ACM Multimedia

About ACM Multimedia

Since its launch in 1993, ACM Multimedia (ACM MM) has been the premier international conference for multimedia research, innovation, and applications. It brings together researchers, practitioners, artists, and industry leaders to present and discuss advances in multimedia systems, content understanding, user experience, and emerging applications.

The conference program is organized around a broad set of topics that reflect both foundational research areas and emerging directions in multimedia. The current topics of interest, approved by the Steering Committee, include (in alphabetical order):

• Art and Culture
• Data Systems Management and Indexing
• Embodied and Immersive Multimedia
• Emotional and Social Signals
• Interactions and Quality of Experience
• Multimedia Applications
• Multimedia Generative and Foundation Models
• Multimedia Interpretability and Explainability
• Multimedia and Language
• Multimedia Search and Recommendation
• Multimedia Reasoning
• Multimodal Fusion
• New Forms of Media Content
• Responsible Multimedia
• Summarization, Analytics, and Storytelling
• Transport and Delivery

A detailed description of these topics is available in the ACM Multimedia Topics of Interest document.

The conference also features technical sessions, tutorials, panels, and an interactive art exhibit, fostering dialogue between scientific innovation and creative exploration in art and cultural heritage.

Steering Committee

The ACM Multimedia Steering Committee provides long-term guidance for the conference series and oversees the selection of future hosts and general chairs.

• Chair: Silvia Rossi (CWI, NL)
• Abdulmotaleb El Saddik (University of Ottawa, Canada) – SIGMM representative
• Elisa Ricci (University of Trento, Italy) – SIGMM representative
• Vincent Oria (NJIT, USA) – SIGMM representative
• Cathal Gurrinn (Dublin City University, Ireland) – ACMMM'25 representative
• Qin Jin (Renmin University, China) – ACMMM'26 representative
• Zi (Helen) Huang (University of Queensland, Australia) – ACMMM'27 representative
• Dong Xu (University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) – ACMMM'28 representative
• Xavier Alameda-Pineda (Inria, France) – Member at large
• Joao Magalhães (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal) – Member at large
• Laura Toni (UCL, UK) – Member at large
• Marco Bertini (University of Florence, Italy) – Member at large

For inquiries related to the ACM Multimedia conference series, please contact:
acm-multimedia-steering-committee [AT] googlegroups.com

Advisory Board:

• Alan Smeaton (Dublin City University)
• Arnold Smeulders (University of Amsterdam)
• Klara Nahrstedt (University of Illinois)
• Yong Rui (Lenovo group)

Bylaws and Policies

This section contains the bylaws and official policies approved by the Steering Committee. These documents describe the rules and procedures that guide the organization of the conference, including the recently approved Desk-Reject and Award Policies.

• ACM Multimedia Bylaws (PDF) (last update: June, 2026)
• NEW ACM Multimedia Topics of Interest (PDF) (approved December, 2025)
• NEW Desk-Rejection Policy (PDF) (approved December, 2025)
• NEW Award Policy (PDF) (approved December, 2025)
• NEW Bidding Policy (PDF) (approved February, 2026)

A summary of the December 2025 Steering Committee voting outcomes is available here (PDF).

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