GENERAL INFORMATION

The ongoing expansion of the information highway and the associated increase in multimedia content in databases, broadcasts, streaming media etc. has generated new requirements for more effective access to these giant global information repositories. Content extraction, indexing, and retrieval of multimedia data continues to be one of the most challenging and fastest-growing research areas.

Following the success of the four previous MIR workshops held in conjunction with the ACM Multimedia Conferences, the purpose of the 5th ACM SIGMM International Workshop on Multimedia Information Retrieval (MIR 2003) is to bring together researchers, developers, and practitioners from academia and industry. We are soliciting original papers that address a wide range of issues in multimedia information retrieval.

The best papers will be selected for a Special Issue of the ACM Multimedia Systems Journal.

Keynote Address

Prof. David Forsyth of UC Berkeley.

Workshop Co-Chairs