IWCP2023: The International Workshop on Computational Paleography (2nd edition) San José Marriott San José, CA, United States, August 25, 2023 |
Conference website | https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/iwcp2023 |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iwcp2023 |
Abstract registration deadline | May 1, 2023 |
Submission deadline | May 1, 2023 |
The goal of this workshop is to bridge the gap between the different research fields analysing handwritten scripts in ancient artefacts. It is mainly targeting (but not limited to) computer scientists, natural scientists and humanists involved in the study of ancient writing systems (scripts and their components) as well as their material (characteristics of the physical inscribed objects). By fostering discussion between the three communities, it aims to favor future interdisciplinary collaborations that will tackle actual research questions on ancient manuscripts.
Exchanges between manuscript specialists in the Humanities rarely overcome the chronological and geographical boundaries of each discipline. However, when it comes to applying optical, chemical or computational analysis, these boundaries are often no longer relevant. Computer scientists are keen to confront their methodologies with actual research questions based on solid data. Natural scientists open new perspectives by focusing on the physical properties of the written artefacts. In many cases, only a collaboration between experts from the three communities yields significant results.
The workshop is planned for half a day with a keynote talk, oral presentations and lively discussions. Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed and accepted submissions will be presented in the workshop and published with ICDAR proceedings in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
- Full papers in the range of 8 – 15 pages (not including references) in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) format and a short presentation for on-going projects presenting datasets, final or preliminary results as well as innovative methodologies and tools.
- Abstracts (1 page) and a short presentation for new projects based on challenging material and research questions requiring interdisciplinary collaborations. Please note that this kind of submission will not allow the publication of a paper in the proceedings.
List of Topics
- Handwriting style analysis (definition and identification of script types)
- Recognition, detection, classification and comparison of handwriting elements (such as letters, words, and symbols)
- Writer identification and retrieval
- Joins identification among manuscript fragments
- Manuscript clustering according to measurement of key features in scripts and layout
- Recovery of illegible/lost writing (palimpsest, faded/damaged writing)
- Material analysis of inks, colourants, binders and writing supports
- Non-invasive, on-site investigations of written artefacts
- Reconstruction of writing processes
- Provenance studies
- Dating terminus post quem
- Paleographic applications of handwriting modelling
- Quantitative methods applied to Paleography
- Software applications supporting paleographical research
- Virtual Research Environments, Virtual Libraries and annotated corpora supporting paleographical research (e.g. IIIF-based)
- Historical research questions based on challenging handwritten corpora requiring computational support
Committees
Program Committee
To be announced later.
Organizing committee
- Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello, Universität Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Hussein Mohammed, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Publication
IWCP2023 proceedings will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series.
Venue
The conference will be held in San José Marriott, San José, California, USA.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to Dr. Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello and Dr. Hussein Mohammed