Call For Papers
Conference Date: 14th-17th June, Sheraton Hotel, Athlone Ireland
Conference Overview
The ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys) provides a forum for researchers to present and share their latest research findings in multimedia systems. While research about specific aspects of multimedia systems are regularly published in the various proceedings and transactions of the networking, operating systems, real-time systems, databases, mobile computing, distributed systems, computer vision, and middleware communities, MMSys aims to cut across these domains in the context of multimedia data types. This provides a unique opportunity to investigate the intersections and the interplay of the various approaches and solutions developed across these domains to deal with multimedia data types.
MMSys is a venue for researchers who explore:
Complete multimedia systems that provide a new kind of multimedia experience or system whose overall performance improves the state-of-the-art through new research results in more than one component, or Enhancements to one or more system components and/or aspects that provide improvements over the state-of-the-art traditional and next-generation media services Evaluation studies, models and/or methodologies that provides added value to the multimedia systems community
This touches aspects of many traditional and emerging topics including but not limited to: content preparation and (adaptive) delivery systems, high dynamic range (HDR), games,virtual/augmented/mixed reality, 3D video, immersive media systems, plenoptics, 360-degree video, network virtualisation, AI Driven (or powered) Multimedia Systems, multimedia and the Internet of Things (IoT), multi and many-core, GPGPUs, mobile multimedia and 5G/6G, wearable multimedia, peer-to-peer (P2P) or hybrid systems, cloud-based multimedia, digital twins, cyber-physical systems, multi-sensory experiences, smart cities, autonomous multimedia systems, quality of experience (QoE), Machine & Deep learning and statistical modeling for media processing and distribution, Volumetric media: from capture to consumption.
Doctoral Symposium
Submission Info:
- Submission format: A proposal up to four pages (PDF format, excluding references)
- Submission style: Single blind using ACM style format, including the URL to the public repository for the dataset, source code or VM image/container file with the installation instructions (tips)
MMSys'22 Doctoral Symposium (DS) will be part of the conference in Ireland for people studying towards a doctoral degree in a field relevant to the themes of MMSys (refer to the calls for papers on the various tracks and workshops). If you are a doctoral candidate who has found yourself reading or referencing work presented at MMSys in the past, or if for you the scope of MMSys makes you feel that this is a community that you would benefit from being part of, then we would love for you to apply to join us in Ireland.
The DS is a forum for you to share your work and ideas with fellow PhD students, and with more experienced researchers in your field. You will get the chance to present your plans, ideas, results and more excitingly, ask your questions and request advice from the MMsys community. The DS will take the form of a hybrid poster session, and you will briefly introduce your proposal to the participants in a plenary session. You will get feedback and suggestions from the community at large and a senior member of the MMSys community will give you in-depth feedback and address your questions. If you are successful in your application for a place in the DS, you will be invited to attend the rest of MMSys'22; the world’s leading international research conference on multimedia systems.
MMSys is an inclusive, growing and interdisciplinary community, so if you are not sure whether the specifics of your research are in scope then (a) they probably are, and (b) please email the chairs and they will do their best to advise you.
We invite ‘middle’ and ‘early’ stage PhD students, and for the first time, MMsys welcomes also early stage researchers who are currently preparing their PhD proposal to attend the DS. If you are still struggling with your PhD research questions, or if you have established your questions and have still got at least a year of work ahead of you before the submission of your dissertation, you can benefit from the DS. A proposal submission is required to apply for the DS. Your submissions will be peer reviewed. If accepted, you will be invited to present and discuss at the DS; either by attending physically or virtually. You can choose whether your proposal should be published as a paper in the ACM DL if it is accepted or whether it is not ready for publication yet.
Take part in the MMSys'22 DS by submitting a proposal up to four pages (PDF format, excluding references) by the submission deadline (students are encouraged to submit early to potentially start the mentoring early). The proposal should include the author name and affiliation, and should be in ACM style format. The proposal should be well organised and structured in a way that demonstrates the links between the concepts presented. The proposal should clearly specify:
- A real-world problem that relates to and motivates the PhD
- The concrete research challenge that the (proposed) PhD is addressing and how this fits into the bigger picture of other research that addresses the real-world problem
- The objectives and scope of the research
- The main contribution(s) of the research to multimedia systems and a justification why the contribution will lead to a PhD
- Limitation in the state-of-the-art that you intend to address, and if applicable, first results including an evaluation with respect to the state-of-the-art
If your accepted proposal should be published as a paper in the ACM DL, you must also include:
- The methods used to achieve the objectives and the proposed solution(s), including a brief description of the work done so far and a tentative plan for future work
You also need:
- A letter of support from your supervisor or mentor
Any questions on the research paper track, feel free to contact the ODS chairs (Patrick & Carsten): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Special Session: New Horizons in Multimedia Systems
Submission Info:
- Submission format: Paper should be between 6 to 8 pages inclusive of references (PDF format)
- Submission style: Double blind using ACM style format (interim template if you are using Word or if using Overleaf see here).
Special Session Paper Submission
Innovations in multimedia systems have revolutionized the way we connect and communicate, reshaping the field in new, exciting ways by transforming how audio, visual, and multisensory contents are created, transmitted, and consumed. The MMSys community has always been at the forefront of such innovation, creating new paths for how multimedia systems are defined, designed, and implemented for the communication of the future. Recent advances in network technology, sensor design, and acquisition and rendering devices, reveal new possibilities for cutting-edge research in multimedia systems that can provide benefits in many different aspects (in terms of performance, perception, enabling new scenarios and services, reducing costs, etc.).
This special session addresses recent technologies and latest advances, their benefits and challenges in defining, designing, implementing, and testing emerging multimedia systems. This includes multi-sensorial affective systems that go beyond audiovisual communication through the integration of human-centric, multi-modal inputs and outputs; and machine-to-machine multimedia systems (drones, autonomous systems, etc.) that deal with the challenges of computer-vision oriented optimization and transmission. This special session is focused on the following topics:
- Affective Interactive systems.
- Machine-to-machine multimedia systems
Accepted papers will be published in the ACM DL.
Any questions on the research paper track, feel free to contact the special session chairs (Jesus, Maria, Sergio & Abdallah): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Demo & Industry Track
Submission Info:
- Submission format: Up to six pages plus an optional page for references only (PDF format) plus a demo requirements checklist (see instructions below)
- Submission style: Single blind using ACM style format
Demo & Industry Track Submission
The goal of the Demo and Industry Track is to bridge the gap between research and industry by showcasing demonstrations of innovative multimedia concepts. Researchers and industry partners will have the opportunity to share their prototypes and proof-of-concepts with MMSys'22 attendees.
We encourage innovative demo and proof-of-concept proposals. Submissions are encouraged in all areas related to multimedia, as advertised in the general call for MMSys'22. Researchers are also encouraged to submit demo proposals that concretize their accepted research papers and have a chance to showcase technical aspects of their work.
All submissions will be peer-reviewed and selection will be based on the novelty of the research, impact from industry perspective and interestingness of the demonstration. Authors should consider the following questions in their submissions:
- What is the scientific or engineering concept behind this work that is beyond the existing systems?
- What is the novelty and significance of the work and how will it impact the audience?
- What will be actually shown during the demo?
- We also encourage demo proposals to include a short video showcasing the work. Including a video will help the committee better understand and evaluate the proposals.
A separate demo requirements checklist (link) should be submitted that details the technical requirements of the demo. If you have special requests such as a larger space, special lighting conditions, large displays and so on, indicate them in the checklist document, and we will do our best to arrange them. Once accepted, demonstrators will be provided with a table, poster board, power outlet and wireless (shared) Internet access. Any other equipment required for the demo should be brought by the presenters themselves. Note that the submission system can accept only one supplementary file. Therefore, you have to compress multiple files into one zip file for submitting the supplementary materials.
Accepted papers will be published in the ACM DL.
Any questions on the demo & industry track, feel free to contact the Demo & Industry chairs (David, Sergio, Muge): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Open Dataset and Software Track
Submission Info:
- Submission format: Up to six pages plus an optional page for references only (PDF format)
- Submission style: Single blind using ACM style format, including the URL to the public repository for the dataset, source code or VM image/container file with the installation instructions (tips)
Open Dataset & Software Submission
Sharing data and code to allow others to replicate research results is the ideal way to advance the field. To reach this goal, the Open Dataset and Software Track provides an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to make their work available and citable as well as to increase the public awareness of their considerable efforts.
Those who have created a new dataset or open-source software package that is relevant to the multimedia community should consider submitting it to this track. This includes, but is not limited to, software and datasets relevant to both traditional and emerging areas, traces reflecting network, user or application behaviour and performance, both real or synthetic, as well as software from all aspects of production, coding, transmission, use or analysis of multimedia systems. Together with the dataset or source code, authors are asked to also provide a short paper describing the motivation and design, and discussing the way it can be useful to the community.
Criteria of acceptance include the collection methodology and value of the dataset as a resource for the multimedia research community (datasets) and the broad applicability and potential impact, novelty, technical depth and demo suitability (software). The accepted papers will be given the appropriate ACM reproducibility badge (see Artifact Review and Badging page), included in the conference proceedings and presented/demonstrated during the conference. The accepted contributions will be hosted in the MMSys GitHub repository, ACM DL and/or Zenodo.
Note that it is the authors' responsibility to ensure that all datasets and source code are licensed in such a manner that it can be legally and freely used, at the minimum in academic and research settings (e.g., GPLv2, LGPLv2, BSD, BSD + patents, or equivalent license).
Accepted papers will be published in the ACM DL.
Any questions on the research paper track, feel free to contact the ODS chairs (Roberto, Yao & Saba): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Research Track
Submission Info:
- Submission format: Up to 12 pages plus optional pages for references only (PDF format)
- Submission style: Double blind using ACM style format (interim template if you are using Word or if using Overleaf see here).
MMSys'22 papers enable authors to present entire multimedia systems or research work that builds on considerable amounts of earlier work in a self-contained manner. All submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least three TPC members, and will be evaluated for their scientific quality. Authors will have a chance to submit their rebuttals before online discussions among the TPC members.
MMSys'22 will also continue to support scientific reproducibility (Full information on Artifact Review and Badging can be found here) by implementing the ACM reproducibility badge system. All accepted papers will be contacted by the Reproducibility Chairs, inviting the authors to make their dataset and code available, and thus, obtaining an ACM badge (visible at the ACM DL). The additional material will be published as Appendixes, with no effect on the final page count for papers.
Accepted papers will be published in the ACM DL.
Any questions on the research paper track, feel free to contact the program chairs (Mario & Irene): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
