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Multimedia retrieval that matters

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This article emphasizes the need to refocus multimedia information retrieval (MIR) research towards bridging the utility gap, the gap between the expected and defacto usefulness of MIR solutions. This requires us to revisit the notion of relevance, but also to consider other criteria for assessing MIR solutions, like the informativeness of the retrieved results and how helpful they are for the users. The article also states that this focus shift cannot be realized incrementally, but by revisiting the foundations of MIR solutions, that is, by a utility-by-design approach. In this respect, a number of research challenges are proposed.

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      cover image ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications
      ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications  Volume 9, Issue 1s
      Special Sections on the 20th Anniversary of ACM International Conference on Multimedia, Best Papers of ACM Multimedia 2012
      October 2013
      218 pages
      ISSN:1551-6857
      EISSN:1551-6865
      DOI:10.1145/2523001
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      Copyright © 2013 ACM

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      New York, NY, United States

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      • Published: 17 October 2013
      • Received: 1 May 2013
      • Accepted: 1 May 2013
      Published in tomm Volume 9, Issue 1s

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