============================================================================ IAPR TC-11 Newsletter November 2013 http://www.iapr-tc11.org ========== Contents ======================================================== * Message from the Editor * Dates 'n' Deadlines - ICPR 2014, Stockholm, Sweden December 20 * New and Recently Published Datasets * Call for Participation - 2nd Internationdal Document Image Processing Summer School (IDIPS 2014) * Call for Dataset Submissions * Call for Contributions ============================================================================ ========== Message from the Editor ========================================= Welcome to the November edition of our TC-11 newsletter. This edition brings to you the Call for Participation for the Second Internationdal Document Image Processing Summer School (IDIPS 2014) that will be held on the island of Fourni, Greece from May 26 to May 30 2014. Gernot A. Fink, IAPR-TC11 Newsletter Editor Gernot.Fink@udo.edu ============================================================================ ========== Dates 'n' Deadlines ============================================= Event/Location/Web: Event Date: Deadline (paper submission): ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- * DAS 2014, Tours, France April 7-10 2014 -passed- (http://das2014.univ-tours.fr/) * Int. Conf. on Natural Sciences and December 4-6, 2013 -passed- Technology in Manuscript Analysis Hamburg, Germany (http://www.manuscript-cultures.uni-hamburg.de/register_natural_sciences.html) * ICPR 2014, Stockholm, Sweden August 24-28 2014 December 20 (http://www.icpr2014.org/) * ICFHR 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece September 1-4 2014 February 10 (http://www.icfhr2014.org/ - Tutorial Proposals November 1 - Competition Proposals November 1 ============================================================================ ========== New and Recently Published: TC-11 Datasets ====================== For a list of all datasets available visit: http://www.iapr-tc11.org/mediawiki/index.php/Datasets_List ============================================================================ ========== IDIPS 2014: Call for Participation ============================== 2nd Internationdal Document Image Processing Summer School (IDIPS2014) Fourni Island, Greece - May 26-30, 2014 http://samosweb.aegean.gr/idips2014/ Organization ------------ Program Chairs Apostolos Antonacopoulos , PRImA, University of Salford Ergina Kavallieratou , University of the Aegean Josep Llados , CVC, University Autonoma de Barcelona Program Committee David Doermann , University of Maryland Daniel Lopresti , Lehigh University Jean-Marc Ogier , Universite de La Rochelle Ioannis Pratikakis , Democritus University of Thrace After the successful first Summer School on Document Image Processing (IDIP S2013), (http://www.iapr.org/docs/newsletter-2013-03.pdf p.13-14) the second Summer School on Document Image Processing (IDIPS2014) aims to provide both an objective overview and an in-depth analysis of the state-of-the-art of the Document Analysis Systems (DAS) and their current open issues. The courses will be delivered by world-renowned researchers in the field and relevant companies, covering both theoretical and practical aspects of real problems of Document Analysis Systems, as well as examples of successful applications. This year, the school aims to provide an attractive opportunity for 40 young researchers, post-graduate and PhD students. The participants will benefit from direct interaction and discussions with the renowned speakers and practice on real problems. Important Dates --------------- APPLICATION: 1/1/14 - 30/4/14 (or up to 40 persons) Acceptance Notification: 10 days after the application Local Arrangements Information available by: 15 May 2014 Summer School: 26-30 May 2014 ============================================================================ ========== Call for Dataset Submissions ==================================== We would like to remind you that the TC10 and TC11 welcome contributions of new datasets or other resources related to the community. We would like to particularly encourage authors of articles that introduce new datasets, software or other material to submit such material to TC11 for hosting. Please check the TC11 site on information about how to submit datasets for archiving ( http://www.iapr-tc11.org/mediawiki/index.php/Datasets) also feel free to contact Marcus Liwicki, the TC11 dataset curator, for any doubts you might have on the process. 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