Multimedia Tools and Applications

Aim and Scope

The rapid advancement of multimedia technologies, coupled with the proliferation of smart devices, sensors, and AI systems, has paved the way for the development of intelligent environments that can perceive, analyze, and respond to human activities and environmental changes. These environments, ranging from smart homes and offices to entire smart cities, leverage multimedia computing techniques and advanced AI algorithms to process vast amounts of multimodal data, including video, audio, and sensor information.

This special issue seeks to highlight the latest technological breakthroughs, theoretical frameworks, and practical applications that are shaping the future of intelligent environments through multimedia computing and AI. We aim to bring together interdisciplinary research that demonstrates how the synergy of multimedia computing and artificial intelligence can enhance situational awareness, decision-making processes, and user experiences in various intelligent environment contexts.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: 

  • Multimedia analysis and processing for smart homes and cities 
  • Computer vision and image processing for intelligent surveillance 
  • Audio and speech processing in ambient intelligence 
  • Multimodal interfaces for intelligent environments 
  • Machine learning and AI for multimedia content analysis in IoT contexts 
  • Edge computing for real-time multimedia processing in intelligent environments 
  • Multimedia-driven context awareness and situation recognition 
  • Privacy and security in multimedia-rich intelligent environments 
  • Augmented and virtual reality applications in smart spaces 
  • Human-computer interaction in multimedia-enhanced intelligent environments
  • Generative AI in multimedia-rich intelligent environments
  • Natural language processing and conversational AI in ambient intelligence
  • Large language models and foundation models in intelligent environments

Submission Guidelines

All submissions to this special issue must be original, unpublished works prepared according to the journal’s guidelines and available at [Journal Website]. Manuscripts must be submitted via [Submission System URL], selecting “Special Issue: Advances in Multimedia Computing for Intelligent Environments” as the article type. We welcome extended versions of conference papers, provided they contain at least 30% new material, clearly highlighted in the cover letter. Authors are requested to submit their full revised papers complying with the general scope of the journal. The submitted papers will undergo the standard peer-review process before being accepted. Notification of acceptance will be communicated as we progress with the review process.

Important Dates

Submission Open:                     1 September 2025 
Submission Deadline:               1 December 2025

Guest Editors

Assoc. Prof. Sira Yongchareon
School of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences
Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Email: sira.yongchareon@aut.ac.nz

Assoc. Prof. Jeannette Chin
School of Computing Sciences,
University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Email: j.chin@uea.ac.uk

Additional information 

We estimated around 15-20 submissions and 5-7 accepted papers to be included in the SI. Researchers, including our IE 2025 conference organizers and commitee members, who submit their papers to the IE 2025 conference https://www.ie2025.fraunhofer.de/
The proposed issue aligns well with SDG 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities.