The Future of Multimedia Analysis and Mining: Visions from the Shonan Meeting

The National Institute of Informatics (NII) Shonan Meeting, following the style of the well-known Dagstuhl seminars, gathered world-class researchers at a venue in Shonan, a suburb of Tokyo, for focused and in-depth discussion on topics related to informatics. This meeting offered senior researchers an ideal occasion for informal scientific gatherings. The meeting's topic was "The Future of Multimedia Analysis and Mining." This article summarizes the outcome of the four days of intensive discussion.