Themes

The 1st International Conference on Metaverse and Artificial Companions in Education and Society (MetaACES 2023) focuses on the themes related to education and society. The main themes of MetaACES 2023 include but not limit to the followings (in alphabetical order):

Artificial Companion in Education
Artificial Companion in Society
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Assessment in Games and Virtual Worlds
Authentic Environments and Worlds
Automated Feedback
Avatars or Player Characters for Learning
Behaviour and/or Interaction Modeling, Detection and Visualization
Big Data Analyzed and Processed by Computers
Bridging Informal and Formal Learning Outcome
Chatbot
Computational Models of Knowledge and Expertise
Computer Supported Discussion Analysis and Assessment
Educational Applications of Metaverses
Educational Robots and Toys
Emotion (Affective State) Modeling, Recognition and Detection
Emotive Agents
Enhancing Grading, Scoring and Feedback
Game Analytics
Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
Human Robot Interaction (HRI)
Intelligent Agents
Intelligent Tutors and Mentors
Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Everything (IoE), and/or Sensors
Learning Companion Robots (Robotic Learning Companions)
Languages, Thinking Skills, Meta-cognitive Skills, Cognitive Skills, and STE(A)M
Learning Analytics in Educational Games
Learning Companions
Metaverse in Education
Metaverse in Society
Motivational and Affective Factors on Learning with Technology
Natural Language Processing supported Tools, Systems, Applications, Mobile Apps, and Chatbots
Non-Player Characters for Learning
Personal Learning Environments (PLE)
Roles of Artificial Companions in Metaverse
Role Playing Games for Learning
Security and Privacy Issues
Sentiment Analysis
Simulation and Training (Skill, Competence, Vocational Learning)
Social Network Analysis (SNA)
Speech Recognition and Synthesis
Stealth Assessment
Unstructured and Semi-structured Data for Computer to Read and Learn
User Experience (UX) Evaluation
Virtual and Augmented Learning Environments
Virtual Animal Learning Companions
Virtual Characters in Learning and Life
Virtual Companions in Learning and Life
VR, AR and Simulation Technology

Submission

Please visit EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=metaaces2023

To standardise the information, please input author’s information and submission details on EasyChair in ENGLISH. MetaACES 2023 uses double-blind review. Please do NOT include author information in your submission file.

How to use EasyChair to submit an article

(1) Registration

Visit EasyChair (https://easychair.org/) to sign up for an account if you do not have one. Enter your First Name, Last Name and Your Email, EasyChair will send you a confirmation mail. (Please use the email that the PC chair use to contact with you, if you are a PC member) Receive the mail in your mailbox for a link to edit your account (user name and password). Remember the user name and password you set, you will use the user name / password to log in. Login EasyChair (https://easychair.org/)

(2) Submit an article

Click [New Submission], choose the sub-conference.
Enter the information of your article, click [Submit], EasyChair will send you a confirmation mail.

(3) Update the information of article

Click [My Submissions]->Choose the article->Click[Update information] to modify [Title],[Abstract],[Category] or [Keywords]->Click [Change Information]

(4) My Submissions

Click [My Submissions], you can see all your articles.

Format

Paper language: English or Chinese

Paper length (including references):

Full paper (8 to 10 pages): for research that has evaluation with data collection, analysis, findings and discussion

Work-in-Progress (5 to 6 pages): for research about systematic literature review, meta-analysis, design and implementation, application/tool/AR/VR/game, survey and its results, etc.

Extended Summary (2 to 3 pages): for authors who have complete research but want to submit the details to journals to talk about main ideas, deliverables, and key results

Extended Abstract (2 to 3 pages): for research on its early stage talking about conceptual idea, thoughts and concerns for discussions, challenges/difficulties, framework, concepts, plan, etc.

Important Notes:

• Please submit your camera-ready abstract (English / 繁體中文 / 简体中文) and copyright agreement via EasyChair by 8 May 2023..

• For Chinese papers, the title, abstract, and keywords should be provided with both Chinese and English versions.

• All the papers should be submitted to EasyChair.

• All the submissions will be double-blind peer-reviewed. Please do NOT include author information in the submission PDF file.

• Submissions must not be published previously. The review will focus on whether the work is original and is of good quality.

NOTE: MetaACES has No-Show Policy -- "MeteACES reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the event (e.g., removal from the final published and indexed proceedings) if the paper is not presented by an author during the event."