IWCP-2021: The International Workshop on Computational Paleography Beaulieu Convention Center, Avenue des Bergières 10 Lausanne, Switzerland, September 7, 2021 |
Conference website | https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/iwcp2021.html |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iwcp2021 |
Abstract registration deadline | May 17, 2021 |
Submission deadline | May 17, 2021 |
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. You can access the workshop website from this link.
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.
Safety measures will be considered with regards to COVID-19. In case of necessity, the event will be held with options for online participation. All accepted papers will be published in the IWCP2021 proceedings.
Submission Guidelines
The IWCP-2021 welcomes the submission of original, previously unpublished work that is relevant to the Topics of this workshop. By submitting a paper to this Workshop all authors implicitly agree to be bound by the IAPR Ethical Requirements for Authors.
Papers from on-going projects presenting preliminary, mid-term or pilot data are welcome.
New projects based on challenging or sensitive (unpublished) corpora can submit an abstract that may, upon discussion, be published or integrated in the Workshop Final Report.
Participants can choose between two formats:
- A short-paper (8 pages) submission and a presentation for on-going projects presenting datasets, final or preliminary results as well as innovative methodologies and tools;
- An abstract (1 page) and a short presentation for new projects based on challenging material and research questions requiring interdisciplinary collaborations
Submissions will be managed via Easychair and undergo a single blind review by at least two members from the Program Committee. Short papers must not exceed 8 pages and abstracts are limited to one page each. It is not required to anonymize the submission, but authors are welcome to do so if they prefer it. Accepted camera-ready submissions should be sent as PDF via email to the Workshop Chairs.
Instructions for Authors
The submitted papers should follow the same policy and conditions of ICDAR 2021 conference papers. Papers should be formatted according to the instructions and style files provided by Springer. The LaTeX template for LNCS can be downloaded here. It is also available on Overleaf.
You can also see the author instructions on ICDAR Website for the format or download the LNCS Guidelines for authors.
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
Organizing committee
- Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello, Universität Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Hussein Mohammed, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Invited Speakers
To be announced
Publication
IWCP-2021 proceedings will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series.
Venue
Beaulieu Convention Center
Avenue des Bergières 10
1004 Lausanne
Switzerland
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to Dr. Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello and Dr. Hussein Mohammed.