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Foreword

Chaesub Lee
Director
ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau

The ITU Kaleidoscope academic conference has gained a reputation for providing an in-depth
discussion on matters relevant to the ITU membership. This year, Kaleidoscope 2021: Connecting
physical and virtual worlds provides a forward-looking perspective on the future developments of
persistent virtual realities and customized computer-generated environments.
Kaleidoscope is ITU’s flagship academic event. Now in its thirteenth edition, the conference supports
productive dialogue between academics and standardization experts. For the second year in a row,
Kaleidoscope is held fully online, welcoming participants from around the world from 6 to
10 December 2021.

The research included in the conference highlights how things, places and people are being mirrored
in a parallel virtual world, creating immersive new communications experiences and how this
translates to fundamental shifts in business and education as well as healthcare, automotive, logistics
and entertainment. Focusing on the technical developments that are contributing to a new and more
immersive future, the research selected for presentation also sheds light on the standards that are
needed to aid in this digital transformation and provide a safe, human-centred future. The various
sessions focus on future wireless communication systems and machine learning for next generation
networks, the Internet of Things and related network requirements and solutions for industrial
applications, as well as the policies and contributions required for effective security management.
This year’s conference introduces two special sessions on the role of emerging technologies in the
arts and culture, with virtual reality and digital twins providing a new way to interact with art and
heritage in a virtual world. Similarly, the video demonstration track provides an online demonstration
of the latest in applied research on future networks, augmented reality and virtual reality, machine
learning, healthcare and cybersecurity.

The conference also aides in understanding how ITU’s work on standardization could play a role in
a post-pandemic world.

I would like to express my great appreciation to the Kaleidoscope community and the larger
ITU Academia membership for their enduring support to this series of conferences. With over
160 academic and research institutes now members of ITU, the Kaleidoscope series is certain to
continue growing in strength.
My sincerest thanks go to our technical co-sponsors, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE), and the IEEE Communications Society (IEEE ComSoc). I would also like to thank
our academic partners and longstanding ITU members, Waseda University, the Institute of Image
Electronics Engineers of Japan (I.I.E.E.J.), the Institute of Electronics, Information and
Communication Engineers (IEICE) of Japan, the Chair of Communication and Distributed Systems

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