8th ACM International Workshop on analySis, Understanding and proMotion of heritAge Contents Call for Papers

Call for Papers
SUMAC 2026
8th ACM International Workshop on
analySis, Understanding and proMotion of heritAge Contents
Advances in machine learning, signal processing, 
multimodal techniques and human-machine interaction
10 or 14 November, 2026
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In conjunction with ACM Multimedia 2026
SUMAC: https://sumac-workshops.github.io/2026/
Main conference: https://2026.acmmm.org/
 
Aims and scope

The ambition of SUMAC is to bring together researchers and
practitioners from different disciplines to share ideas and methods on
current trends in the analysis, understanding and promotion of
heritage contents. These challenges are reflected in the corresponding
sub- fields of machine learning, signal processing, multi-modal
techniques, and human-machine interaction. We welcome research
contributions for the following (but not limited to) topics:
* Information retrieval for multimedia heritage
* Automated archaeology and heritage data processing
* NLP and knowledge graphs
* Multi-modal deep learning, generative modeling
* Time series analysis for heritage data
* Heritage visualization, virtualization and narratives
* Smart digitization and reconstruction of heritage data
* Open heritage data and bench-marking

The scope of targeted applications is extensive and includes:
* Analysis, archaeometry of artifacts
* Diagnosis and monitoring for restoration and preventive conservation
* Geosciences / Geomatics for cultural heritage
* Inclusive education
* Smart and sustainable tourism
* Urban planning
* Digital Twins

Important dates (AoE)

* Paper submission: July 16, 2026
* Author acceptance notification: August 6, 2026
* Camera-Ready: August 20, 2026
* Workshop date: TBA (November 10 or 14, 2026)

Special Highlights

Best Paper Award. Following tradition, SUMAC 2026 will also be
awarding a best paper award, accompanied with a certificate and a
trophy.

Submission guidelines

Submission format. All submissions must be original work not under
review at any other workshop, conference, or journal. The workshop
will accept papers describing completed work (full paper) as well as
work in progress (short paper). Two submission formats are accepted:
a) 4 pages plus 2-page reference (short paper); or b) 8 pages plus up
to 2-page reference (full paper). They must be encoded as PDF using
the ACM Article Template of the main conference ACM Multimedia 2026,
see https://2026.acmmm.org/site/author-instructions.html.

Peer Review and publication in ACM Digital Library. Paper submissions
must conform with the "double-blind" review policy. All papers
will be peer-reviewed by experts in the field, they will receive at
least two reviews. Acceptance will be based on relevance to the
workshop, scientific novelty, and technical quality. Depending on the
number, maturity and topics of the accepted submissions, the work will
be presented via oral or poster sessions. The workshop papers will be
published as Open Access articles.

Organizers

Valerie Gouet-Brunet 
  (LaSTIG Lab, IGN Geodata Paris, Gustave Eiffel University, France)
Edgar Roman-Rangel (ITAM, Mexico)
Li Weng (Zhejiang Financial College, China)

Looking forward to hearing from you at SUMAC!
The workshop organizers