About MetaACES 2025

The 3rd International Conference on Metaverse and Artificial Companions in Education and Society (MetaACES 2025), organized by The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) and co-organised by Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), will be held on 18 - 20 June 2025. Day 1-2 of the conference will be held at EdUHK, while Day 3 will be held at SUSTech in Shenzhen. The conference aims to provide an interactive platform for academics, researchers, practitioners, and professionals in the education sector to share and exchange research agenda, innovative ideas as well as practices of promoting and exploring metaverse, AI companions, and related technologies. It will comprise keynote speeches, teacher forum and paper presentations. All presented papers will be published in ISBN-coded proceedings.

Submission Guidelines

• Please submit your manuscript via EasyChair for MetaACES 2025 as a single MS Word file with authors’ name, affiliation and email address that is editable for Secretariat’s format check.
• After checking the format and paper length, the Secretariat will upload the manuscript with authors’ identities removed in PDF format for IPC review.
• Before submitting your manuscript, please give your manuscript a final read-through to ensure it fulfills the format and paper-length required by MetaACES 2025.
• Paper Language: English or Chinese
• (For Chinese papers, please include a new page with English title, abstract and keywords after the reference page.)
• To standardise the information, please input author’s information and submission details on EasyChair in ENGLISH.
• For more information, please visit our website: https://www.eduhk.hk/metaaces2025/ .

List of Tracks

1. AI and Artificial Companions in Education

• Artificial Companion in Education
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Automated Feedback
• Behaviour and/or Interaction Modeling, Detection and Visualization
• Big Data Analyzed and Processed by Computers
• Chatbot
• Computational Models of Knowledge and Expertise
• Computer Supported Discussion Analysis and Assessment
• Educational Robots and Toys
• Enhancing Grading, Scoring and Feedback
• Game Analytics
• Intelligent Agents
• Intelligent Tutors and Mentors
• Learning Companion Robots (Robotic Learning Companions)
• Learning Analytics in Educational Games
• Learning Companions
• Natural Language Processing supported Tools, Systems, Applications, Mobile Apps, and Chatbots
• Roles of Artificial Companions in Metaverse
• Role Playing Games for Learning
• Security and Privacy Issues
• Sentiment Analysis
• Simulation and Training (Skill, Competence, Vocational Learning)
• Speech Recognition and Synthesis
• Stealth Assessment
• Unstructured and Semi-structured Data for Computer to Read and Learn

2. Metaverse in Education

• Assessment in Games and Virtual Worlds
• Authentic Environments and Worlds
• Avatars or Player Characters for Learning
• Educational Applications of Metaverses
• Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Everything (IoE), and/or Sensors
• Metaverse in Education
• Non-Player Characters for Learning
• Virtual and Augmented Learning Environments
• Virtual Characters in Learning and Life
• Virtual Companions in Learning and Life
• VR, AR and Simulation Technology

3. Social Issues

• Artificial Companion in Society
• Bridging Informal and Formal Learning Outcome
• Emotion (Affective State) Modeling, Recognition and Detection
• Emotive Agents
• Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
• Human Robot Interaction (HRI)
• Languages, Thinking Skills, Meta-cognitive Skills, Cognitive Skills, and STE(A)M
• Metaverse in Society
• Motivational and Affective Factors on Learning with Technology
• Personal Learning Environments (PLE)
• Social Network Analysis (SNA)
• User Experience (UX) Evaluation
• Virtual Animal Learning Companions

4. Teacher Forum Paper (Please refer to the details here)

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to metaaces2025@eduhk.hk.