iMETA2023

FULL PROGRAM

Estonia Time (GMT+3)

Day 1:

Monday, September 18th 2023

8:00am-8:45am	Registration
8:45am-9:00am	Opening
9:00am-10:00am	Keynote 1: Walid Saad
9:00am-10:00am	Title: Unlocking the Wireless Metaverse with 6G and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chair: Moayad Aloqaily
10:00am-10:30am	Coffee Break
10:30am-12:30pm	Technical Session 1 Chair: Ulrich Norbisrath
10:30am-12:30pm	VR2CARE: an age-friendly ecosystem for physical activity, rehabilitation, and social interaction Malak Qbilat, Telma Mota, Fausto de Carvalho, João Mendonça, Vito Nitti, Lucia Pannese, Markus Gall, Leonel Morgado, Willeke van Staalduinen, Ad Van Berlo and Hugo Paredes PolyVerse: An Edge Computing-Empowered Metaverse with Physical-to-Virtual Projection Yinfeng Cao, Jiannong Cao, Dongbin Bai, Zhiyuan Hu, Kaile Wang and Mingjin Zhang XR Teleoperation Demo Development Matevž Zorec, Farnaz Baksh and Ulrich Norbisrath Towards a Computer Vision-based Approach for Digital Twin Implementation Miriam Cristofoletti, Khem Emrith, Abdulmotaleb Elsaddik and Fakhri Karray Do we trust embodied agents who look like us? Liang Tang and Masooda Bashir
12:30pm-1:30pm	Lunch Break
1:30pm-3:30pm	Technical Session 2 Chair: Madis Vasser
1:30pm-3:30pm	On the Feasibility of Zero-Trust Architecture in Assuring Security in Metaverse Fatema Alshehhi and Safa Otoum Trust but Verify - Blockchain-Empowered Decentralized Authentication Schema on the Metaverse: A Self-Sovereign Identity Approach Daniel Mebrahtom, Siem Hadish, Aron Sbhatu, Moayad Aloqaily and Mohsen Guizani Enhancing Cybersecurity in SCADA IoT Systems: A Novel Machine Learning-Based Approach for Man-in-the-Middle Attack Detection Ala Mughaid, Mohammad Aljamal, Issa Al-Aiash, Mahmoud Aljamal, Rabee Alqura'N and Shadi Alzubi An Evaluation of Three Distance Measurement Sensors for Flying Light Specks Trung Phan, Hamed Alimohammadzadeh, Heather Culbertson and Shahram Ghandeharizadeh Global Differential Privacy for Distributed Metaverse Healthcare Systems Mehdi Letafati and Safa Otoum
3:30pm-4:00pm	Coffee Break
4:00pm-5:30pm	Special Session 1: Metaverse in Education Chair: Ulrich Norbisrath
4:00pm-5:30pm	Transforming Affordable Virtual Reality Headsets into Effective Learning Environments Masud Rana, Ulrich Norbisrath, Eero Vainikko and Bruno Rossi Advancing CyberSecurity Education and Training: Practical Case Study of Running Capture the Flag (CTF) on the Metaverse vs. Physical Settings Jamal Al Karaki, Marwan Omar, Amjad Gawanmeh and Angel Jones AI-Empowered Metaverse Learning Simulation Technology Application Dongxing Yu
5:30pm-6:00pm	Break
6:00pm-7:30pm	Welcome Reception

Day 2:

Tuesday, September 19th 2023

9:00am-9:30am	Registration
9:30am-10:30am	Keynote 2: Tania Lorido-Botran
9:30am-10:30am	Title: Metaverse, Metastability and Beyond Chair: Ouns Bouachir
10:30am-11:00am	Coffee Break
11:00am-12:30pm	Technical Session 4 Chair: Madis Vasser
11:00am-12:30pm	HACER: An Integrated Remote Monitoring Platform for the Elderly Siwar Ben Ammar, Thanh-Cong Ho, Fakhri Karray and Wail Gueaieb Enhancing patient’s confidence and trust in remote monitoring system using Natural Language Processing in the medical metaverse Tagne Poupi Theodore Armand, Md Ariful Islam Mozumder, Kouayep Sonia Carole, Moon-il Joo and Hee-Cheol Kim Visual Guidance in Interactive Virtual Reality Xin-Han Wu, Kuang-Kai Chu, Yi-Ping Hung and Yennun Huang Heavy Haptics: Simulating Weight in Virtual Reality Applications Oliver Schober, Jeremiah Diephuis, Philipp Wintersberger and Wolfgang Hochleitner
12:30pm-1:30pm	Lunch Break
1:30pm-2:30pm	Keynote 3: Mérouane Debbah
1:30pm-2:30pm	Title: Immersive Media and Massive Twinning: Advancing Towards the Metaverse Chair: Feras Awaysheh
2:30pm-3:30pm	Technical Session 5 Chair: Yaser Jararweh
2:30pm-3:30pm	Top-down Pose Estimation Method based Human-Computer Interaction for Smart Space System with Digital Twin Kwanho Kim, Junmyeong Kim and Kanghyun Jo 3D Avatar Animation Optimization in Metaverse by Differential Evolution Algorithm Rio Mukhtarom Paweroi and Mario Köppen MagicMoves: A Gesture Creation Framework for Virtual Reality Applications Philipp Asteriou, Jeremiah Diephuis and Philipp Wintersberger
3:30pm-4:00pm	Coffee Break
4:00pm-5:30pm	Special Session 2: Metaverse in Education Chair: Ulrich Norbisrath
4:00pm-5:30pm	Augmenting Education Foteini Gramouseni, Georgios Prapas, Pantelis Angelidis, Nikolaos Giannakeas and Markos G. Tsipouras A Survey on the Metaverse Aspects and Opportunities in Education Jéfer Benedett Dorr and Linnyer Beatrys Ruiz Aylon TDesigning Immersive Gamified Experiences in the Metaverse for Enhanced Student Learning Jamal Al Karaki, Marwan Omar, Amjad Gawanmeh and Angel Jones Exploring Immersive Learning in the Metaverse: A Prototype for Interactive Virtual Classroom Shoug Al Seiari, Hessa Al Kaabi and Jamal Al-Karaki
8:00pm-9:30pm	Gala Dinner

Day 3:

Wednesday, September 20th 2023

9:00am-9:30am	Registration
9:30am-10:30am	Keynote 4: Ian F. Akyildiz
9:30am-10:30am	Title: NETWORKING 2030: Metaverse, Extended Reality, Hologram Type and Mulsemedia Communication Challenges for 6G/Beyond Wireless Systems Chair: Yaser Jararweh
10:30am-11:00am	Coffee Break
11:00am-12:30pm	Technical Session 6 Chair: Naveed Muhamad
11:00am-12:30pm	Cybersecurity in the Metaverse: Challenges and Approaches Mohammad Alja'Afreh, Ranwa Al Mallah, Ali Karime and Abdulmotaleb El Saddik Metaverse Driven Edge-fogging-cloud Network for Complex Human Activity Recognition using Sensors Fusion Haoyu Fan, Jirun Gao, Yancai Xu, Giancarlo Fortino and Wen Qi Mobile Diminished Reality for Preserving 3D Visual Privacy Salam Tabet, Ayman Kayssi and Imad Elhajj 3Edge Computing for the Metaverse: Balancing Security and Privacy Concerns Muhammad Asad, Safa Otoum and Omar Alfandi BOLT: A Bayesian Online Learning framework for Time Sensitive Networks in Metaverse Venkatraman Balasubramanian, Ouns Bouachir and Ala’a Alhabashna
12:30pm-1:30pm	Lunch Break
1:30pm-3:30pm	Technical Session 7 Chair: Ulrich Norbisrath
1:30pm-3:30pm	Metaverse Adoption in UAE Higher Education: A Hybrid SEM-ANN Approach Mohammad Daradkeh, Boshra Aldhanhani, Amjad Gawanmeh, Shadi Atalla and Sami Miniaoui Exploration of Educational Possibilities of Extended Reality(XR) in Higher Education Society Alya Salim Al Harthi, Maha Yaqoob Al Balushi and Asma Hamed Al Badi Metaverse in Manufacturing Using Emerging Technologies: An Overview For The Smart Industry 4.0 Ali Hussain, Ali Athar, Tagne Poupi Theodore Armand, Sikandar Ali, Md Ariful Islam Mozumder and Hee-Cheol Kim Augmenting reality in mountain routes Georgios Prapas, Kosmas Glavas, Fotini Gramouseni, Christos Bellos, Antonis Sarantidis, Nikos Theodoropoulos, Rania Schoretsaniti, Yannis Ziogas and Markos Tsipouras Utilizing Data Strategy Framework for Retail Business in the Metaverse Panida Tancharoen and Worapol Pongpech
3:30pm-4:00pm	Coffee Break
4:00-5:30	Technical Session 8 Chair: Madis Vasser
4:00-5:30	Prospects of Federated Learning for the Metaverse: A Short Survey Gokul Yenduri, Dasaradharami Reddy K, Gautam Srivastava, Supriya Y, Ramalingam M., Thippa Reddy Gadekallu and Feras M. Awaysheh Anxiety and Depression Detection and Rehabilitation in the Metaverse: A BERT-Based Recommendation System Ali Athar, Md Ariful Islam Mozumder, Kounen Fathima, Ali Hussain, Sikandar Ali and Hee-Cheol Kim Explainable AI for the Metaverse: A Short Survey Chemmalar Selvi G, Gokul Yenduri, Gautam Srivastava, Ramalingam M., Dasaradharami Reddy K, Muhammad Uzair and Thippa Reddy Gadekallu Cybersecurity Threats and Vulnerabilities in the Metaverse Ramesh C Sharma and Alin Zamfiroiu
5:30pm-6:00pm	Closing Notes

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Important dates

Paper Submission

Papers due: ~~July 4~~ July 11th, 2023 (Firm and Final)
Acceptance notification: August 05, 2023
Camera-ready paper due: August 20, 2023

Workshop/Tutorial

Proposal due: June 1, 2023
Acceptance notification: June 10, 2023
Workshop paper submission: July 10, 2023
Author notification: August 10, 2023
Camera-ready paper due: August 31, 2023

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