Track Co-Chairs:
- Bin Li, Penn State University, USA, binli@psu.edu
- Yao Liu, Rutgers University, yao.liu@rutgers.edu
- Muhammad Shahzad, North Carolina State University, mshahza@ncsu.edu
Description:
The Metaverse represents the convergence of physical and digital realities, creating a 3D virtual network through advanced hardware and interaction technologies like virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR), collectively known as extended reality (XR). This interconnected web fosters a dynamic social environment within an immersive Internet setting, transcending the temporal and spatial boundaries of traditional social media. It offers a virtual platform for real-time multi-user interactions, such as meetings, gaming, and remote collaboration. Viewed as an evolution of traditional social media, the integration of the Metaverse with social networks is poised to redefine future social interactions. This track invites original and unpublished research in the domains of social networks, extended reality, and the Metaverse. Topics of interest encompass, but are not limited to, the following.
• 3D virtual social platforms
• Communications and networking support for social networks
• Contact tracing
• Crowdsourcing
• Edge computing, digital twins, and IoT for XR and metaverse
• Evolving social networks
• Generative AI for XR and metaverse
• Harassment detection and prevention in metaverse
• Machine learning, data science, and blockchains for XR and metaverse
• Mobile social networks
• Multi-user XR
• Network economics in social networks
• New social media
• Quality of service and quality of experience in social networks
• Public safety systems supported by social networks
• Security and privacy in XR and metaverse
• Sensing for metaverse
• Social media's influence on XR content creation
• Social networks' role in education and learning within XR environments
• Social network analysis and mining
• Social network-driven content moderation and governance
• Social network influence on wireless communications and networking design
• Social virtual reality
• User engagement and retention strategies in social networks
• User-generated content and social media dynamics
• XR and applications
TPC List:
• Hanting Ye, Duke University, USA
• Ying Chen, Penn State, USA
• Yasra Chandio, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
• Guohao Lan, Delft University of Technology
• Zhisheng Yan, George Mason University, USA
• Yicheng Zhang, George Mason University, USA
• Lik-Hang Lee, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Xiaokuan Zhang, George Mason University, USA
• Mohammed Safayet Arefin, Colorado State University, USA
• Sheng Wei, Rutgers University, USA
• Mengbai Xiao, Shandong University, China
• Andrew Freeman, Baylor University, USA
• Haoxin Wang, Georgia State University, USA
• Dimitris Chatzopoulos, University College Dublin
• Vasilis Friderikos, King's College London
• Marios Avgeris, Carleton University
• Paolo Bellavista, University of Bologna
• Michele Girolami, ISTI-CNR
• Gaia Maselli, Sapienza University of Rome
• Amiya Nayak, University of Ottawa
• Symeon Papavassiliou, National Technical University of Athens
• Theofanis P. Raptis, IIT-CNR
• Ángel Cuevas Rumín, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
• Yupeng Li, Hong Kong Baptist University
• Cristina M. Pinotti, Perugia University