Final Technical Program
The 2nd Annual IEEE International Conference on Metaverse Computing, Networking, and Applications (MetaCom 2024)
August 12-14, 2024 · Hong Kong SAR, China
Contents
August 12, 2024, Monday
Building N, Room N002 and N003, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
08:00-09:00 Registration
09:00-10:40 Workshop Session 1: STIM & VSM
Chair: Shan Wang (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Building N, Room N002, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Credit Card Fraud Detection Using Advanced Transformer Model
Chang Yu (Northeastern University); Yongshun Xu (University of Massachusetts
Lowell); Jin Cao (Johns Hopkins University); Ye Zhang (University of Pittsburg);
Yixin Jin (University of Michigan); Mengran Zhu (Miami University)
Rough Set improved Therapy-Based Metaverse Assisting System
Jin Cao (Johns Hopkins University); Yanhui Jiang (University College London);
Chang Yu (Northeastern University); Feiwei Qin (Hangzhou Dianzi University);
Zekun Jiang (Sichuan University)
Dog Heart Rate and Blood Oxygen Metaverse Interaction System
Yanhui Jiang (University College London); Jin Cao (Johns Hopkins University);
Chang Yu (Northeastern University); Yue Qiao (Emily Carr university)
Advanced Payment Security System: XGBoost, LightGBM and SMOTE
Integrated
Qi Zheng (University of Massachusetts Lowell); Chang Yu (Northeastern
University); Jin Cao (Johns Hopkins University); Yongshun Xu (University of
Massachusetts Lowell)
Real-Time Collaboration for VR SNS Content Creation: Enhancing 3DCG Workflow
Efficiency
Hayato Tomisu (Shiga University); Yuki Nakai (Ritsumeikan University); Takashi
Umezawa (NVIDIA)
09:00-10:40 Workshop Session 2: Meta-XP Part I
Chair: Jaeho Kim (Sejong University, South Korea)
Building N, Room N003, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Enhancing Image Matching Between Digital Twin and Real-World Through
Cross-Domain Geo-Localization Methods
Soorim Yang (LIG Nex1); Jaeho Kim (Sejong University)
A Novel Data-Driven Soft Sensor in Metaverse Provisioning Predictive
Credibility Based on Uncertainty Quantification
Seong-Ho Park, Hong Je-Gal, Hyun-Suk Lee (Sejong University)
LAB-CNN: LoD-specific Attention-based Branch Convolutional Neural Network for
Digital Twin
Ji-Wan Kim, Kyu-Sik Kim, Hyun-Suk Lee (Sejong University)
Implementation of an IoT Cocktail Machine Using ChatGPT API and ConvAnalyser in
the Metaverse
Sang-woo Son, Youngwoo Lee, Hyeon-beom Choi, Jeongwook Seo (Hanshin
University)
Camera-based Virtual Drone Control System Using Two-handed Gestures
Juyeon Weon, Taein Yong, Jaeho Kim (Sejong University)
10:40-11:10 Coffee Break
11:10-12:30 Workshop Session 3: MANP
Chair: Haoyu Song (Futurewei Technologies)
Building N, Room N002, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
11:10-11:40 Keynote
>Collaborative Metaverse Perception for Autonomous Driving via Infrastructure-to-Road Communication
Guoliang Xing (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
11:40-12:10 Keynote
Metaverse and the Future of Networking
Lixia Zhang (UCLA)
Repo: Application Agnostic and Oblivious In-Network Data Store
Tianyuan Yu, Jacob Zhi, Xinyu Ma, Yekta Kocaogullar, Varun Patil (UCLA); Ryuji
Wakikawa (SoftBank); Lixia Zhang (UCLA)
12:30-14:00 Lunch Ju Yin House (Address: 4/F., Communal Building (Core S), PolyU)
14:00-15:40 Workshop Session 4: ISCCM
Chair: Lu Wang (Shenzhen University)
Building N, Room N002, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Game Engine Based Multi-View Video Dataset Synthesis for Pedestrian Detection
and Tracking
Xiaonan Pan, Qilei Sun, Jia Wang, Eng Gee Lim (Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool
University)
High-Precision Indoor Positioning via 5G NR: An Interpretable GNN-based
Method
Qing Xue, Huiqiang Wang, Wuhong Lv, Dongmiao He (Harbin Engineering
University)
Key Technological Innovations in Billing Systems for Computing Power Network
Facilitate the Integration of Metaverse Applications
Lin Zhang, Huan Wang, Wei Xue, Cuijuan Yang, Xianyao Gu, Tingting Sun (China
Mobile Information Technology)
Enhancing Computational Processing Performance for Generative AI Large Models
with Autonomous Decision-Making in Metaverse Applications
Pengyong Ding, Jiarong Liu, Min Sun, Li Li, Hong Liu (China Mobile Information
Technology)
A Novel Summarization Framework based on Reference-free Evaluation of Multiple
Large Language Models
Wei Feng, Huan Zhao, Hao Yang, Min Zhang, Wei Tang (Huawei 2012 Labs)
14:00-15:40 Workshop Session 5: Meta-XP Part II
Chair: Cheolsoo Park (Kwangwoon University, South Korea)
Building N, Room N003, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Warning Zone Abnormal Behavior Detection: Pre-Alarms for Risk of Exhibit
Damage
Dasol Kim, Donghoon Lee, Jaeho Kim (Sejong University)
Prediction of Remote Photoplethysmography using Quaternion-based Convolutional
Neural Networks in Metaverse
Junghwan Lee, Cheolsoo Park, Yusang Nam, Hyuntae Lee (Kwangwoon university)
Event-based White Blood Cell Classification using Convolutional Spiking Neural
Networks
Youngshin Kang, Geunbo Yang, Cheolsoo Park (Kwangwoon university)
Object Counting Based on SIMO Radar with Convolutional Neural Network For
Inspection of Sealed Products
Sejung Kim, Donghoon Lee, Minseok Nam, Hyukjin Oh, Jaeho Kim (Sejong
University)
Maritime Metaverse: A Historical Graph-based NGSI-LD Framework for Digital Twin
Integration
Jieun Lee, JaeSeung Song (Sejong University)
18:00-20:30 Reception
August 13, 2024, Tuesday
Building M, Room M1603, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
08:00-09:00 Registration
09:00-9:30 Opening
Jiannong Cao (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China) — General Chair
Baochun Li (University of Toronto, Canada) and Tarek Abdelzaher (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA) — Technical Program Co-Chairs
09:30-10:30 Keynote Session 1
The Pursuit of Living AGI
Dr. David Hanson (Founder and CEO, Hanson Robotics)
Chair: Jiannong Cao (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:40 Session 1: Metaverse Computing, Architectures, and Applications
Chair: Marco Canini (KAUST, Saudi Arabia)
Building M, Room M1603, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
CreAIXR: Fostering Creativity with Generative AI in XR Environments
Giacomo Vallasciani, Lorenzo Stacchio, Pasquale Cascarano, Gustavo Marfia
(University of Bologna)
A Collaborative Mixed Reality Platform for the Planning of Vascular
Surgery
Jing-Yuan Wang, Yujie Gong, Jie Zhou, Fenfen Qi, Yingzhi Liu (University of
Macau); Zaiheng Cheng, Rongliang Chen (Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology
Chinese Academy of Sciences); Xinhong Wang (The Second Affiliated Hospital
Zhejiang University School of Medicine); Li Luo, Xiao-Chuan Cai (University of
Macau)
Mixed Reality Visualization and Interactive Hemodynamic Computation of the
Human Brain
Fenfen Qi, Yingzhi Liu, Yujie Gong, Jing-Yuan Wang, Jie Zhou (University of
Macau); Xinhong Wang (The Second Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University School
of Medicine); Rongliang Chen (Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology Chinese
Academy of Sciences); Ruey-Song Huang, Li Luo, Xiao-Chuan Cai (University of
Macau)
Secure Web Objects: Building Blocks for Metaverse Interoperability and
Decentralization
Tianyuan Yu, Xinyu Ma, Varun Patil, Yekta Kocaogullar (University of
California, Los Angeles); Yulong Zhang (The Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology (Guangzhou)); Jeff Burke (University of California, Los Angeles
REMAP); Dirk Kutscher (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
(Guangzhou)); Lixia Zhang (University of California, Los Angeles)
PLATONE: An Immersive Geospatial Audio Spatialization Platform
Alex Orsholits (The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Information Science
and Technology); Yiyuan Qian (Nikken Sekkei, Digital Design Lab); Eric Nardini
(Volumetrica Studio); Yusuke Obuchi (The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of
Engineering); Manabu Tsukada (The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of
Information Science and Technology)
12:40-14:00 Lunch Ju Yin House (Address: 4/F., Communal Building (Core S), PolyU)
14:00-15:40 Session 2: AI for the Metaverse
Chair: Pasquale Cascarano (University of Bologna, Italy)
Building M, Room M1603, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Tuner: A New Approach For 3D Semantic Segmentation Using Federated
Architecture
Jerry Chen, Ruiqing Tian, Di Niu (University of Alberta)
Federated Learning for Real-Time Decentralized Smile Detection in Virtual
Reality Environments
Salabat Khan, Anwar Ghani, Syed Shehreyar Ali Naqvi, Murad Ali Khan, Muhammad
Faseeh, Do Hyeun Kim (Dept. of Computer Engineering, Jeju National University);
Muhammad Sharif (Dept. of Computer Science, Comsats University Islamabad)
NivTA: Towards a Naturally Interactable Edu-Metaverse Teaching Assistant for
CAVE
Ye Jia, Zackary P. T. Sin, Eric Xiangzhi Wang, Richard Chen Li, Peter Ng, Xiao
Huang, Junnan Dong, Yaowei Wang, George Baciu, Jiannong Cao, Qing Li (Department
of Computing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Dynamic Digital Twins via a Fusion of Radiance Fields and Camera Feeds
Matthew Andrews, Marc-Olivier Buob, Pierre Escamilla, Jeongran Lee, Atefeh
Mohajeri, Zhiyi Wang (Nokia Bell Labs)
DAM: A Universal Dual Attention Mechanism for Multimodal Timeseries
Cryptocurrency Trend Forecasting
Yihang Fu, Mingyu Zhou, Luyao Zhang (Duke Kunshan University)
15:40-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:30 Panel: The Future of Metaverse in the Era of Generative AI
Chair: Baochun Li (University of Toronto, Canada)
Building M, Room M1603, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Panelists: Lixia Zhang (UCLA, USA), Jiannong Cao (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China), Yanjiao Chen (Zhejiang University, P. R. China), Tarek Abdelzaher (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
18:30-20:30 Banquet
Hung Kee Seafood Restaurant (Address: Shop 6 & 9-10, G/F, Siu Yat Building, 1 Sai Kung Hoi Pong Square, Sai Kung)
Transportation is arranged to the conference banquet. Please arrive at G/F., Communal Building (Core S), PolyU by 17:45.
August 14, 2024, Wednesday
Building M, Room M1603, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
08:00-08:30 Registration
08:30-09:30 Keynote Session 2
The Metaverse Revolution: Exploring the Future of Immersive Experiences
Prof. Pan Hui (Chair Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology — Guangzhou)
Chair: Tarek Abdelzaher (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
09:30-09:50 Coffee Break
09:50-11:10 Session 3: Security, Privacy, and Trust I
Chair: Shan Wang (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China)
Building N, Room N003, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
PolyTwin: Edge Blockchain-empowered Trustworthy Digital Twin Network for
Metaverse
Yinfeng Cao, Jiannong Cao, Zeyang Cui, Dongbin Bai, Mingjin Zhang, Long Wen
(The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Exploring the Design of Collaborative Applications via the Lens of NDN
Workspace
Tianyuan Yu, Xinyu Ma, Varun Patil, Yekta Kocaogullar, Lixia Zhang (UCLA)
Quantifying the Blockchain Trilemma: A Comparative Analysis of Algorand,
Ethereum 2.0, and Beyond
Yihang Fu (Duke Kunshan University); Mingwei Jing (Wuhan University); Jiaolun
Zhou, Peilin Wu (Duke Kunshan Univesity); Ye Wang (Macau University); Luyao
Zhang (Duke Kunshan University); Chuang Hu (Wuhan Universtiy)
PROTEGO: Detecting Adversarial Examples for Vision Transformers via Intrinsic
Capabilities
Jialin Wu, Kaikai Pan, Yanjiao Chen, Jiangyi Deng, Shengyuan Pang, Wenyuan Xu
(Zhejiang University)
11:10-11:20 Coffee Break
11:20-12:40 Session 4: Wireless Communications
Chair: Luyao Zhang (Duke Kunshan University, China)
Building N, Room N003, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
An Experimental Evaluation of 360-Degree ABR Video Streaming over MmWave
Wireless Links
Sam Shippey, Suresh Srinivasan (Portland State University); Huu Phuoc Dang (New
Jersey Institute of Technology); Ehsan Aryafar (Portland State University);
Jacob Chakareski (New Jersey Institute of Technology)
DITTO: DIgital Twins for Testing and Optimizing Wireless Decisions
Richard Kumahia, Utku Demir, Suyash Pradhan, Stratis Ioannidis, Kaushik
Chowdhury, Batool Salehihikouei (Northeastern University)
5G MEC Computation Handoff for Mobile Augmented Reality
Pengyuan Zhou (Aarhus University); Shuhao Fu (University of Science and
Technology of China); Benjamin Finley (University of Helsinki); Xuebing Li
(Aalto University); Sasu Tarkoma, Jussi Kangasharju (University of Helsinki);
Mostafa Ammar (Georgia Institute of Technology); Pan Hui (Hong Kong University
of Science and Technology)
Semantic Communication-Aware End-to-End Routing in Large-Scale LEO Satellite
Networks
Binquan Guo (Xidian University); Zehui Xiong, Bo Wang, Tony Q. S. Quek
(Singapore University of Technology and Design); Zhu Han (University of
Houston)
12:40-14:00 Lunch Ju Yin House (Address: 4/F., Communal Building (Core S), PolyU)
14:00-15:00 Session 5: Experimentation and Testbed Evaluation
Chair: Binquan Guo (Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore)
Building N, Room N003, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Fostering the Metaverse Immersion: Unraveling Personalized Dynamic Human
Avatars
Sirisha Talapuru, Ram Dantu, Shakila Zaman, Vinh Quach, Apurba Pokharel
(University of North Texas)
Gamified Constructivist Teaching in Metaverse: Revolutionizing Language Learning
in University via an Immersive Experience
Peter H. F. Ng, Frankie T. K. Har, Ken S. K. Tai, Winnie C. L. Leung, Peter Q.
Chen, Chen Li, Joe K. H. Lam, Laura Jing Zhou, Yan Yan Lam, Helen K. W. Law,
Qing Li (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Trading Virtual Objects Quality for AI Performance in Mobile Augmented Reality
Apps
Niloofar Didar (Wayne State University); Marco Brocanelli (The Ohio State
University)
15:00-15:20 Coffee Break
15:20-16:30 Session 6: Security, Privacy, and Trust II
Chair: Peter Ng (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China)
Building N, Room N003, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
BF-Meta: Blockchain-enhanced Privacy-preserving Federated Learning for
Metaverse
Wenbo Liu, Handi Chen, Edith C.H. Ngai (The University of Hong Kong)
Reversing the Virtual Maze: An Overview of the Technical and Methodological
Challenges for Metaverse App Analysis
Alfonso Rodriguez (IMDEA Networks Institute & Universidad Carlos III de
Madrid); Sergio Pastrana (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid); Narseo Vallina,
Guillermo Suárez-Tanjil (IMDEA Networks Institute)
Privacy Challenges in the Metaverse
Meiko Jensen (Karlstad University); Marit Hansen (ULD SH), Malte Hansen
(University of Oslo)
ADVERSARIAL FOR GOOD — Defending Training Data Privacy with Adversarial
Attack Wisdom
Shengyuan Pang, Yanjiao Chen, Jiangyi Deng, Jialin Wu, Yijie Bai, Wenyuan Xu
(Zhejiang University)
A Review of Privacy and Utility in Skeleton-based Data in Virtual Reality
Metaverses
Thomas Carr, Depeng Xu, Aidong Lu (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
16:30-16:50 Coffee Break
16:50-18:00 Session 7: Networking and Architecture
Chair: Shan Jiang (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China)
Building N, Room N003, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Assessing the Impact of Network Quality-of-Service on Metaverse Virtual Reality
User Experience
Rahul Dev Tripathi, Minzhao Lyu, Vijay Sivaraman (University of New South
Wales)
DynSplit: A Dynamic Split Learning Scheme for 5G-Enpowered Metavserse
Yunmeng Shu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University); Pengwenlong Gu, Cedric Adjih
(Inria); Chung Shue Chen (Nokia Bell Labs); Ahmed Serhrouchni (TELECOM Paris)
Design of Digital Twin Architecture for 3D Audio Representation in AR
Tokio Takada (Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Faculty
of Engineering, The University of Tokyo); Jin Nakazato, Alex Orsholits, Manabu
Tsukada (Department of Creative Informatics, Graduate School of Information
Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo); Hideya Ochiai (Department of
Information & Communication Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science
and Technology, The University of Tokyo); Hiroshi Esaki (Department of Creative
Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The
University of Tokyo)
GREEN: Precise Geolocation in Metaverse using Reinforcement Learning-Enabled
Sensor Placement
Alireza Famili (WayWave Inc); Tolga Atalay (Virginia Tech); Amin Tabrizian
(George Washington University); Angelos Stavrou (Virginia Tech)
An Open Spatial Computing Platform
Gabor Soros (Open AR Cloud and Nokia Bell Labs); James Jackson, Michael Vogt
(Open AR Cloud); Mikel Salazar (Open AR Cloud and Institute for Energy
Technology); Alina Kadlubsky, Jan-Erik Vinje (Open AR Cloud)