Report on CIR99, the 2nd UK Conference on "The Challenge of Image Retrieval" Newcastle upon Tyne, 25-26 February 1999 David J. Harper Image (including video) storage and retrieval is arguably one of the most exciting and fastest-growing research areas in the field of multimedia technology. The First Challenge of Image Retrieval Conference held in February 1998 was the first UK forum set up specifically to bridge the gap between the different research and practitioner communities with an interest in image storage and retrieval. The second Conference in the series again brought together researchers and practitioners, in order to exchange information and ideas on significant developments in related disciplines and the challenges facing the user communities. This short article provides a personal view on the Second Challenge of Image Retrieval Conference, based on a final summary presented by the author at the conference. It is by necessity partial due to space and time constraints, and you are referred to additional sources of information at the end of this article. The conference got off to a flying start with a session on "Content-based Image Retrieval technology: can we make it deliver?" presented by John Eakins and Margaret Graham of the
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