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Workshop Proposal Due
15 Dec 2026
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Notification of Acceptance 02 Jan 2027

Call for Workshop Proposals

ACM ICMR 2027 is calling for high-quality Workshops addressing innovative research in multimedia retrieval and its directly related fields. The scope of the conference is not only search and retrieval of multimedia data but also addresses analysis and understanding of multimedia contents, including:

  • Topics relevant to the special themes of ICMR 2027:
    1. Multimedia retrieval in embodied AI environments
    2. Cultural QA, grounding, and retrieval
  • Integration of diverse multimodal data
  • Deep learning-based methodology and practical multimedia applications
  • Multimedia dataset creation and management (and compliance with ethical practices)
  • Interpretability of multimedia analysis and retrieval techniques and connection with social sciences
  • Exploring bias in multimedia datasets
  • Practical systems/applications of multimedia analysis and retrieval on different areas, e.g., media & entertainment, culture, health, and security
  • Multimedia analysis and retrieval aiming to solve major societal challenges, e.g., disinformation, climate change, and social inequalities
  • Legal/ethical challenges and societal impact of multimedia analysis and retrieval
  • Community-contributed social data
  • Lifelogging data and automatically generated sensor data
  • Generative AI for multimedia content creation and retrieval

Workshop Paper Types

The Workshops will contain both:

  • Long research papers which should present complete work with evaluations on topics related to the Conference. They will have both oral and poster presentations at the conference.
  • Short research papers which should present preliminary results or more focused contributions. They will be presented as posters at the conference.

We cordially invite you to submit your workshop proposals to ICMR 2027!

Proposal Format

Each workshop proposal (typically 4 pages, in PDF format) must include:

  • Title of the workshop
  • Workshop organisers (name, affiliation, and short biography)
  • Scope and topics of the workshop
  • Rationale:
    • Why the workshop is related to ACM ICMR 2027
    • Why the topic is important for our community
    • Why the workshop may attract a significant number of attendees
    • A brief biography for each organizer and panellist
  • Workshop details:
    • A draft call for papers (including organisers, program committee, and steering committee if any). Organisers are expected to be fully committed to organising a successful workshop and be physically present at the workshop.
    • Workshop tentative schedule (number of expected papers, number of expected attendees, duration quarter/full/half day, format talks/posters, etc.). We encourage events that demonstrate the interest of the community in the proposed topic and guarantee the commitment of the organizers.
    • Names of potential participants and invited speakers (if any)
  • Workshop history over recent years (if any), including the number of participants
  • Any special or additional requirements for the workshop, aside from the provision of a room with AV equipment and refreshment breaks

Submission Guidelines

Proposal Submission

Please submit your workshop proposal as a PDF file to the Workshops Chairs at workshop_chair@icmr2027.org.

Workshop Paper Format

Papers submitted to accepted workshops must be formatted according to the ACM proceedings style. Click here to access LaTeX and Microsoft Word templates for this format. If you use LaTeX, please use sample-sigconf.tex as the template (or see the Overleaf template here).

Additionally, all papers submitted to accepted workshops must adhere to ACM Publications Policies (including the policy on research involving human participants and subjects) and the ORCID Requirement as detailed below.

ACM Publications Policies

By submitting your article to an ACM Publication, you are hereby acknowledging that you and your co-authors are subject to all ACM Publications Policies, including ACM's new Publications Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects. Alleged violations of this policy or any ACM Publications Policy will be investigated by ACM and may result in a full retraction of your paper, in addition to other potential penalties, as per ACM Publications Policy.

ORCID Requirement

Please ensure that you and your co-authors obtain an ORCID ID, so you can complete the publishing process for your accepted paper. ACM has been involved in ORCID from the start and we have recently made a commitment to collect ORCID IDs from all of our published authors. We are committed to improve author discoverability, ensure proper attribution and contribute to ongoing community efforts around name normalization; your ORCID ID will help in these efforts.

Workshop Paper Submission

ICMR 2027 uses EasyChair for workshop paper submissions. The submission link will be provided to accepted workshop organizers.

Workshops Chairs for ACM ICMR 2027

  • Shin'ichi SATOH, National Institute of Informatics, JAPAN
  • Jaehong YOON, Nanyang Technological University, SINGAPORE

For any question regarding submission of workshop proposals, please email the Workshops Chairs at workshop_chair@icmr2027.org.