[CFP] IEEE ICC 2023 Workshop: Metaverse-based Networking and Computing
Atif Rehman <[email protected]> Mon, 26 Dec 2022 18:13:35 +0000
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--_000_SN4P220MB07444BD8A6A4F52232E53DA7EBEC9SN4P220MB0744NAMP_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-printable [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://urldefense.com/v2/url?u=3Dhttps-3A_= _icc2023.ieee-2Dicc.org_workshop_ws-2D17-2Dworkshop-2Dmetaverse-2Dbased-2Dn= etworking-2Dand-2Dcomputing-2Dmetanc_&d=3DDwIGaQ&c=3DqzHnJIRvjI6L-clJH8JwLQ= vf_Iq43fzikf6aoxZgMb8&r=3DqChy0vKIRzbdWebdi3RkdQ&m=3DpkF91O37IpW-WYR1NROnOc= 8JLPN7mxfJxNdp7O1kCvA&s=3DW7Um9w3N2vsgYBLvCEx7F2dqvIkMtB6rxGBsntVzWgw&e=3D > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 geograp= hically distributed end-users who interact using digital avatars and experi= ence heterogenous activities in real-time. The immersive experience in Meta= verse is revolutionizing various industries, paving the way for the realiza= tion of virtual remote environments, in turn enabling real-time interaction= s amongst geographically distributed users around the globe. The realizatio= n of the Metaverse is facilitated by the convergence of various technologie= s, including image processing and computer vision to create the virtual env= ironment inside the Metaverse. The network protocols, and edge computing te= chniques, on the other hand, enable a real-time immersive experience using = dedicated network paths and proximate computations from outside; thus, cert= ainly signifying the Metaverse reliance on pervasive network access and eff= icient computing technique. However, traditional networking solutions, and = edge computing techniques=E2=80=94in the context of enabling dedicated netw= ork paths for seamless multimedia communication, computations offloading an= d execution=E2=80=94are incapable of delivering the real-time experience ow= ing to considerable latency incurred by the in-efficient network protocol d= esign, and limited edge computing capabilities. The =E2=80=9CMetaverse-based Networking and Computing=E2=80=9D (MetaNC) wor= kshop aims at presenting the latest advances in networking for instance the= emergence of New-IP/future vertical communication networks (FVCN) in conju= nction with information-centric networking (ICN), and edge and fog computin= g 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 a= re 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 Metav= erse -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 Ga=C4=8Danin (IEEE F=E2=80=9920) , RWTH Aachen U= niversity --Title: Metaverse-ready wireless communications and computing systems Workshop General Co-Chairs -Muhammad Atif Ur Rehman ([email protected]<mailto:m.atif.ur.rehma= [email protected]> ), Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United King= dom -Pietro Manzoni ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ), Uni= versitat Polit=C3=A8cnica de Val=C3=A8ncia Camino de Vera, Valencia, Spain -Spyridon Mastorakis ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]= u> ), 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://urldefense.com/v2/url?u=3Dht= tps-3A__icc2023.ieee-2Dicc.org_workshop_ws-2D17-2Dworkshop-2Dmetaverse-2Dba= sed-2Dnetworking-2Dand-2Dcomputing-2Dmetanc_submit-2Dpaper&d=3DDwIGaQ&c=3Dq= zHnJIRvjI6L-clJH8JwLQvf_Iq43fzikf6aoxZgMb8&r=3DqChy0vKIRzbdWebdi3RkdQ&m=3Dp= kF91O37IpW-WYR1NROnOc8JLPN7mxfJxNdp7O1kCvA&s=3DxBC7suZ0NHIEFwVJ5MPHYIRYxzOE= lte3p2yi6DYncws&e=3D=20 Muhammad Atif Ur Rehman, PhD. Lecturer (Assistant Professor) | Department of Computing & Mathematics [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> | Room E149 | https:= //urldefense.com/v2/url?u=3Dhttps-3A__atifurrehman.com_&d=3DDwIGaQ&c=3DqzHn= JIRvjI6L-clJH8JwLQvf_Iq43fzikf6aoxZgMb8&r=3DqChy0vKIRzbdWebdi3RkdQ&m=3DpkF9= 1O37IpW-WYR1NROnOc8JLPN7mxfJxNdp7O1kCvA&s=3DlWYQOBqO9VB_zj8FYR4y9t6rTz_ZqS6= 2C0w4wbLKrCY&e=3D=20 Office hours: Tuesday: 12:00-13:00 and 14:00-15:00 and Thursday 11:00-12:00= (Virtual) Manchester Metropolitan University | John Dalton Building | Manchester | M1= 5GD --_000_SN4P220MB07444BD8A6A4F52232E53DA7EBEC9SN4P220MB0744NAMP_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"> <style type=3D"text/css" style=3D"display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bo= ttom:0;} </style> </head> <body dir=3D"ltr"> <div class=3D"elementToProof"><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Helvetic= a, 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style=3D"margin:0px">1<sup>st</sup> Workshop on Metaverse-based Networking and Computing (MetaNC 2023), May 28-Jun= e 01, 2023, Rome, Italy </a></span><span style=3D"font-family:"Ti= mes New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black"> </span></p> <p align=3D"center" style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:4= 00;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px">--------------------------------= ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= -----------------------------</span><span style=3D"font-family:"Times = New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black"> </span></p> <p align=3D"center" style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:4= 00;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", 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deadline: </span><span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-= size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color= :red">20 January 2023</span><span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.= 5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33,= 33, 33)"> </span><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman&quo= t;, serif;margin:0px;color:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">Workshop paper decis= ion date: 06 March 2023</span><span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtex= t;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0p= x;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)"> </span><span style=3D"font-family:"Time= s New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">Camera-ready due:&nb= sp;15 April 2023</span><span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:= 11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(= 33, 33, 33)"> </span><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman&= quot;, serif;margin:0px;color:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black"> </span><span s= tyle=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times= New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)"> </span><spa= n style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:= black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <b><span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&= quot;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">Scope</span></b><= span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"= ;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)"> </spa= n><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;= color:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;font-size:12pt= ;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;text-align:justify;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">Metaverse, a reality= -virtuality continuum, is blending physical and digital worlds, creating th= eoretically unlimited virtual environments with geographically distributed end-users who interact using digital avatars an= d 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 co= mputer vision to create the virtual environment inside the Metaverse. The network protocols, and edge computin= g techniques, on the other hand, enable a real-time immersive experience us= ing dedicated network paths and proximate computations from outside; thus, = certainly signifying the Metaverse reliance on pervasive network access and efficient computing technique. Ho= wever, traditional networking solutions, and edge computing techniques=E2= =80=94in the context of enabling dedicated network paths for seamless multi= media communication, computations offloading and execution=E2=80=94are incapable of delivering the real-time experience= owing to considerable latency incurred by the in-efficient network protoco= l design, and limited edge computing capabilities.</span><span style=3D"bor= der:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman&= quot;, serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)"> </span><span style=3D"= font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">&nbs= p;</span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;font-size:12pt= ;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;text-align:justify;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">The =E2=80=9CMetaver= se-based Networking and Computing=E2=80=9D (MetaNC) workshop aims at presen= ting the latest advances in networking for instance the emergence of New-IP/future vertical communication networks (FVCN) in conjunction wit= h information-centric networking (ICN), and edge and fog computing integrat= ion to enable distributed proximate computations offloading which have the = potential to resolve the Metaverse challenges presented above.</span><span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtex= t;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0p= x;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)"> </span><span style=3D"font-family:"Time= s New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <b><span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&= quot;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black"> </span></b>= <span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;co= lor:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <b><span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&= quot;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">Topics of Interes= t</span></b><span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font= -family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)= "> </span><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman", seri= f;margin:0px;color:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">We seek original com= pleted and unpublished work not currently under review by any other journal= / magazine/conference. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:</span><span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;fo= nt-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;co= lor:rgb(33, 33, 33)"> </span><span style=3D"font-family:"Times Ne= w Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">-Collaborative conte= nt-sharing network protocols for Metaverse</span><span style=3D"border:1pt = none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", s= erif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)"> </span><span style=3D"font-fam= ily:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black"> </span= ></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">-Metaverse-based cus= tomized network protocol design</span><span style=3D"border:1pt none window= text;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin= :0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)"> </span><span style=3D"font-family:"T= imes New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">-Proximate computati= on offloading techniques for Metaverse</span><span style=3D"border:1pt none= windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif= ;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)"> </span><span style=3D"font-family:= "Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">-Latency reduction t= echniques for Metaverse applications</span><span style=3D"border:1pt none w= indowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;m= argin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)"> </span><span style=3D"font-family:&q= uot;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">-Integration of edge= and fog computing for Metaverse</span><span style=3D"border:1pt none windo= wtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margi= n:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)"> </span><span style=3D"font-family:"= Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">-Information-centric= Metaverse</span><span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt= ;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33= , 33)"> </span><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman",= serif;margin:0px;color:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">-New IP / future ver= tical communication networks for Metaverse</span><span style=3D"border:1pt = none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", s= erif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)"> </span><span style=3D"font-fam= ily:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black"> </span= ></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">-Protocol design for= distributed edge and fog computing for Metaverse</span><span style=3D"bord= er:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman&q= uot;, serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)"> </span><span style=3D"f= ont-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black"> = ;</span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">-Microservices archi= tectural requirements & design implementation for Metaverse</span><span= style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tim= es New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)"> </span><s= pan style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;colo= r:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">-Resource orchestrat= ion in Metaverse</span><span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:= 11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", 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serif;margin:0px;color:black">-Intelligent network= ing for Metaverse</span><span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size= :11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb= (33, 33, 33)"> </span><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman= ", serif;margin:0px;color:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">-Distributed microse= rvices deployment models for the heterogeneous compute nodes in Metaverse</= span><span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family= :"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)"> = ;</span><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margi= n:0px;color:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">-Secure and reliable= communications for Metaverse</span><span style=3D"border:1pt none windowte= xt;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0= px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)"> </span><span style=3D"font-family:"Tim= es New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black"> </span><span s= tyle=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times= New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)"> </span><spa= n style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:= black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <b><span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&= quot;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">Keynote Speaker</= span></b><span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-fa= mily:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)">&= nbsp;</span><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;m= argin:0px;color:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">--Speaker: Professor= Haris Ga=C4=8Danin (IEEE F=E2=80=9920) , RWTH Aachen University </spa= n><span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&q= uot;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)"> </= span><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0= px;color:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">--Title: Metaverse-r= eady wireless communications and computing systems</span><span style=3D"bor= der:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman&= quot;, serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)"> </span><span style=3D"= font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">&nbs= p;</span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black"> </span><span s= tyle=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times= New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)"> </span><spa= n style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:= black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <b><span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&= quot;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">Workshop General = Co-Chairs</span></b><span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.= 5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33,= 33, 33)"> </span><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman&quo= t;, serif;margin:0px;color:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">-Muhammad Atif Ur Re= hman (<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" rel= =3D"noopener noreferrer" data-auth=3D"NotApplicable" data-linkindex=3D"1" s= tyle=3D"margin:0px">[email protected]</a> ), Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom</span><span= style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tim= es New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)"> </span><s= pan style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;colo= r:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">-Pietro Manzoni (<a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener nor= eferrer" data-auth=3D"NotApplicable" data-linkindex=3D"2" style=3D"margin:0= px">[email protected]</a> ), Universitat Polit=C3=A8cnica de Val=C3=A8ncia Camino de Vera, Valencia, Spain</span><s= pan style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"= Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)"> </span= ><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;c= olor:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">-Spyridon Mastorakis= (<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noope= ner noreferrer" data-auth=3D"NotApplicable" data-linkindex=3D"3" style=3D"m= argin:0px">[email protected]</a> ), University of Nebraska at Omaha, United States</span><span style=3D"border= :1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman&quo= t;, serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)"> </span><span style=3D"fon= t-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black"> <= /span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <b><span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&= quot;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black"> </span></b>= <span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;co= lor:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <b><span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&= quot;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)">TPC Co-= Chairs</span></b><span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt= ;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33= , 33)"> </span><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman",= serif;margin:0px;color:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)">-Waqas Kha= lid, Korea University, Sejong City, South Korea </span><span styl= e=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black"= > </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)">-Susmit Sh= annigrahi, Tennessee Tech, USA </span><span style=3D"font-family:"= ;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)">-Rehmat Ul= lah, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK </span><span style=3D"font-fa= mily:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black"> </spa= n></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)">-Ali Kashi= f Bashir, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK </sp= an><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px= ;color:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)"> &nbs= p;</span><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;marg= in:0px;color:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <b><span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&= quot;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)">Publici= ty Co-Chairs</span></b><span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:= 11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(= 33, 33, 33)"> </span><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman&= quot;, serif;margin:0px;color:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)">-Inam Ulla= h Khan, King's College London, UK </span><span style=3D"font-family:&q= uot;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)">-Muhammad = Salahuddin, Hongik University, South Korea </span><span style=3D"font-= family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black"> </s= pan></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)">-Md Washik= Al Azad, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA </span><span style=3D"f= ont-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black"> = ;</span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black"> </span><span s= tyle=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times= New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)"> </span><spa= n style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:= black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <b><span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&= quot;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">Important Dates</= span></b><span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-fa= mily:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)">&= nbsp;</span><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;m= argin:0px;color:black"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-weight:400;text-align:sta= rt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:white"> <span style=3D"border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black">Workshop paper submi= ssion deadline: 20 January 2023</span><span style=3D"border:1pt none w= indowtext;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;m= argin:0px;color:rgb(33, 33, 33)"> </span><span style=3D"font-family:&q= uot;Times New 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