CALL FOR WORKSHOP

Workshops Chairs:

Proposal Deadline: April 11, 2025

Notification by: April 18, 2025

Email: kmms1@kmms.or.kr

We are soliciting proposals for workshops to be held together with the 21th International Conference on Multimedia Information Technology and Applications (MITA 2025). The workshops will take place on July 22 and 23 at the same venue as the main conference in Jeju, Republic of Korea. The purpose of the workshops is to provide a comprehensive forum on topics that will not be fully explored during the main conference and to encourage in-depth discussion of technical, application, and community issues.

We ask submissions to identify a primary subject area, e.g., artificial intelligence for multimedia, LLM for multimedia, etc. Workshop organizers will be asked to work closely with program committee members of MITA2025 and other workshop organizers. 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

• Workshops will follow the format of MITA 2025 (in-person and hybrid). More information will be disseminated closer to the conference date.

• If you intend to peer-review and publish accepted papers in conjunction with MITA 2025 proceedings, please note the following:

  • Last day for workshop camera-ready submission will be in June 16 2025

  • Last day for finalized workshop program will be in May 9 2025

• Workshop proposals will be in PDF format. Proposals should be submitted via email (kmms1@kmms.or.kr)

 EVALUATION CRITERIA

Workshop proposals will be evaluated based on the following criteria. Their order below does not reflect their importance.

• Excitement and Relevance

  • We are looking for workshops which complement the main conference, reflect the MITA community’s interest in a topic, as well as those that generate new discussion and momentum.

  • We strongly encourage workshops aimed at creating or improving community, workshops focusing on the social impact of computer vision, interdisciplinary workshops, and workshops on niche topics not sufficiently represented at MITA.

• Diversity and inclusion 

  • We encourage, and expect, diversity in the organizing team and speakers and invited speakers (e.g., gender, race, affiliations, seniority, etc.), and diversity of opinions represented during a workshop.

• Diversity of topics and formats

  • We strive for a diversity of topics. Workshops with overlapping topics may be asked to merge (workshops with similar but non-overlapping topics will be grouped within a track). While merging is optional, at most one of the workshops proposed to be merged will be accepted.

  • We strive for different workshop formats, such as invited speakers, challenges, community building, etc.

  • There should be minimal overlap in invited speakers between workshops. Workshop organizers are strongly encouraged to invite speakers who are uniquely relevant to their topics, and to think broadly about inviting speakers beyond those that commonly speak at MITA workshops.

• Organization

  • The level of experience of the organizing team and the dedication of the main organizers will be taken into account. 

  • The proposal should clearly articulate plans for engaging the audience in the workshop’s intended format (in-person or hybrid)

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Proposals should include the following.

TOPIC

1. Workshop title

2. Workshop acronym

3. Topics that will be covered in the workshop.

4. Broader impact statement: Describe why the workshop is relevant to the community and how relevant the topics or discussion are beyond the MITA audience.

5. Ethical considerations around the topic (if any)

ORGANIZERS AND SPEAKERS

1. List of organizers.

2. Primary and secondary organizers responsible for liaising with the workshop chairs.

3. Organizing team’s experience and background: Information that supports the organizers’ ability to run a workshop, and appropriateness to a workshop on this topic, including brief bios for the main organizers.

4. List of invited speakers: Please list only speakers that have confirmed or tentatively confirmed their attendance, and who are willing to deliver a virtual talk if necessary. For each speaker, (a) please indicate if confirmation is tentative or final, (b) We recommend finding invited speakers who will not give the same talk at multiple workshops; otherwise, the workshops may be asked to merge. 

5. Diversity: Discuss how diversity is being addressed among (a) the organizing committee and (b) the invited speakers.

FORMAT AND LOGISTICS

1. Format: MITA 2025 will be in-person.  We will endeavor to support workshops that are in-person, mixed in-person and virtual attendance. This decision will be made by the MITA 2025 organizers as needed. Organizers should specify in advance their intended format. In particular, describe how you will support virtual attendance if the workshop is partially virtual.

2. Schedule: Provide a preliminary schedule for your workshop. 

3. If in-person posters are included, how many are expected?

4. Special space or equipment requests, if any.

QUESTIONS

For any questions, please contact the program committee chairs, Deokwoo Lee(dwoolee@kmu.ac.kr) or administrative office (kmms1@kmms.or.kr) 

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