About CBMI

After 21 successful editions across Europe, the 2025 Content-Based Multimedia Indexing (CBMI) conference will take place in Dublin, Ireland, in October 2025. CBMI aims at bringing together the various communities involved in all aspects of content-based multimedia indexing for retrieval, browsing, management, visualisation and analytics. We encourage contributions both on theoretical aspects and practical applications of CBMI. Authors are invited to submit previously unpublished research papers highlighting significant contributions addressing these topics. In addition, special sessions on specific technical aspects or application domains are planned and calls will be issued in due course.

Please note that the conference is running about one month later than usual in 2025. This is to facilitate a co-location and co-timing of CBMI’25 with ACM MM’25, which will also take place in Dublin on the week following CBMI. We are also happy to announce that MediaEval’25 will also take place in Dublin, on the weekend between CBMI and ACM MM. Welcome to Dublin for a true festival of Multimedia and stay in Dublin for the Samhain (Halloween) festival that occurs on the last day of ACM MM.

Colocated Events

CBMI 2025 offers the perfect opportunity to visit several scientific events in Dublin this year, since it happens directly before MediaEval 2025 and ACM Multimedia 2025.

Colocated Events

Multimedia Evaluation Benchmark (MediaEval) offers challenges in AI that involve data of different modalities. Our larger aim is to promote reproducible research that makes multimedia a positive force for society.

For information on the tasks offered this year, please see the MediaEval 2025 website.

ACM Multimedia 2025 (ACMMM25) is the premier international conference on multimedia research, bringing together experts from academia and industry to explore the latest advancements in AI, computer vision, audio processing, and multimodal interaction. As a leading venue for groundbreaking research, ACMMM25 provides a platform for innovative ideas that shape the future of multimedia technology. We invite researchers to submit their work and join a vibrant community driving forward reproducible and impactful multimedia research. Don’t miss the opportunity to showcase your work at ACMMM25!

For more details, visit: https://www.acmmm2025.org

News and Updates

Stay up to date with the latest news and updates from the conference.

20 January 2025 Important

MTAP Special Issue.

Multimedia Tools and Applications (MTAP) confirmed a special issue on Content-based Multimedia Indexing that will be open to authors of CBMI papers for extended versions of their papers.

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11 September 2024

TPC Co-chairs Announced.

We are pleased to announce our TPC co-chairs are Werner Bailer (JR, Austria), Lucia Vadicamo (ISTI, Italy) and Cathal Gurrin (DCU, Ireland).

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16 August 2024 Important

Banquet Venue Confirmed.

We are pleased to announce that the 2025 CBMI conference banquet will take place on the evening of the 23rd October in the hallowed surroundings of the crypt of ChristChurch Cathedral in Dublin. The cathedral was founded in the early 11th century, rebuilt in stone in the late 12th century and it was was extensively renovated and rebuilt in the late 19th century. The banquet will take place in the crypt, which is the largest cathedral crypt (63.4m long) in Britain or Ireland, constructed in 1172–1173.

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16 August 2024

Welcome Reception Confirmed.

We are delighted to have secured the Teeling Distillery for the CBMI welcome reception on the evening of the 22nd October. The Teeling Whiskey Distillery opened its doors in 2015 as the first new distillery in Dublin for over 125 years. The evening will include a guided tour and the chance to experience the complete whiskey-making process with a Teeling Whiskey Ambassadors. Not to be missed!

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