Advances in Semantic Multimedia and Personalized Digital Content

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue will showcase cutting-edge research in semantic and social multimedia adaptation, personalization, and AI-driven content technologies. It will include selected papers from the 20th International Workshop on Semantic and Social Media Adaptation and Personalization (SMAP 2025), which will be held in Mystras, Greece, on November 27–28, 2025. However, this Special Issue is also open to original submissions that are not part of the conference.

With the exponential growth of digital content across multiple platforms, understanding and optimizing user interaction with multimedia is more critical than ever. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, knowledge graphs, natural language processing, and deep learning are driving new methodologies for semantic analysis, adaptive media, and personalized experiences. This Special Issue seeks to explore novel approaches to semantic multimedia analysis, user modeling, content personalization, and AI-driven media adaptation to enhance the accessibility, relevance, and effectiveness of digital content.

We invite high-quality contributions addressing theoretical advancements, innovative applications, and emerging challenges in this interdisciplinary field. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Semantic-driven multimedia content creation and annotation
• AI-powered metadata extraction and semantic tagging
• Knowledge graph integration for multimedia understanding
• Automated generation of multimedia summaries and captions
• Personalized user profiling and adaptive content delivery
• Dynamic user modeling based on behavior and preferences
• Adaptive media recommendations on streaming platforms
• Emotion-aware multimedia adaptation and affective computing
• Integration of AI into media adaptation
• Deep learning models for video, image, and audio personalization
• AI-driven storytelling and content generation
• Hybrid AI–human approaches for interactive media experiences
• Context-aware multimedia applications
• Adaptive interfaces for immersive media (VR/AR/MR)
• Sensor-based and IoT-enhanced multimedia personalization
• Real-time context adaptation in smart environments
• Privacy and security in personalized media services
• Ethical AI and bias mitigation in personalized media
• Secure and privacy-preserving user profiling
• Trustworthy AI for multimedia adaptation

This Special Issue welcomes original research papers, review articles, and application-oriented contributions that push the boundaries of semantic multimedia adaptation and personalized content delivery. We encourage interdisciplinary submissions that bridge the gap between multimedia computing, artificial intelligence, human–computer interaction, and cognitive sciences.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Digital.

Dr. Phivos Mylonas
Dr. Christos Troussas
Dr. Akrivi Krouska
Dr. Manolis Wallace
Prof. Dr. Cleo Sgouropoulou
Guest Editors

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• multimedia
• user profiling
• context-aware