Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Multimodal perception & quality: Modality relevance, underlying quality features and dimensions, multimodal integration, temporal aspects of QoE

• Immersive technologies: High-resolution audio and video (incl. UHD, 4/8k and beyond, HDR, HFR, WCG, etc.), 3D audio and video, 360° video, Virtual/Mixed/Augmented Reality, immersive games, Light Field Displays, plenoptic imaging

• Probing the user: Physiological assessment methods and applications, behavioral assessment, QoE and task performance, contextual information analysis, crowdsourcing, field-tests

• QoE fundamentals: Theory and definitions, test methods, statistical methods, experimental validity, qualitative research methods, sensory evaluation, taxonomies and ontologies

• QoE and UX: Relationship between QoE and UX, use of UX evaluation methods for QoE research, user behavior modelling

• Interactive media and synchronization: Audio- and videoconferencing, tele-meetings, interactive gaming, networked VR and AR

• QoE and content creation: Storytelling, artistic intent, reference contents, user-internal references

• Aesthetics: Image-/video- and audio-content analysis, aesthetic appeal test methods, image and media platforms, contextual aspects (expertise in creation and perception, peer-group implications, …)

• Communities, social media and demographics: Social TV, joint media consumption, QoE in communities, geographic and demographic implications for media consumption and QoE

• Model development & validation: Feature selection, model development techniques (regression, machine learning, …), validation techniques

• QoE data analytics: Large QoE-related databases, data collection tools and techniques, machine learning, large-data analysis tools, implications for service and network management, visualization, statistical analyses

• KPI and KQI definition: new indicators to support optimization in emerging environments and applications; new reference network architectures

• Annotated multimedia databases for QoE research: Sources, data and media formats, QoE-related metadata, sharing platforms, automatic collection

• Shared data sets and platforms: Creation of new data sets, sharing of test tools, making available open platforms