ICMR - International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval

ICMR - ACM International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval

www.acmICMR.org

Current ICMR: ICMR 2012, June, Hong Kong

ACM ICMR is the premier scientific conference for multimedia retrieval worldwide. Its mission is to illuminate the state of the art in multimedia retrieval by bringing together researchers and practitioners in the field of multimedia retrieval. It is essential to ensure that the conference includes sessions for presenting high-quality research papers and for sharing practitioner experience. Sessions discussing the current state of the art, directions for the future, large-scale media evaluations, and demonstrations of current technology are encouraged. The main objectives of ICMR are the following:

1. To provide a setting for the presentation and discussion of high-quality original research papers in all aspects of multimedia retrieval.

2. To provide a forum for the exchange of ideas between researchers and practitioners in the field, ideally by maintaining a separate "industry" track.

3. To provide a range of complementary events such as panel sessions, exhibitions, workshops, and large-scale media evaluations.

4. To provide suitable facilities for informal networking and exchange of ideas between delegates.

2013: 3rd International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval - Call for Organizers

Past ICMR: ICMR 2011, April 17-20, Trento, Italy

ACM ICMR Steering Committee
(a copy is posted on the ACM SIGMM website)

1. Mission

1.1 To provide a setting for the presentation and discussion of high-quality original research papers in all aspects of multimedia retrieval.

1.2 To provide a forum for the exchange of ideas between researchers and practitioners in the field, ideally by maintaining a separate "industry" track.

1.3 To provide a range of complementary events such as panel sessions, exhibitions, workshops, and large-scale media evaluations.

1.4 To provide suitable facilities for informal networking and exchange of ideas between delegates.

2. ACM ICMR Steering Committee Composition

The ACM ICMR steering committee was created to be the primary advisory board on the direction and growth of the multimedia retrieval community and select the chairs who will lead the ACM ICMR meetings. Regular members of the steering committee must fit these conditions:

(i) Past general chair of ICMR, CIVR, or MIR.
(ii) Committed to serving and improving the current and future ICMR meetings and community.
(iii) Responsive to ICMR committee matters.

and have these duties

(1) Selecting the future locations and primary organizers of ICMR and assisting in publicizing ICMR

(2) Advising on the direction and growth of the ACM multimedia retrieval community

(3) Serving as a "Shepherd" for a future ICMR chair

2.1 Regular Members

New candidates for regular members are selected from past general chairs. Only candidates who have demonstrated a strong commitment to the future of ICMR and are responsive to ICMR steering committee matters will be considered for membership. By majority vote of the current steering committee, a membership term of 4 years can be conferred. Members who are not responsive for over a month will be automatically shifted to inactive status (non-voting). If extenuating circumstances occurred, the chair may move the unresponsive member back to normal status.

2.2 SIGMM Special Member

Towards ensuring clear communication with the ACM SIGMM, one special member is the representative of the ACM SIGMM as chosen on a yearly basis by the ACM SIGMM Chair. This representative must be currently serving on one of the official SIGMM committees (these committees are the SIGMM officers, executive board, or steering committee). The special member participates on the steering committee in the same way as a regular member and has 1 vote in the decisions.

3. Decisions and Voting Rules

In order to ensure objectivity and fairness in the decision process, we have the following rules:

3.1 Majority vote is required for all decisions. In the decision for selection of ICMR bids, the decision is made by the following process: each voting member submits a ranked list to the chair of the bids (i.e. Rank 1: Vancouver; Rank 2: Oxford; Rank 3: Brisbane). The chair collects the ranking lists and computes the average rank for each bid. The bid with the best average rank is selected for the ICMR of the decision year. In the case of a tie, the steering committee chair casts the deciding vote.

3.2 Members who are part of the organizing committee for a current ICMR bid may not participate in the discussions nor voting process.

3.3 All voting is anonymous. Committee members may reveal their votes if they wish, but there is no obligation to do so.

Current Committee

Chair

Michael S. Lew, Leiden University, The Netherlands (2009-2014)

Committee Members

Alberto del Bimbo, University of Florence, Italy (2011-2015)
Nozha Boujemaa, INRIA, France (2009-2014)
Tat-Seng Chua, National University of Singapore, Singapore (2009-2014)
Ling Guan, Ryerson University, Canada (2009-2014)
Thomas S. Huang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA (2009-2014)
Yiannis Kompatsiaris, CERTH/ITI, Greece (2010-2014)
Jiebo Luo, Kodak Research, USA (2009-2014)
Stephane Marchand-Maillet, University of Geneva, Switzerland (2010-2014)
Francesco G.B. De Natale, University of Trento, Italy, (2011-2015)
Yong Rui, Microsoft Research, USA (2009-2014)
Nicu Sebe, University of Trento, Italy (2009-2014)
Alan Smeaton, Dublin City University, Ireland (2009-2014)
Qi Tian, University of Arizona, USA (2009-2014)
James Wang, Pennsylvania State University, USA (2009-2014)
Marcel Worring, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2009-2014)
Hong-Jiang Zhang, Microsoft Research Asia, China (2009-2014)

SIGMM Special Member

Mohan Kankanhalli, National University of Singapore, Singapore (appointed by SIGMM Chair)