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On August 7th-8th, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST) and other institutes co-hosted the "Metaverse and Intelligent Technology Innovation Forum" and Modern Industrial College Construction Seminar in Nanjing. On the spot, the Dean of School of Artificial Intelligence (School of Future Technology) at NUIST, Prof. Zhigeng Pan accepted the invitation of Qing Li, the vice president of the Asia Pacific Academy of Science, to be the editor-in-chief of our journal Metaverse. The School of Artificial Intelligence (School of Future Technology) of NUIST was established in June 2019, combining information engineering and AI majors. Prof. Zhigeng Pan said, the Metaverse has attracted high social attention and achieved a great market demand in recent years, however, the direction of this industrial development remains unclear, artificial intelligence is one of the core technologies of the Metaverse, so motivation to establish a department of the Metaverse in the institute generated. On September 23, by the decision of the joint meeting of the party and government of the School of Artificial Intelligence, NUIST approved the issuance of the “Notice on the Renaming of the Department of Information Engineering to the Department of Metaverse Engineering”. This is the first department named by the Metaverse in China that plans to jointly train master and doctoral students majoring in the Metaverse with Hong Kong Polytechnic University and set up a postdoctoral station. After the establishment of the Department of Metaverse Engineering, its curriculum, enrollment plan and degree awarding have also become hot topics in society. The whole Metaverse industry is still in the exploration stage, where the development direction is unclear. The business model and related laws and regulations are not perfect yet, and a systematic and scientific teaching system has not been established worldwide. All these problems are eager to be solved. Our journal Metaverse will deepen the Metaverse research and build a new era of the Metaverse world together with the Department of Metaverse Engineering. |
Prof. Zhigeng Pan
Director, Institute for Metaverse, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, China
Prof. Jianrong Tan
Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering, China