Committed to connecting the world

Connecting physical and virtual worlds

Kaleidoscope 2021 - Connecting physical and virtual worlds was the thirteenth in a series of peer-reviewed academic conferences organized by ITU to bring together a wide range of views from universities, industry and research institutions. The aim of the Kaleidoscope conferences is to identify emerging developments in information and communication technologies (ICTs) and, in particular, areas in need of international standards to aid the sustainable development of our interconnected world.

Kaleidoscope 2021 called for original academic papers sharing insight into ongoing projects and research relevant to the development of persistent virtual realities and customized computer-generated environments, as well as new possibilities and associated challenges appearing on the horizon. Particularly, this conference encouraged submissions on technical standards for networks and services required to enable this transformation, including considerations on social and ethical implications.

Accepted and presented papers are published in the Conference Proceedings and have been submitted for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. The best papers are also evaluated for potential publication in the IEEE Communications Standards Magazine. In addition, extended versions of selected papers are considered for publication in the Journal of Standardisation (JoS) or the Journal of ICT Standardization.

A prize fund totalling CHF 6 000.- was shared among the authors of the four best papers, as judged by the Steering and Technical Programme Committees. The recipients of the Best Video Demonstration, as judged by the Steering Committee, were also announced at the Closing plenary. In addition, young authors of up to 30 years of age who presented accepted papers received Young Author Recognition certificates.

Conference information

General information:

Organizer: ITU
Venue: Online
Convening letter
Find out how you can become a Partner
and join us for the upcoming Kaleidoscope
academic conference!
Previous Kaleidoscope editions

Committees and Secretariat:

Organizer:

.
...

Technical co-sponsors:

Partners:

Contact
Related Information
News

ITU Kaleidoscope Secretariat: kaleidoscope@itu.int

AFTER THE EVENT

Conference Proceedings (free download)
Conference papers available from IEEE Xplore Digital Library^New
Final Report
Recording of conference^{Coming soon}

BEST PAPERS

FIRST best paper: "Towards a robust new radio compatible with XR" by Yuzhou Hu, Jiajun Xu, Xiaoying Ma, Mengzhu Chen, Hong Tang and Jun Xu (State Key Laboratory of Mobile Network and Mobile Multimedia Technology, ZTE Corporation, China)
SECOND best paper: "Collaborative 5G multiaccess computing security: Threats, protection requirements and scenarios" by Gang Zhao, Feng Zhang, Le Yu, Hongyang Zhang, Qin Qiu and Sijia Xu (China Mobile, China)
THIRD best paper (ex aequo): "Reinforcement learning for scheduling and MIMO beam selection using CAVIAR simulations" by João Paulo Tavares Borges, Ailton Pinto de Oliveira, Felipe Henrique Bastos e Bastos, Daniel Takashi Né do Nascimento Suzuki and Emerson Santos de Oliveira, Jr. (Universidade Federal do Pará, Brazil); Lucas Matni Bezerra (Universidade Estácio de Sá, Brazil); Cleverson Veloso Nahum (Universidade Federal do Pará, Brazil); Pedro dos Santos Batista (Ericsson Research, Sweden); Aldebaro Barreto da Rocha Klautau, Jr. (Universidade Federal do Para, Brazil)
THIRD best paper (ex aequo): "Security vulnerability expressions: A technology for empowering novice practitioners around the world with security maturity capabilities" by Jacques Francoeur (Security Inclusion Now, USA)

BEST VIDEO DEMONSTRATION

Enabling cyber defence in Africa through standardization [Abstract; Video], authored by Mwende Njiraini (DiploFoundation, Kenya) and Racky Seye (Ministry of Digital Economy and Telecommunications of Senegal, Senegal)