The 8th ACM international workshop on analysis, understanding and promotion of heritage contents
- Advances in machine learning, signal processing, multimodal techniques and human-machine interaction

In conjunction with ACM Multimedia 2026 (https://2026.acmmm.org/)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 10 - 14 November, 2026

Aims and scope:
The ambition of SUMAC is to bring together researchers and practitioners from different disciplines to share ideas and methods on current trends in the analysis, understanding and promotion of heritage contents. These challenges are reflected in the corresponding sub-fields of machine learning, signal processing, multi-modal techniques and human-machine interaction. We welcome research contributions for the following (but not limited to) topics:

# Monomodal analysis: text, structured referential, image, video, 3D, music, sensor data
# Information retrieval for multimedia heritage
# Automated archaeology and heritage data processing
# Multi-modal deep learning and time series analysis for heritage data
# Heritage modeling, visualization, and virtualization
# Smart digitization and reconstruction of heritage data
# Open heritage data and bench-marking

The scope of targeted applications is extensive and includes:

# Analysis, archaeometry of artifacts
# Diagnosis and monitoring for restoration and preventive conservation
# Geosciences / geomatics for cultural heritage
# Education
# Smart and sustainable tourism
# Urban planning
# Digital Twins

Important dates:
Paper submission: July 23, 2026
Author acceptance notification: August 10, 2026
Camera-Ready: August 20, 2026
Workshop date: TBD (10 - 14 Nov, 2026)

# Submission format
All submissions must be original work not under review at any other workshop, conference, or journal. The workshop will accept papers describing completed work (full paper) as well as work in progress (short paper). Two submission formats are accepted:
1.short paper -- 4 pages plus up to 2-page reference;
2.full paper -- 8 pages plus up to 2-page reference.
They must be encoded as PDF using the ACM Article Template of the main conference ACM Multimedia 2026 (https://2026.acmmm.org/site/author-instructions.html).

# Peer Review and publication in ACM Digital Library
Paper submissions must conform with the “double-blind” review policy. All papers will be peer-reviewed by experts in the field, and receive at least two reviews. Acceptance will be based on relevance to the workshop, scientific novelty, and technical quality. Depending on the number, maturity and topics of the accepted submissions, the work will be presented via oral or poster sessions. The workshop papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library.