omaha, United States



TPC Co-Chairs

-Waqas Khalid, Korea University, Sejong City, South Korea

-Susmit Shannigrahi, Tennessee Tech, USA

-Rehmat Ullah, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK

-Ali Kashif Bashir, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK



Publicity Co-Chairs

-Inam Ullah Khan, King's College London, UK

-Muhammad Salahuddin, Hongik University, South Korea

-Md Washik Al Azad, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA



Important Dates

Workshop paper submission deadline: 20 January 2023

Workshop paper decision date: 06 March 2023

Camera-ready due: 15 April 2023



Submission

For further information, please visit: https://icc2023.ieee-icc.org/workshop/ws-17-workshop-metaverse-based-networking-and-computing-metanc/submit-paper


Regards

Muhammad Atif Ur Rehman, PhD.