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Extending Lifelog Retrieval to Multi-stream Video Retrieval at the CASTLE Challenge 2025

Tran, Quang-Linh orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-5409-0916, Le, Hoang-Bao orcid logoORCID: 0009-0000-2496-4347, Nguyen-Ho, Thang-Long orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-1953-7679, Healy, Graham orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-6429-6339, Zhou, Liting orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-7778-8743 and Tran, Ly-Duyen orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-9597-1832 (2025) Extending Lifelog Retrieval to Multi-stream Video Retrieval at the CASTLE Challenge 2025. In: the 33rd ACM International Conference on Multimedia, 27-31 October, 2025, Dublin, Ireland. ISBN 979-8-4007-2035-2

Abstract
We present the DCU team’s system for the CASTLE Challenge at ACM Multimedia 2025, which explores video retrieval and question answering in egocentric, multi-user environments. Our system adapts techniques developed for lifelogging, particularly eventbased semantic retrieval and QA pipelines, to the CASTLE dataset with minimal architectural changes. It combines vision-language embeddings, transcript-based retrieval, and person tracking to support both automatic and interactive search workflows. In the interactive track, we introduce a modular interface for narrative reconstruction and exploratory search. Qualitative results show that the system can generate plausible, evidence-based answers to complex multimodal queries. These findings suggest that lifelog retrieval systems offer a viable foundation for broader egocentric video analysis.
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Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Event Type:Conference
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Egocentric Video Retrieval, Interactive Retrieval System, Multimedia
Subjects:Computer Science > Information retrieval
Computer Science > Information storage and retrieval systems
Computer Science > Digital video
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Computing
Research Institutes and Centres > ADAPT
Published in: MM '25: Proceedings of the 33rd ACM International Conference on Multimedia. . Association for Computing Machinery. ISBN 979-8-4007-2035-2
Publisher:Association for Computing Machinery
Official URL:https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3746027
Copyright Information:Authors
Funders:ADAPT Centre
ID Code:31865
Deposited On:18 Nov 2025 11:53 by Quang-Linh Tran . Last Modified 18 Nov 2025 11:53
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