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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.