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About MLMC 2026

The 2nd International Symposium on Machine Learning and Media Computing (MLMC 2026) is the flagship conference of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society. It aims to provide an international forum for researchers and educators to learn, share knowledge, report most recent innovations and developments, and promote exchange of ideas and advances in all aspects of machine learning and media computing.

MLMC 2026 will be held in Nanping, Fujian, China, on July 30-31, 2026. The Symposium will showcase high quality oral presentations and special sessions sponsored by IEEE SMC and Fuzhou University. In MLMC 2026 exceptional papers and contributors will be selected and recognized with prestigious awards.

Journal Paper Presentation

Authors of papers published from 2024-2026 in all IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society fully owned journals as well as in IEEE TPAMI, IEEE TIP, IEEE TMM, IEEE TCSVT, IEEE TIFS, IEEE TSP will be given the opportunity to present their works at MLMC 2026, subject to space availability and approval by the Technical Program Committee.

Topics of interest include (but not limited to)

  • Fundamental theories of machine learning
  • Classification / regression / clustering
  • Multi-modal/view/label/instance learning
  • Generalization and robustness of models
  • Heuristic optimization
  • Evolutionary computation
  • Efficient and lightweight model design
  • Trustworthy and/or explainable AI
  • Multimodal foundation models
  • Media representation and quality assessment
  • Media compression and delivery
  • Media restoration and enhancement
  • Media retrieval and recommendation
  • Media interpretation and understanding
  • Media security, privacy and forensics
  • Cross-modal generation and interaction
  • Internet of media things
  • Learning and media computing on embodied AI

Proposal, Paper Submission & Publication

Tutorial and special sessions proposals must include a title, outline, contact information, biography and invited papers/participants. Authors are invited to submit original and unpublished research work on the related topics. All accepted papers will be published in IEEE Xplore. Instructions for preparation and electronic submission will be available shortly on MMLC2026 website http://itlab.fzu.edu.cn/MLMC2026/.

Contact email: MLMC2026@gmail.com