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FULL PROGRAM

Dubai Time (GMT+4)



Zoom link for the keynotes: https://zu-ac-ae.zoom.us/j/97702866406



*The total duration of an in-person presentation is 15 minutes, while the total duration of an online presentation is 10 minutes.

*The online presentations will be held live (not recorded) via Zoom.

Tuesday, November 26

Tuesday, November 26 9:00 - 10:15 (Asia/Dubai)

TS 2: Metaverse Application I

Room: Emerald Hall 2
Chair: Muhammad Asad
Securing the Future: The Intersection of ML-Based Oracles and Blockchain Technology
Hajar Moudoud, Zakaria el Houda and Bouziane Brik
AI-Enhanced Mobile Diminished Reality Framework for Preserving 3D Visual Privacy
Salam Tabet, Ayman Kayssi and Imad H. Elhajj
Accelerating 3D Scene Development for the Metaverse: Lessons from Photogrammetry and Manual Modeling
Viviana Pentangelo, Dario Di Dario, Vincenzo De Martino, Marco Dello Buono and Stefano Lambiase
Federated Learning for Personalized User Experiences in the Metaverse
Muhammad Asad and Safa Otoum

Tuesday, November 26 14:00 - 15:30 (Asia/Dubai)

TS 8: Metaverse Application II

Room: Emerald Hall 2
Chair: Ahmed Shuhaiber
Framework for Integration of Generative AI into Metaverse Asset Creation
Rio Mukhtarom Paweroi and Mario Köppen
Revolutionizing Cybersecurity Training: An Empirical Study on the Relationship Between Traditional Methods and Interest in Virtual Reality Modules
Shaila Rana and Rhonda Chicone
Digital Twins in the Metaverse for the Collaborative Discovery of Contextual Factors
Olga Menukhin, Nikolay Mehandjiev and Qudamah Quboa
Beyond Screens: Investigating Identity Proofing for the Metaverse Through Cross-Device Flows
Marco Pernpruner, Cecilia Pasquini, Giada Sciarretta and Silvio Ranise


Wednesday, November 27

Wedesday, November 27 9:00 - 10:15 (Asia/Dubai)

TS 14: Metaverse Application III

Room: Emerald Hall 2
Chair: Harald Kitzmann
Virtual Staging Technologies for the Metaverse
Muhammad Tukur, Yehia Boraey, Sara Jashari, Alberto Jaspe, Uzair Shah, Mahmood Alzubaidi, Giovanni Pintore, Enrico Gobbetti, Jens Schneider, Marco Agus and Noora Fetais
Protecting Privacy in the UAE Metaverse: Policies and Regulations
Shuq Hussein
Legal challenges of Intellectual Property in the Metaverse under UAE intellectual property law: Trademarks, Copyrights, Patents
Shuq Hussein
Pixels to Reality: A Maturity Spectrum of Immersion
Adnan Javed, Nauman Javed and Amjad Umar
VR as a tool in the educational process: requirements and implementation process
Harald Kitzmann, Ulrich Norbisrath, Alessia Kaivo, Marko Sandre and Pille Toomsalu

Wednesday, November 27 15:30 - 17:00 (Asia/Dubai)

TS 20: Metaverse Application IV

Room: Emerald Hall 2
Chair: Mohammad Alja'Afreh
A Comprehensive Study of the Metaverse: Characteristics, Benefits, Drawbacks, Privacy Concerns, Challenges, Security and Vulnerabilities, Applications, Future Directions, and Recommendations
Alanoud Al Falahi, Hind Alnuaimi, Mouza Alqaydi, Nada Al Shateri, Shamma Al Ameri, Mohammad Qbea'H and Saed Alrabaee
Ethical Pathways in VR and the Metaverse: Frameworks for Responsible Innovation
Mousa Al-Kfairy, Saed Alrabaee and Omar Alfandi
eFactory for Metaverse-based Smart Communities Cities and Enterprises
Amjad Umar, Kamran Khalid, Nauman Javed and Adnan Javed
Eden: An Edge Computing Empowered Proof-of-Personhood Protocol for Anti-Sybil in Blockchain-based Metaverse
Yinfeng Cao, Jiannong Cao, Hongbo Liu, Zeyang Cui and Long Wen
A Multi-Layered Strategy for Addressing Privacy and Data Security issues in Metaverse
Rahaf Alnuaimi and Moatsum Alawida
Enhancing Privacy and Security in Digital Twin and Metaverse Technologies: Mathematical Models, Blockchain, and Future Directions
Mohammad Alja'Afreh, Omar Bani Ahmad and Ali Karime


Thursday, November 28

Thursday, November 28 14:00 - 15:30 (Asia/Dubai)

TS 32: iMETA Online I

Zoom Link: https://zu-ac-ae.zoom.us/j/91593474080
Chair: Esmail Almosharea
Venturing into the Metaverse: Innovative AI-Driven Strategies for Advancing Dental Education
Ayham Salloum, Shirin Alimour, Dina Tahat, Khalaf Tahat, Raghad Alfaisal and Said Salloum
An AUTOSAR-based Framework for Multi-core Communication System
Jiayong Wei, Jiajun Gao, Wenfeng Ma, Wenbo Zhao and Fan Lu
Deep Social Link Prediction in the Metaverse
Sifeng Wang and Wanli Huang
Challenges and Future Developments in the Metaverse
Sifeng Wang and Wanli Huang
MFSC: A Federated Learning and Semantic Communication Framework for Efficient Digital Twin Creation in Metaverse
Esmail Almosharea, Emna Baccour, Aiman Erbad and Mounir Hamdi
A Conceptual Framework for Educational Metaverse
George Pachoulas, Athanasios Christopoulos and Chrysostomos Stylios
A Novel Approach for Remote Rendering and Streaming in XR
Alexander Zoubarev, Louay Bassbouss, Duc Long Tran, Stephan Steglich and Stefan Arbanowski
Behind the Scenes of Successful Metaverse User Traversal
Alireza Famili, Tolga Atalay and Angelos Stavrou


Friday, November 29

Friday, November 29 9:00 - 10:30 (Asia/Dubai)

TS 40: iMETA Online II

Zoom Link: https://zu-ac-ae.zoom.us/j/94290722087
Chair: Omer Tariq
User Interaction for WebGL-Based Desktop Metaverse
Xin-Han Wu, Hong-Rui Qian, Po-Hsiang Hsu, I-Feng Huang, Yi-Ping Hung and Yennun Huang
A Pilot Study on the Use of a Novel Mixed Reality Navigation System to Assist Femoral Tunnel Positioning in Single-Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Zhefan Zhang, Yuxuan Li, Wei Huang and Xing Fang
Meta-Swin: Lightweight Image Super-Resolution Swin Transformer for Metaverse Applications
Omer Tariq, Muhammad Bilal Akram Dastagir, Dongsoo Han and Muhammad Bilal
MetaGuard: A Zero-Trust-Based Access Control for Metaverse
Asma Alshamsi, Amal Adel, Mezoun Al Ghfeli, Ouns Bouachir
Node Hibernation Optimization Strategy for Metaverse Stream Computing
Yonglin Pu
Optimization Method Based on Data Migration on Metaverse
Yonglin Pu
Data Backup Method Based on Metaverse Service Management
Yonglin Pu

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Important dates

Workshop Paper Submission

  • Papers due: 10 September 2024
  • Acceptance notification: 30 September 2024
  • Camera-ready paper due: 10 October 2024



Special Session Submission

  • Papers due: 30 July 2024
  • Acceptance notification: 1 September 2024
  • Camera-ready paper due: 1 October 2024



Paper Submission

  • Papers due: 30 May 2024 30 June 2024
  • Acceptance notification: 1 September 2024
  • Camera-ready paper due: 1 October 2024



Workshop/Tutorial

  • Proposal due: 30 June 2024
  • Acceptance notification: 15 July 2024







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