Extended realities (XR), including Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), are emerging technologies with a wide range of potential applications, including networking, gaming, healthcare, and education. However, as with any new technology, AR/VR also introduces new security and privacy challenges. AR and VR devices collect a wide range of personal data about users, including their physical movements, eye movements, and voice recordings. This data can be used to track users' activities, identify them, or even infer private attributes like health conditions or private preferences. Furthermore, XR applications integrate multiple modalities, such as audio, video, and haptic data streams, enlarging security and privacy exposure. Since XR applications mainly rely on wireless communication, defending them against overhearing, data breaches, and malicious actions is substantially challenging.
Scope of SePAR
The workshop will bring together researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and society to discuss the latest advances in AR/VR security and privacy. We will cover a range of topics, including:
Security
Privacy
Safety and Regulation
In-Network Computing
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Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: |
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The workshop will feature a mix of invited talks, contributed papers, and panel discussions. We encourage submissions of high-quality papers that present original research or practical experience in any area related to AR/VR security and privacy.
Important dates
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March 8th, 2024
Paper submission deadline -
March 31st, 2024
Notification of acceptance -
April 14th, 2024
Camera-ready version due -
June 4th, 2024
Workshop date (tentative)
Program
Chair: Thorsten Strufe
2:10 pm - 2:40 pm — Effect of Duration and Delay on the Identifiability of VR Motion
Mark R Miller (Illinois Institute of Technology, USA); Vivek C Nair (UC Berkeley, USA); Eugy Han and Cyan DeVeaux (Stanford University, USA); Christian Rack (University of Würzburg, Germany); Rui Wang (Carnegie Mellon University, USA); Brandon Huang (UC Berkeley, USA); Marc Erich Latoschik (University of Würzburg, Germany); James F. O'Brien (University of California, Berkeley, USA); Jeremy N Bailenson (Stanford University, USA)
2:40 pm - 3:00 pm — Threats of Extended Reality (XR) Applications to Teaching and Learning: Instructors' Perspectives (short paper)
Aidrina Sofiadin (International Islamic University Malaysia & IIUM, Malaysia)
Chair: Giang Nguyen
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm — Protecting Privacy: A Gateway to Freedom of Opinion and Expression in Virtual Reality
Hinako Sugiyama (International Justice Clinic at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, USA); Curtis Ferrarini and Eric Lau (University of California Irvine School of Law, USA)
4:15 pm - 4:35 pm — Effect of Data Degradation on Motion Re-Identification (short paper)
Vivek C Nair (UC Berkeley, USA); Mark R Miller (Illinois Institute of Technology, USA); Rui Wang (Carnegie Mellon University, USA); Brandon Huang (UC Berkeley, USA); Christian Rack and Marc Erich Latoschik (University of Würzburg, Germany); James F. O'Brien (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
4:35 pm - 5:05 pm — Towards Privacy-Preserving Mixed Reality: Legal and Technical Implications
Juliane Katherine Mendelsohn (Technical University Ilmenau, Germany); Stephan Werner (Technical University Ilmenau & Electronic Media Technology Group, Germany); Tobias Schwandt (Technical University Ilmenau, Germany); Philipp Richter (Technical University Ilmenau, Germany); Thomas Köllmer (Frauenhofer Institut IDMT, Germany); Wolfgang Broll (Technical University Ilmenau, Germany)
5:05 pm - 5:25 pm — Comparing Identification Accuracy Across Varying Classification Set Sizes with Multiclass AUC
Mark R Miller (Illinois Institute of Technology, USA)
5:25 pm - 5:30 pm — Wrap-up
Submission instructions
Full papers should be submitted in PDF format and should not exceed 6 pages in length (including figures and references), formatted in two-column IEEE conference style with font size 10 points or greater. See: IEEE Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings. Extended abstracts of up to two pages PDF will also be taken into consideration for publication. The style should adhere to above template. Papers should be original and unpublished work that is not currently under review for another conference or journal. Submissions should be made electronically through EDAS. All accepted papers will be presented at the workshop and require a registration at the conference for publication.
Organization
Technical Programme Committee
| Name | Affiliation |
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| Patricia Arias-Cabarcos | Universität Paderborn |
| Frederik Armknecht | Universität Mannheim |
| Robin Berjon | Protocol Labs |
| Christian Becker | Universität Stuttgart |
| Aurélien Bellet | INRIA Montpellier |
| Franziska Boehm | Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure (FIZ) |
| Ulf Brefeld | Leuphana Uni Lüneburg |
| Ana-Maria Cretu | EPFL |
| Tung Doan | TU Dresden |
| Mathias Fischer | Uni Hamburg |
| Jordi Forné | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya |
| Sébastien Gambs | Université du Québec à Montréal |
| Oana Goga | CNRS |
| Maria Gorlatova | Duke University |
| Jaap-Henk Hoepman | iHub and Radboud University Nijmegen |
| Dali Kaafar | Macquarie University |
| Bailey Kacsmar | University of Alberta |
| Jussi Kangasharju | Helsinki University |
| Katharina Kaesling | TU Dresden |
| Stefan Katzenbeisser | Uni Passau |
| Aphra Kerr | Maynooth University |
| Volkmar Lotz | SAP |
| Mark Roman Miller | Illinois Institute of Technology |
| Melek Önen | EURECOM |
| Franziska Roesner | University of Washington |
| Indra Spiecker, gen. Döhmann | Universität Frankfurt |
| Anthony Steed | University College London |
| Xiang Su | Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
| Hinako Sugiyama | International Justice Clinic, UC Irvine Law School |
| Florian Tschorsch | Technical University Dresden |
| Xin Wang | National Institute of Informatics |
| Christiane Weis | NECLabs Europe |
| Limin Zheng | Zhejiang University |
| Et al. |
General support and sponsorship
