ACM SIGMM Records

In this Dataset Column, we continue the tradition of previous installments by reviewing notable developments in open datasets and benchmarking competitions in multimedia from 2023 to 2025. The selected events reflect the breadth of topics, challenges, and datasets currently shaping the multimedia research community. They include special sessions, grand challenges, … Read more →

The 154th MPEG meeting took place in Santa Eulària, Spain, from April 27 to May 1, 2026. The official MPEG press release can be found here. This report highlights key outcomes from the meeting, with a focus on research directions relevant to the ACM SIGMM community: Exploration on MPEG Gaussian … Read more →

To the viewer, a stalled video is a single interruption; operationally, it fragments into different pieces of evidence. The streaming application records a bitrate drop and a rebuffering event, the network operator’s dashboard shows a congested access segment and a burst of packet loss, and the user experience sits between … Read more →