The 16th ACM International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval Call for Papers
CALL FOR PAPERS
Paper Submission Deadline: February 6, 2026
The 16th ACM International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval
(ICMR 2026)
June 16-19, 2026; Amsterdam, The Netherlands
https://icmr2026.org/index.html
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Topics of Interest
https://icmr2026.org/calls.html
Multimedia content-based search and retrieval systems
Multimedia content-based (or hybrid) recommender systems
Large-scale and Web-scale multimedia retrieval
Multimedia content extraction, analysis, and indexing
Multimedia analytics and knowledge discovery
Multimedia machine learning, deep learning, and neural networks to facilitate search and retrieval
Relevance feedback, active learning, and transfer learning
Fine-grained retrieval for multimedia
Event-based indexing and multimedia understanding
Semantic descriptors and novel high- or mid-level features
Crowdsourcing, community contributions, and social multimedia
Multimedia retrieval leveraging quality, production cues, style, framing, and affect
Synthetic media generation and detection
Narrative generation and narrative analysis
User intent and human perception in multimedia retrieval
Query processing, e.g., query representation, suggestion and reformulation
Multimedia browsing, summarization, and visualization
Multimedia beyond video, including multimodal uses of 3D data and sensor data
Mobile multimedia browsing and search
Multimedia analysis/search acceleration, e.g., using GPU, FPGA
Benchmarks and evaluation methodologies for multimedia analysis/search
Privacy-aware multimedia retrieval methods and systems
Fairness and explainability in multimedia analysis/search
Legal, ethical and societal impact of multimedia retrieval research
Applications of multimedia retrieval, e.g., news/journalism, media, medicine, sports, commerce, lifelogs, travel, security, and environment
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INVITATION:
You are invited to submit a paper to ICMR 2026. The submissions are
handled only through the Easychair website at:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acmicmr2026 ACM ICMR 2026
proceedings will be published in the ACM International Conference
Proceedings Series. Authors are encouraged to read the Open Access
notice below, as ACM has fully transitioned to an Open Access model
starting in 2026. INTRODUCTION: The International Conference on
Multimedia Retrieval (ICMR) is the premier scientific conference for
multimedia retrieval worldwide. ICMR brings together researchers and
practitioners to present original research, exchange ideas between
academia and industry, host complementary events like workshops and
panels, and facilitate networking among delegates. Join us in
Amsterdam for cutting-edge research in multimedia information
retrieval, including image, video, audio, and multimodal content
analysis, search, and recommendation. This year's conference will
feature hybrid participation options, allowing attendees to join both
in-person and virtually from anywhere in the world.
IMPORTANT DATES:
https://icmr2026.org/dates.html
February 6, 2026: Submission of Regular Papers (Full & Short); Brave New Ideas (BNI)
February 20, 2026: Submission of Demonstrations & Challenges (DS); Doctoral Symposium; Tutorial Proposals
April 15 , 2026: Notification of Acceptance (Regular, BNI, Demo, DS)
April 25 , 2026: Camera-Ready & Author Registration
COMMITTEES
General Chairs
Stevan Rudinac, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Helen (Zi) Huang, The University of Queensland, Australia
Marcel Worring, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Contact: general-chairs@icmr2026.org
Technical Program Chairs
Lucia Vadicamo, ISTI-CNR, Italy
Xirong Li, Renmin University of China, China
Pascal Mettes, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Lizi Liao, Singapore Management University, Singapore
Contact: tpc-chairs@icmr2026.org
Workshop Chairs
Bin Zhu, Singapore Management University, Singapore
Zijian Wang, The University of Queensland, Australia
Contact: workshop-chairs@icmr2026.org
Demo Chairs
Klaus Schöffmann, Klagenfurt University, Austria
Luca Rossetto, Dublin City University, Ireland
Contact: demo-chairs@icmr2026.org
Tutorial Chairs
Cathal Gurrin, Dublin City University, Ireland
Yadan Luo, The University of Queensland, Australia
Contact: tutorial-chairs@icmr2026.org
Brave New Ideas Chairs
Shin'ichi Satoh, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Vasileios Mezaris, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Greece
Contact: bni-chairs@icmr2026.org
Doctoral Symposium Chairs
Vincent Oria, New Jersey Institute of Technology, United States
Jenny Benois-Pineau, University of Bordeaux, France
Contact: doctoral-symposium@icmr2026.org
Reproducibility Chairs
Bo Wu, MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, United States
Qiushi Huang, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
Contact: repro-chairs@icmr2026.org
Publicity Chairs
Jianfeng Dong, Zhejiang GongShang University, China
Na Zhao, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
Contact: publicity-chairs@icmr2026.org
Local Chairs
Emily Gale, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Kevin Koenrades, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Web Chairs
Gjorgji Strezoski, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Gowreesh Mago, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Contact: web-chairs@icmr2026.org