S08 Symposium on Future Networks to Enable Metaverse

SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZERS

• Dinh Thai Hoang, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
• Nguyen Van Huynh, Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom 
• Wenbo Wang, Kunming University of Science and Technology, China  

SCOPE AND MOTIVATION

The Metaverse was recently introduced as the next generation of the Internet, where users can play, work, and socialize in a virtual shared space through their digital avatars. The development of the Metaverse opens new ways to efficiently address problems challenging in the physical world, such as remote work, distance learning, and social isolation. Thanks to recent advanced technologies in virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, digital twins, and blockchain, the Metaverse is quickly transforming from an infancy concept to reality in the near future.

As the Metaverse is still in its early stage, various issues must be fully addressed to guarantee its success, especially in networking and communications. For example, the Metaverse will require new network models that can support a massive number of users simultaneously and provide a low-latency experience to enable real-time interactions. Additionally, security will be a significant concern as the Metaverse will be a prime target for cyberattacks. Therefore, novel network architectures, standards, protocols, and algorithms must be developed to enable robust, secure, and immersive experiences for users in the Metaverse. This symposium aims to provide an international venue for researchers from academia and industry to discuss recent research advances in future network-enabled Metaverse.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Prospective authors are invited to submit articles on topics including, but not limited to:

• Network architectures and design principles 
• Semantic communication networks 
• Network control and allocation 
• Intelligent network management 
• IoT data collection and communication networks 
• Ultra-low-time communication networks 
• Network security 
• High-precision communication networks for end-to-end latency
• Cognitive computing and machine learning for communications/networking
• Human-Centric communication and networking
• Computing in the network for the Metaverse
• Predictive networks design using artificial intelligence
• User experience and digital avatar
• Decentralized communications and networking for the Metaverse
• Holographic communications and networking 
• B5G/6G for metaverse applications
• Tactile Internet for the Metaverse
• Blockchain and Web 3.0 for Metaverse

Symposium Paper Submission

All papers should be submitted via EDAS, Symposium on Future Networks to Enable Metaverse track. Full instructions on how to submit papers are provided on the IEEE FNWF 2023 website: https://fnwf2023.ieee.org/