Intelligent Cloud Continuum for B5G Services Workshop at CloudNet2023 and ICC2024

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The Workshop on Intelligent Cloud Continuum for B5G Services (WICC-B5GS), organized by Associate Professor Tsukada as one of the workshop organizers, was first held on November 3, 2023 in New York, USA, as a workshop in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Cloud Networking (CloudNet) 2023 . The second workshop will be held in Colorado, USA, June 9-13, 2024, in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2024.

First WICC-B5GS Workshop with CloudNet2023

At the 1st WICC-B5GS Workshop held in conjunction with CloudNet2023, Assistant Professor Nakazato chaired the technical session and participated as an expert panelist. He also gave an oral presentation of the following paper.

Cheng, Yiwei, Nakazato, Jin, Javanmardi, Ehsan, Chang, Chia-Ming, Tsukada, Manabu, "Pedestrian-centric Augmented Reality Visualization of Real-time Autonomous Vehicle Dynamics", The Workshop on Intelligent Cloud Continuum for B5G Services in the IEEE International Conference on Cloud Networking (CloudNet) 2023, New York City, USA, 2023.Workshop | Abstract | Links | BibTeX

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title = {Pedestrian-centric Augmented Reality Visualization of Real-time Autonomous Vehicle Dynamics},

author = {Yiwei Cheng and Jin Nakazato and Ehsan Javanmardi and Chia-Ming Chang and Manabu Tsukada},

url = {https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jin-Nakazato/publication/374387897_Pedestrian-centric_Augmented_Reality_Visualization_of_Real-time_Autonomous_Vehicle_Dynamics/links/651bda961e2386049df3c4ee/Pedestrian-centric-Augmented-Reality-Visualization-of-Real-time-Autonomous-Vehicle-Dynamics.pdf},

doi = {10.1109/CloudNet59005.2023.10490048},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-11-04},

urldate = {2023-11-04},

booktitle = {The Workshop on Intelligent Cloud Continuum for B5G Services in the IEEE International Conference on Cloud Networking (CloudNet) 2023},

address = {New York City, USA},

abstract = {Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) produce a variety of information within their systems. With the advancement of communication and V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) communication technology, there is a growing challenge to effectively convey this information to pedestrians and enhance their sense of safety when encountering such vehicles. Efforts to communicate this information to pedestrians have been made through various means, with Augmented Reality (AR) emerging as a notable approach. However, previous studies have yet to integrate a functional AR application with a real-world autonomous driving system. In response to this gap, we proposed an architecture for an AR application that visualizes real-time data from an active CAV and subsequently developed the system. Furthermore, we conducted field experiments using this developed system and conducted user surveys during exhibitions to gather insights into the public’s perception of the system. Our results showed that the system can effectively transmit information from the CAV, and when provided with additional information, people tend to feel safer regarding the vehicle. },

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2nd WICC-B5GS Workshop in conjunction with ICC2024

The 2nd WICC-B5GS Workshop, held in conjunction with ICC2024, will be open for papers on the ICC2024 website (deadline around January 2024).

https://icc2024.ieee-icc.org/authors/call-workshop-papers

We look forward to receiving your paper submissions. We look forward to seeing you in Colorado, USA, June 9-13, 2024.

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