CBIR 2020 : Content-Based Image Retrieval: where have we been, and where are we going

We are interested in any new methods, applications, insights related to Contend-Base Image Retrieval. In particular we welcome the following types of articles:

• REVIEWS: a look at the directions of research in CBIR that have emerged in the last 20 years, their successes and their failures, and what they can teach us for the future; applications: what applications have emerged that nobody would have thought of 20 years ago; what applications which were foreseen 20 years ago have been successful and which have not, and what can this teach us about the predictions for the future that we are doing now;
• CRITICAL: has the impact of CBIR always been positive? A look at what we have lost and gained in terms of privacy, cultural diversity, and human relations. Each new technology changes the social environment in which it is inserted much beyond its immediate impact. Have we, as a community, failed to see these changes? Do we have a social responsibility of trying to predict the social effect of our technology, or does the ethos of science as pure pursuit of knowledge apply to us?
• FORECAST: a look at where is the field going and what promising new directions of research are being explored; a look at what is being done in other fields (from mathematics to philosophy) that might impact CBIR in the future.