We are pleased to invite submissions to the 4th ACM CoNEXT Workshop on Emerging Multimedia Systems (EMS 2026), which will be co-located with ACM CoNEXT 2026 in Utrecht, The Netherlands, December 7–10, 2026. EMS 2026 continues a successful series of workshops that bring together researchers and practitioners working on next-generation multimedia systems and networking technologies.

Multimedia is undergoing a fundamental transformation driven by immersive media, XR, AI-generated content, video analytics, volumetric media, and ultra-low-latency interactive applications. EMS 2026 aims to provide a forum for discussing emerging challenges and opportunities in the design, optimization, and deployment of advanced multimedia systems.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

Networked systems for immersive content capture, streaming, and display
AI-driven multimedia applications and generative AI systems
Volumetric media, point clouds, NeRFs, and holographic content delivery
Adaptive streaming and QoE optimization
Ultra-low-latency multimedia networking
Edge/cloud systems for multimedia applications
AR/VR/XR systems and applications
Energy-efficient multimedia systems
Machine learning for multimedia distribution and optimization
Multimedia systems for future Internet architectures

We welcome both academic and industrial contributions.

Workshop website: https://athena.itec.aau.at/ems-2026/

We would greatly appreciate it if you could disseminate this Call for Papers within your research groups, institutions, and professional networks.

We look forward to receiving your submissions and welcoming you to Utrecht!

Best regards,

EMS 2026 Organizing Committee

General Co-Chairs:

Amr Rizk (Leibniz University Hannover, Germany)
Farzad Tashtarian (University of Klagenfurt, Austria)
Mallesham Dasari (Northeastern University, USA)
Maria Martini (Kingston University London, UK)