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CALL FOR PAPERS AND PROPOSALS
IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo
6-10 July 2020 || London, United Kingdom
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www.2020.ieeeicme.org/
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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 2020 will take place 6-10 July 2020, London, UK. ICME 2020 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 2020 exceptional papers and contributors will be selected and recognised with prestigious awards.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
• Artificial intelligence for multimedia
• Multimedia and vision
• Development of multimedia standards and related research
• Media quality metrics and enhancements
• Multimedia communications, networking and mobility
• 3D multimedia and AR/VR
• Multimedia security, privacy and forensics
• Multimedia software, hardware and application systems
• Multimedia and language
• Multimedia analytics, search and recommendation
• Social and cloud-based multimedia
• Media classification and segmentation

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IMPORTANT DATES
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Submission of papers:
• Regular paper submission (including special sessions) ) 29 November 2019
• Submission of papers to workshops and other tracks ) 13 March 2020

Submission of proposals:
• Special session proposals ) 01 October 2019
• Panel proposals ) 04 October 2019
• Grand challenge proposals ) 11 October 2019
• Workshop proposals ) 18 October 2019
• Tutorial proposals ) 01 November 2019
• Hand-on demo proposals ) 01 May 2020

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CONFERENCE AND JOURNAL PAPERS
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All papers presented at ICME 2020 will be included in IEEE Xplore.

The IEEE Transactions on Multimedia is partnering with IEEE ICME. Extended versions of the top-ranked ICME 2020 papers will be invited for submission and potential publication in the IEEE Transactions on Multimedia. 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.

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LOCAL HOSTS
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ICME 2020 will be hosted by Queen Mary University of London
A number of economical single ensuite rooms are available on a first-come first-serve basis at QMUL. Other options are also available to suit different budgets. For venue and travel information see http://www.2020.ieeeicme.org/index.php/venue-and-travel/

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ORGANISATIONAL SPONSORS
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IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Signal Processing Society

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For further information please see http://www.2020.ieeeicme.org/
For latest updates please follow on Twitter @ICME2020
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