Call for Papers and Proposals | IEEE ICME 2021

5-9 July 2021 | Shenzhen, China

The IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME) has been the flagship multimedia conference sponsored by four IEEE societies since 2000. It aims at promoting exchange of the latest advances in multimedia technologies, systems, and applications from both the research and development perspectives. ICME attracts well over 1000 submissions each year, serving as the prime forum for the dissemination of knowledge in the multimedia field.

ICME 2021 will take place July 5-9, 2021, Shenzhen, China. ICME 2021 will convene leading researchers and practitioners to share the latest developments and advances in the discipline. The conference will showcase high quality oral and poster presentations, as well as relevant Workshops sponsored by IEEE societies. An exposition of multimedia products, animations and industries will be also held in conjunction with the conference. Moreover, in ICME 2021 exceptional papers and contributors will be selected and recognized with prestigious awards.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Artificial Intelligence for multimedia

3D multimedia, AR/VR and Immersive media

Emerging multimedia applications and technologies

Image/video processing

Multimedia analysis and understanding

Multimedia communications, networking and mobility

Multimedia databases and data mining

Multimedia for society and health

Multimedia interaction

Multimedia quality assessment and metrics

Multimedia security, privacy and forensics

Multimedia software, hardware and application systems

Multimedia standards, trends and related research

Multi-modal media computing and human-machine interaction

Social media analysis and applications

Speech/audio processing

Submission of Papers

Regular paper submission (including special sessions) - November 29, 2020

Submission of papers to workshops and other tracks - March 13, 2021

Industry/application track paper submission - March 22, 2021

Submission of proposals

Special session proposals - November 1, 2020

Panel proposals - November 1, 2020

Grand challenge proposals - November 1, 2020

Workshop proposals - November 1, 2020

Tutorial proposals - November 1, 2020

Open Source Competition - March 1, 2021

Demo proposals - April 2, 2021

Industry expo proposals - May 1, 2021

Conference and Journal Papers

All papers presented at ICME 2021 will be included in IEEE Xplore.

The IEEE Transactions on Multimedia is partnering with IEEE ICME. Extended versions of the top-ranked ICME 2021 papers will be invited for submission and potential publication in the IEEE Transactions on Multimedia and the IEEE Open Journal of Circuits and Systems. We invite authors to submit high-quality contributions aiming at taking part in this call and to have the opportunity to publish an extended ICME paper in this prestigious journal. After the due review process, if your paper is highly ranked, the Technical Program Committee Chairs will get in touch with you regarding the next steps.

COVID - 19 pandemic (Coronavirus) Impacts on ICME 2021

The safety and well-being of all conference participants is our priority. We will continue to monitor official travel advisories related to the COVID-19 pandemic (Coronavirus) and update the event website to keep you informed. The ICME 2021 Conference Committee is currently conducting contingency planning efforts. Full details of the plans will be announced later. If you have any questions or need additional information, please email us for further details.