Calls & Important Dates

Important Dates

Call for Regular Papers

ICMR 2026 invites submissions of original research papers in all areas of multimedia retrieval. We welcome submissions on significant research in multimedia retrieval, recommendation systems, and related technologies, including large-scale indexing, mixed reality interaction, multimodal data exploitation, and domain-specific challenges.

Topics of Interest

• Image, video, and audio retrieval
• Cross-modal and multimodal retrieval
• Deep learning and AI for multimedia
• Visual search and content-based retrieval
• Multimedia indexing and search systems
• Interactive and exploratory search
• Multimedia recommendation and personalization
• Large-scale and distributed retrieval
• Mobile and web multimedia applications
• Multimedia analytics and mining
• Evaluation, benchmarking, and datasets
• Applications: social media, healthcare, education, entertainment

Submission Guidelines

Papers should be submitted via the conference submission system in PDF format following ACM format. Regular papers should be 6-8 pages (including references). Short papers should be 4 pages maximum.

Call for Demos and Videos

We invite submissions of interactive demonstrations and video presentations showcasing innovative multimedia systems, applications, and technologies. Demo papers should be 2-4 pages describing the system and its novel contributions.

Call for Reproducibility Papers

ICMR 2026 encourages submissions that reproduce and validate previously published results. Reproducibility papers should be 4-6 pages and include code, data, and detailed methodology.

Call for Brave New Ideas

We invite visionary papers that present novel, potentially high-impact ideas that might be in early stages of development. Brave New Ideas papers should be 4 pages and clearly articulate the vision, potential impact, and preliminary results.

Call for Open Source Software

We invite submissions of open-source software contributions that advance multimedia research and applications. Submissions should include a 2-4 page paper describing the software, its architecture, and use cases, along with links to the repository.

Call for Doctoral Symposium

The Doctoral Symposium provides PhD students with an opportunity to present and discuss their research with senior researchers. Students should submit a 4-page extended abstract describing their research problem, methodology, and preliminary results.

Call for Industry Papers

We invite submissions from industry practitioners describing commercially-relevant research, deployments, and applications. Industry papers should be 4-6 pages highlighting practical challenges, solutions, and real-world impact.

Grand Challenge Proposals

Proposals for grand challenges should describe a well-defined problem, provide datasets and evaluation metrics, and outline the submission and evaluation process. Deadline: January 15, 2026

Workshop Proposals

Workshop proposals should describe the topic, organizers, potential speakers, and expected audience. Deadline: February 1, 2026

Tutorial Proposals

Tutorial proposals should describe the topic, learning objectives, target audience, and presenter qualifications. Deadline: February 15, 2026

Author's Instructions

All submissions must follow ACM format and be submitted via the conference management system. Papers must be original and not under review elsewhere. Accepted papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library.

For detailed formatting guidelines and templates, visit the ACM proceedings format page.