13th International Workshop on Computational Intelligence for Multimedia Understanding (IWCIM) @ IEEE ISCAS 2025 | London | May 25 – 28, 2025

We cordially invite you to submit your original contributions to IWCIM 2025 – the 13th International Workshop on Computational Intelligence for Multimedia Understanding (IWCIM), which will take place as a satellite workshop to IEEE ISCAS 2025, to be held in London on May 25-28, 2025.
Please see the workshop website https://iwcim.itu.edu.tr/ and the general conference web page  https://2025.ieee-iscas.org/ for more information.

 
IWCIM 2025 is the annual workshop organized by the working group Multimedia Understanding through Semantics, Computation and Learning (MUSCLE) of the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM).
Multimedia understanding is an important part of many intelligent applications in our social life, whether in our households or in commercial, industrial, service, and scientific environments. Analyzing raw data to provide them with semantics is essential to exploiting their full potential and helping us manage our everyday tasks. Raw data normally come from various sensors and other sources and are different in nature, format, reliability, and information content. Multimodal and cross-modal analysis are the only ways to use them at their best. Besides data analysis, this problem is also relevant to data description intended to help storage and mining. Interoperability and exchangeability of heterogeneous and distributed data are necessary for any practical application. Semantics is information at the highest level, and inferring it from raw data (that is, from information at the lowest level) entails exploiting both data and prior information to extract structure and meaning. Computation, machine learning, statistical, and Bayesian methods are tools to achieve this goal at various levels.

TOPICS:

The scope of IWCIM 2025 includes but is not limited to the following topics:

o Multisensor systems
o Multimodal analysis  
o Crossmodal data analysis and clustering
o Mixed-reality applications
o Activity and object detection/recognition
o Text and speech recognition
o Multimedia labeling, semantic annotation, and metadata
o Multimodal indexing and searching in very large databases
o Big and Linked Data Search and mining Big Data
o Large-scale recommendation systems
o Multimedia and Multi-structured data
o Semantic web and Linked Data
o Cloud Optimization
o Pervasive Intelligence
o Machine learning in multimedia understanding
o Attention-based approaches for multimedia understanding
o Diffusion models for multi-modal data analysis
o Multi-modal data analysis in compressed domain
o Multi-modal data analysis for remote sensing applications
o Semantic web and Linked data
o Case studies

PUBLICATION:
All the papers accepted for the workshop will be included in the conference proceedings published in IEEExplore.

SUBMISSION:
All contributions should be original, not published elsewhere, or intended to be published during the review period. 
Authors who wish to participate in the conference will create documents consisting of a complete description of their ideas and applicable research results in a maximum of 4 pages for technical content, including figures and possible references, and with one additional optional 5th page containing only references. 
Papers should be submitted through the ISCAS Conference Management System (https://epapers2.org/iscas2025/) by selecting Track 16 – IWCIM Workshop.

Detailed Instructions:
  1. Go to the ISCAS submission site: https://epapers2.org/iscas2025/ESR/login.php
  2. Log in or register as a “New Author.”
  3. Once logged in as a Submitting Author, click on “Create New Submission.”
  4. In the “Paper Information” section, ensure that you select Track 16 – IWCIM Workshop.
DATES:
Submission of papers: October 14, 2024
Notification of acceptance: January 20, 2025
Camera-ready papers: February 10, 2025
Workshop date:  TBA (May 25, 26, 27 or 28, 2025)

– Workshop Organizers –
Behçet Uğur Töreyin, Informatics Institute, Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Istanbul, Turkey
Maria Trocan, Institut Supérieur d'Électronique de Paris (ISEP), Paris, France
Davide Moroni, Institute of Information Science and Technologies, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Pisa, Italy


The 5th international workshop on Machine Learning for EEG Signal Processing (MLESP)

The  5th international workshop on Machine Learning for EEG Signal Processing (MLESP 2024, https://mlesp2024.sciencesconf.org/) to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from 3 to 6 December 2024, in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (IEEE BIBM 2024, https://ieeebibm.org/BIBM2024).

Overview

EEG signal processing involves the analysis and treatment of the electrical activity of the brain measured with Electroencephalography, or EEG, in order to provide useful information on which decisions can be made. The recent advances in signal processing and machine learning for EEG data processing have brought impressive progress in solving several practical and challenging problems in many areas such as healthcare, biomedicine, biomedical engineering, BCI and biometrics. The aim of this workshop is to present and discuss the recent advances in machine learning for EEG signal analysis and processing. We are inviting original research work, as well as significant work-in-progress, covering novel theories, innovative methods, and meaningful applications that can potentially lead to significant advances in EEG data analytics. This workshop is an opportunity to bring together academic and industrial scientists to discuss recent advances.

The topics of interest include but are not limited to:

– EEG signal processing and analysis
– Time-frequency EEG signal analysis
– Signal processing for EEG Data
– EEG feature extraction and selection
– Machine learning for EEG signal processing
– EEG classification and Hierarchical clustering
– EEG abnormalities detection (e.g. Epileptic seizure, Alzheimer's disease, etc.)
– Machine learning in EEG Big Data
– Deep Learning for EEG Big Data
– Neural Rehabilitation Engineering
– Brain-Computer Interface
– Neurofeedback
– EEG-based Biometrics
– Related applications

Important Dates

Sept. 16, 2024 October 21, 2024  (11:59 pm CST): Due date for full workshop papers submission
Nov. 10, 2024: Notification of paper acceptance to authors
Nov. 21, 2024: Camera-ready of accepted papers
Dec 3-6, 2024: Workshops

Paper submission

– Please submit a full-length paper (up to 8 pages IEEE 2-column format) through the online submission system. You can download the format instruction here: https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html 

– Electronic submissions in PDF format are required.

Online submission

https://wi-lab.com/cyberchair/2024/bibm24/scripts/submit.php?subarea=S01&undisplay_detail=1&wh=/cyberchair/2024/bibm24/scripts/ws_submit.php

Publication

All accepted papers will be published in the BIBM proceedings and IEEE Xplore Digital Library.

Contact

Prof. Larbi Boubchir (Workshop Chair)
University of Paris 8, France
E-mail: larbi.boubchir@univ-paris8.fr

3rd Workshop on Deployable AI at AAAI 2025

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REGISTRATION:

All attendees have to register for the workshop. Please check more details about AAAI 2025 workshop registration: https://aaai.org/conference/aaai/aaai-25/registration/.

There will be no proceedings for the venue. We will post the list of accepted papers on the workshop website

Important Dates:

Workshop Submissions Due to Organizers: November 22, 2024

Notifications Sent to Authors: December 9, 2024

Workshop to be held on March 3rd/4th, 2024


Reviews: The review process will be double-blind. All submissions must be anonymized. Submissions that breach anonymity will be desk-rejected. We welcome volunteers who want to serve as a program committee member (reviewers) for Deployable AI Workshop 2025. If interested, please fill out the form 


Organizers:


1. Balaraman Ravindran(Senior member AAAI) Chair and main contact, ravi@dsai.iitm.ac.in, RBCDSAI, IIT Madras

2. Danish Pruthi, danishp@iisc.ac.in, Computational and Data Sciences, IISC Bangalore.

3. Aditi Raghunathan, raditi@cmu.edu, Computer Science Department, CMU

4. Krishna Pillutla, krishnap@dsai.iitm.ac.in, School of DSAI IIT Madras

5. Arpita Biswas arpita.biswas@live.in, Department of Computer Science, Rutgers University

6. Aravindan Raghuveer araghuveer@google.com, Google Deepmind India.


Working Committee:

1.  Arun Rajkumar, arunr@dsai.iitm.ac.in, School of DSAI, IIT Madras.

2. Harish Guruprasad, hariguru@dsai.iitm.ac.in, School of DSAI, IIT Madras.

3. Chandrashekar Lakshminarayanan, chandrashekar@dsai.iitm.ac.in, School of DSAI, IIT Madras

4. Preksha Nema, preksh@google.com, Google Research India

5. Gokul S Krishnan, gokul@cerai.in, CeRAI, IIT Madras.

6. Devika Jay, devikajay@gmail.com, CeRAI, IIT Madras.

7. Rahul Vashisht rahul@cse.iitm.ac.in, PhD scholar, CSE, IIT Madras


Regards

Rahul

Call for Participation: Fifth Annual Nepal AI School (ANAIS) 2024, Kathmandu, Nepal

Call for Participation: Fifth Annual Nepal AI School (ANAIS) 2024 
Dec 27-Jan 6, 2025. Kathmandu, Nepal  
Application Deadline: October 20, 2024 
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Annual Nepal AI School (ANAIS) is a premier global AI in Nepal, consistently attracting top scientists from renowned universities, companies, and research labs.
Now in its fifth year, we welcome you to a unique platform in South Asia that brings together scientists, faculties, and participants from all over the world. The past four editions have received 1000+ applications from participants worldwide, including senior undergraduates, researchers, professionals, graduates, PhD candidates, and faculty members. 
ANAIS 2024 promises to be an exciting convergence of AI researchers, educators, and industry leaders. The event will provide a unique platform for sharing cutting-edge knowledge, ideas, and innovations, while fostering collaboration and networking among participants. 
We would like to welcome you to Nepal, a land of breathtaking beauty, rich culture, and home to the majestic Himalayas, including Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak. Nepal is also recognized for its warm hospitality, making it an ideal destination for visitors from around the globe. Against this stunning backdrop, we invite you to the Annual Nepal AI School (ANAIS), organized by NAAMII, an 11-day flagship event that offers an intensive course on the foundations and applications of Artificial Intelligence. 
This year's edition already features speakers from different countries, representing leading universities, institutes, and research labs across the globe, with more esteemed speakers set to join in the coming weeks. 
This Year's Highlights: 

CFP Track Accessible Devices and Technologies (ADT ’25) – ACM SAC 2025 [Firm Deadline]

Track on Accessible Devices and Technologies (ADT ‘25)

Sicily, Italy, March 31 – April 4, 2025

Part of the 40th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC ‘25)

https://sites.google.com/view/adt-sac-2025

https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2025/

Theme and Scope

Modern devices and technologies can represent a digital barrier for users with disabilities, but they can be exploited to become enabling tools for them. Accessibility of devices and technologies is a critical topic to allow inclusion of all users, especially due to the European laws that impose accessibility for new products and the definition of an updated version of WCAG (Web Accessibility Guidelines). This track invites scientists, engineers, and decision-makers from government, industry, and academia to present technical papers on their research and development results in areas of accessibility.

This track can interest many researchers since it would give the chance to face a wide range of topics, i.e., web or mobile technologies, with different points of view, taking into account specific technological constraints and digital barriers. It is well-known that the so-called “curb cut effect” can be applied to any technological and digital context (in terms of devices, content, and services): technologies that were originally meant to benefit people with disabilities can help any other users. Moreover, the history and the evolution of several technologies have been influenced and/or motivated by the special needs of people with disabilities. 

We welcome submission on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to:

  • Accessible devices/assistive technologies: assistive technologies refer to all the assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities that enable users to perform tasks they were formerly unable to accomplish. On the one hand, the widespread diffusion of new devices and technologies stimulates researchers to find and apply new solutions to make them accessible to anyone. On the other hand, experiences in accessibility-related fields have been exploited and have provided benefits to users equipped with non-conventional devices when they emerged in the market.

  • Accessible solutions for e-learning, e-commerce, e-banking, etc: e-services and content often require specific technologies, being bounded by specific constraints when accessed by people with disabilities equipped with assistive technologies. Specific interaction modalities may affect interactive service access, while richness and quantity of content may affect the users’ ability to process information. 

  • Accessible content: e-books, accessible TV, accessible broadcasting, etc.

  • Accessibility of games.

  • AI for Accessibility: AI can be exploited both for personalization (i.e., integrating AI-based personalization to support specific and special needs) and “enabler” (i.e., exploiting LLM to support the creation of accessible applications).

Submission Guidelines

We would like to invite authors to submit papers on research on the Accessibility area, with particular emphasis on assessing the current state of the art and identifying future directions. Original papers addressing any of the listed topics of interest (or related topics) will be considered. Each submitted paper will be fully refereed and undergo a double-blind review process by at least three referees. Accepted papers will be included in the ACM SAC 2025 proceedings and published in the ACM digital library, being indexed by Thomson ISI Web of Knowledge and Scopus. 

The track accepts full papers (max 8 pages), posters (max 2 pages), and SRC abstracts (max 2 pages). Submissions should be properly anonymized to facilitate blind reviewing. Papers that will receive high reviews (that is acceptable by reviewer standard) but will not be accepted due to space limitations can be invited for poster session. Authors of accepted papers must be prepared to sign a copyright statement and must pay the registration fee and guarantee that their paper will be presented at the conference. No-show of scheduled papers will result in excluding the papers from the ACM Digital Library. 

See the track website https://sites.google.com/view/adt-sac-2025 for more details. 

Important Dates

  • October 13, 2024: Submission of regular papers and SRC research abstracts [Firm deadline!]

  • November 20, 2024: Notification of papers, posters, and SRC research abstracts

  • November 29, 2024: Camera-ready copies of accepted papers

  • December 6, 2024: Authors registration due

Organization

  • Ombretta Gaggi, University of Padua

  • Silvia Mirri, University of Bologna

  • Mike Paciello, AudioEye, WebABLE

  • Catia Prandi, University of Bologna

Submission Portal 

Please submit your contribution through our online submission portal available at https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2025/submission.php (regular papers) and https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2025/submission_src.php (SRC abstracts).

Contact us

For any inquires regarding the call for papers, please contact gaggi@math.unipd.it.

We look forward to your contributions and to seeing you at the ACM SAC 2025 Conference!

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