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)