Where Is the User in Multimedia Retrieval?

M. Worring, Paul Sajda, S. Santini, D.A. Shamma, A.F. Smeaton, Q. Yang

This article summarizes a recent panel discussion at the ACM International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval, where a case was made for making the interacting user a first-class citizen again in multimedia retrieval research.

Accepted 1 January 2012