[Announcements] CFP [FIRM Deadline Approaching] Workshop on "Digital Twin Modelling, Orchestration and Development in the 6G era" in conjunction with IEEE MeditCom, 8-11 July 2024, Madrid, Spain

[Marica Amadeo]

*** Apologies for cross-postings ***
*** Deadline approaching! ***

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                              CALL FOR PAPERS

                                First Workshop on
"Digital Twin Modelling, Orchestration and Development in the 6G era"
in conjunction with IEEE MeditCom, 8-11 July 2024, Madrid, Spain

*** Submission deadline - extended (FIRM): 30 April 2024 ***
https://meditcom2024.ieee-meditcom.org/workshop/ws-03-digital-twin-modelling-orchestration-and-development-6g-era

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*** Scope ***

To effectively support future 6G applications, the research community
is promoting the Digital Twin (DT) technology. By creating the virtual
representation of the elements, dynamics and services of physical
systems, including objects and humans, DTs are expected to provide
crucial support to the ambitious Sixth-generation (6G) applications,
like Extended Reality (XR), autonomous driving and remote healthcare.
However, to provide such composite and complex applications, the
research community on DTs have to face major research challenges, such
as the definition of expressive DT representation models to manage the
DTs’ dynamic nature and the design of scalable autonomous search
engine among a huge number of DTs, with intensive interactions,
heterogeneous communications, and billions of services.
Moreover, based on the distinct requirements of the applications,
different orchestration and deployment mechanisms can be envisioned.
DTs are typically hosted in remote Cloud data centers to provide
compute-intensive services but they can also migrate at the network
edge to provide ultra-low-latency services and quickly interact with
their real counterpart. In this context, it becomes crucial to provide
optimal DT service placement in the presence of multiple edge nodes
with distinct computation and storage capabilities and investigate
caching policies to reuse the available DT services that can be
offered to distinct clients.
So far, the literature has mainly focused on application-specific
solutions for DTs, e.g., in the manufacturing field, but new holistic
approaches can be devised in 6G environments. For example,
revolutionary networking paradigms, like the Social Internet of Things
(SIoT), can foster trustworthy and effective DT service discovery;
service-centric communications, implemented by Information-Centric
Networking (ICN) architectures, can facilitate the orchestration of DT
at the edge and their service reuse.

*** Topics of Interest ***

DT modelling
Edge computing platforms for DT
Edge-Cloud DT orchestration
Social network solutions for DT
Information-Centric Networking (ICN) for DT
DT use cases
AI/ML for DT design
Protocols for intra-twin and inter-twin communications
DT service caching
DT service discovery mechanisms
DT optimal service placement at the Edge
DT service reuse policy design
DT trustworthiness and security management
Testbed designs and implementation of DT-based applications
Network simulations of DT-enabled 6G


*** Important Information ***

Submission Deadline (extended and FIRM): 30 April 2024
Acceptance Notification: 14 May 2024
Camera-Ready: 1 June 2024

Papers should follow IEEE MeditCom 2024 paper submission guidelines:
https://meditcom2023.ieee-meditcom.org/.

All papers will be submitted through EDAS:
https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=31484&track=123458


*** Workshop Chairs ***

Dr. Michele Nitti, University of Cagliari, Italy
Dr. Marica Amadeo, University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy
Prof. Ali Kashif Bashir, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Prof. Giuseppe Ruggeri, University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy

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Dr. Marica Amadeo
Assistant Professor
University "Mediterranea" of Reggio Calabria
DIIES Department, ARTS Lab
Via Graziella Feo di Vito I - 89100 Reggio Calabria (RC), Italy

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