https://socialmeta2023.github.io/

While online social network services and applications have found unprecedented presence today (e.g., messaging, gaming, advertising, and recommendation), multiple novel and emerging technologies have already started to shape the next-generation online social networks, including the “metaverse”.On the one hand, Augmented/Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Internet of Things (IoT), and Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) are bringing new mobile computing and communication paradigms for provisioning and accessing online social networks, social media, massive gaming, etc. On the other hand, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), characterized by recent breakthroughs of deep learning and big data, are finding successful applications to online social networks, including detecting/preventing spam, fraud, and misinformation and enhancing service experience via intelligent user interactions (e.g., recognition) with texts, images, and voices. Yet, how to exploit and synergize all such state-of-the-art technologies to revolutionize online social networks is still in its infancy and demands comprehensive investigation and research.

The goal of the 2nd International Workshop on Social and Metaverse Computing and Networking (SocialMeta) is to bring together scientists, researchers, engineers, and practitioners to identify new problems and discuss the latest research ideas and results, especially those related to novel and emerging technologies, regarding online social networks and the metaverse. SocialMeta focuses on all aspects of online social networks and the metaverse, including architecture, design, implementation, measurement, modeling, algorithm, analysis, and theory. The topics include but are not limited to the following:

• Mobile and location-based online social networks and the AR/VR-based metaverse
• Reputation, incentives, and economics in online social networks and the metaverse
• Security and privacy in online social networks and the metaverse
• AR/VR, IoT, wearables, and crowdsourcing for online social networks and the metaverse - Cloud, edge,
• SDN, and NFV for online social networks and the metaverse
• Non-terrestrial networks, UAV, and 5G/6G for online social networks and the metaverse
• AI/ML, data science, and blockchains for online social networks and the metaverse
• Measurement of online social network and metaverse systems and applications
• Modeling, algorithms, and theories for online social networks and the metaverse

Authors are encouraged to submit papers describing original and unpublished research, not currently under review in other venues, addressing state-of-the-art research and development in all aspects of mobile computing, online social networks, or the intersection of both. In particular, innovative, early-stage ideas and preliminary results are welcome. The length of the paper must be no more than 6 pages in the IEEE double-column format, including references. The first page must contain an abstract, the name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s). Each submission will receive at least three independent, blind peer reviews from the program committee. At least one of the authors of every accepted paper must register and present the paper at the workshop. The program committee will select one paper for the Best Paper Award.

Steering Committee:

Xiaoming Fu (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany)
Pan Hui (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)
Vassilis Kostakos (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Jörg Ott (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
Antonia Tulino (New York University, USA; University of Naples Federico II, Italy)
Sasu Tarkoma (University of Helsinki, Finland)

General Chairs:

Yang Chen (Fudan University, China)
Lei Jiao (University of Oregon, USA)

TPC Chairs:

Yupeng Li (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)
Zehui Xiong (Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore)

TPC Members:

Felix Beierle (University of Würzburg, Germany)
Wei Cai (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China)
Junyang Chen (Shenzhen University, China)
Shenghui Cheng (WestLake University, China)
Mingzhe Chen (University of Miami, USA)
Dimitrios Chatzopoulos (University College Dublin, Ireland)
Jingpu Duan (Peng Cheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, China)
Qingyuan Gong (Fudan University, China)
Yidan Hu (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA)
Kai Han (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Zhicong Lu (City Unversity of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Lik-Hang Lee (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea)
Bin Li (The Pennsylvania State University, USA)
Li Liu (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), China)
Kai Shu (Illinois Institute of Technology, USA)
Xiang Su (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
Xueyan Tang (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Guangmo Tong (University of Delaware, USA)
Yanlin Wang (Sun Yat-sen University, China)
Shuai Wang (SIAT, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Shiqiang Wang (IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA)
Haoran Yu (Beijing Institute of Technology, China)
Min Yang (SIAT, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Yali Yuan (Southeast University, China)
Eiko Yoneki (University of Cambridge, UK)
Yang Zhang (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, Germany)
Pengyuan Zhou (University of Science and Technology of China, China)

Web Chair:

Yifeng Luo (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)

Important Dates:

Submission deadline: February 28, 2023
Notification due: April 10, 2023
Camera-ready paper due: May 8, 2023
Workshop: July 18, 2023

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