Metaverse (Acronym: METASIG)

Chair: Ruidong Li, Kanazawa University, Japan
Subarea-Chair: Simon See, NVIDIA, Singapore
Subarea-Chair: Zheng Yan, Aalto University, Finland
Subarea-Chair: Danda B. Rawat, Howard University, USA
Subarea-Chair: Tarik Taleb, The University of Oulu, Finland
Subarea-Chair: Pietro Manzoni, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Subarea-Chair: Enzo Mingozzi, University of Pisa, Italy
Advisor: Chonggang Wang, Interdigital, USA
Advisor: Tarek Abdelzaher, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign USA
Advisor: Baochun Li, University of Toronto, Canada
Advisor: Mahmoud Daneshmand, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
Advisor: Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hongkong
Co-chairs: Aljoscha Smolic
Co-chairs: Aljoscha Smolic
Advisor: Dusit Niyato, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Advisor: Moshen Guizani, Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), UAE

Homepage: https://www.ieee-metacom.org/sigmeta/
Linkedin Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14120645/

IG Scope:

Metaverse is one of the key enablers for the future society, which is envisioned to bring a new revolution to digital world. For Metaverse, physical world will be seamlessly integrated with cyber world through digitizing physical objects to create digital twins, which poses numerous challenges on human-machine interfaces, ultra-low latency, extremely high resource demands, low traffic, reliability and trustworthiness. To realize this vision, it becomes indispensable for the convergence of computing, networking and applications for Metaverse in a wide range of domains including industry, finance, medical care, smart cities, entertainment, education, and agriculture.

This SIG provides a platform for academic researchers and industry practitioners to introduce research progresses, exchange new ideas, and identify future directions in the field of Metaverse.

In summary, this SIG will focus on the technical challenges and enabling technologies for Metaverse. The areas of interests include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Metaverse application architecture and system design
  • Immersive services
  • Digital twin modeling and rendering
  • Animations and physical world simulations
  • Model evolution, composition and library for metaverse
  • Holographic applications
  • Virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, extended reality
  • Metaverse applications in different domains, such as industry, healthcare
  • Network architectures and design principles for metaverse
  • Metaverse routing metrics and algorithms
  • Metaverse rendezvous services for metaverse
  • Metaverse resource control and allocation
  • Network management for metaverse
  • Interactions between cyber and physical spaces
  • Data center communications for metaverse
  • Decentralized communications for metaverse
  • Ultra-low-time communications for metaverse
  • Green communications for metaverse
  • Holographic communications
  • B5G/6G for metaverse applications
  • Cloud, edge, fog computing for metaverse
  • Human-machine interface for metaverse
  • Artificial intelligence for metaverse
  • Federated learning and analytics
  • Machine learning and data mining for metaverse
  • Collaborative computation and intelligence for metaverse
  • In-network computations for metaverse
  • Computation-driven architecture for metaverse
  • Computing over mobile devices for metaverse
  • Sensing and data processing for metaverse
  • Blockchain architecture for metaverse applications
  • Decentralized consensus algorithms for metaverse
  • Smart contract and chain code for metaverse
  • NFT applications and protocols in metaverse
  • Distributed ledger technology theory and applications for metaverse
  • Web 3.0 architecture and applications for metaverse
  • Identity management and security for Web 3.0 and metaverse
  • Decentralized storage and verification for metaverse
  • Semantic computing for metaverse
  • Decentralized identifiers and user-centric design
  • New cryptographic technologies for metaverse
  • Data security and governance for metaverse
  • Privacy preserving technologies for metaverse
  • Policy and regulation compliance
  • Trust management framework for metaverse
  • ID management, authentication and authorization for metaverse
  • Accountability for metaverse
  • Zero-knowledge proof for metaverse
  • Zero-trust architecture for metaverse
  • Theoretical investigations on metaverse
  • Optimization, game theory, incentive designs for metaverse
  • Simulators, testbeds, prototypes for metaverse
  • Metaverse implementations, and field experiments
  • Verification of the existing knowledge
  • Metaverse performance evaluation and modeling
  • Quality of service and quality of experience for metaverse
  • Standardizations for metaverse

Founding Members:

1. Ruidong Li, Kanazawa University, Japan
2. Simon See, NVIDIA, Singapore
3. Zheng Yan, Aalto University, Finland
4. Danda B. Rawat, Howard University, USA
5. Tarik Taleb, The University of Oulu, Finland
6. Pietro Manzoni, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
7. Enzo Mingozzi, University of Pisa, Italy
8. Chonggang Wang, Interdigital, USA
9. Tarek Abdelzaher, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign USA
10. Baochun Li, University of Toronto, Canada
11. Mahmoud Daneshmand, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
12. Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hongkong
13. Dusit Niyato, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
14. Moshen Guizani, Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), UAE
15. Fei-Yue Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
16. Cédric Westphal, Futurewei, USA
17. Qun Li, William & Mary, USA
18. Rui Aguiar, University of Aveiro, Portugal f
19. Geyong Min, University of Exeter, U. K.
20. Abderrahim Benslimane, University of Avignon, France
21. Lijun Dong, Futurewei, USA
22. Domenico Ciuonzo, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
23. Yacine Ghamri-Doudane, University of la Rochelle, France
24. Jinsong Han, Zhejiang University, China
25. Wenzhan Song, University of Georgia, USA
26. Kandaraj Piamrat, LS2N / University of Nantes, France
27. Thomas Wischgoll, Wright State University, Ohio, USA
28. Hideyuki Shimonishi, Osaka University, Japan
29. Fan Ye, Stony Brook University, USA
30. Eduardo Cerqueira, Federal University of Para & UCLA, Brazil
31. Bo Han, George Mason University, USA
32. Simone Silvestri, University of Kentucky, USA
33. Xiaowen Gong, Auburn University, USA
34. Noriaki Kamiyama, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
35. Megumi Kaneko, NII, Japan
36. Xiaojiang Du, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
37. Lik-Hang Lee, KAIST, Korea
38. Falko Dressler, Paderborn University, Germany
39. Huaming Wu, Tianjin University, China
40. Zuqing Zhu, University of Science and Technology of China, China
41. Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), Brazil
42. Bo Ji, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
43. Gwanggil Jeon, Incheon National University, South Korea
44. Haojin Zhu, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
45. Tutomu Murase, Nagoya University, Japan
46. Jiangchuan Liu, Simon Fraser University, Canada
47. Mérouane Debbah, Technology Innovation Institute, UAE
48. Mugen Peng, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
49. Mohd Shafry Bin Mohd Rahim, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia