*** ICDAR 2015 - Call for Papers *** --- IAPR 13th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR 2015) --- *** Tunis, Tunisia *** 23-26 August 2015 http://2015.icdar.org/ Important Dates: Workshops, Tutorials and Competitions Proposal Due: December 15, 2014 Paper submission: January 15, 2015 Acceptance: April 15, 2015 Doctoral Consortium: April 15, 2015 Camera-ready due: May 15, 2015 ICDAR 2015 Publication: IEEE Plenary Speakers: * Prof. David Doermann, Program Manager, DARPA, USA * Prof. Koichi Kise, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan * IAPR/ICDAR Outstanding Achievements Award Recipient (will be announced soon!) --------------------- ICDAR is the premier international forum for researchers and practitioners in the document analysis community for identifying, encouraging and exchanging ideas on the state-of-the-art technology in document analysis, understanding, retrieval, and performance evaluation. The term document in the context of ICDAR encompasses a broad range of documents from historical forms such as palm leaves and papyrus to traditional documents and modern multimedia documents. ICDAR 2015 is sponsored by the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) and technically co-sponsored by TC-10 (Graphics Recognition), TC-11(Reading Systems), IEEE Computer Society (pending approval), IEEE Region 8 (pending approval), and Tunisian Chapter of the IEEE Computer Society. The conference program will include workshops, tutorials, competitions, and doctoral consortium, along with prominent keynote speakers and paper presentations. ~~~THEMES~~~ The conference includes the following themes: Character and symbol recognition: a) Alphanumeric characters b) Chemical, mathematical, shorthand symbols, etc. Printed/Handwritten text recognition: a) Language and script recognition b) Text linguistics c) On-line specific problems Graphics analysis and recognition: a) Map, drawing, diagram analysis b) Logos, stamp, etc. identification/characterisation Document analysis: a) Basic processing (binarisation, enhancement, etc.) b) Segmentation (line, word, character, data stream,) c) Printed/handwriting separation d) Layout structure e) Form, table, bank check, postal address processing Document understanding: a) Document information extraction (spotting, entity extraction, etc.) b) Mathematical, chemical expressions analysis c) Reverse engineering Digital libraries: a) Standards and formats b) Retrieval for users c) Database generation d) Groundtruthing and evaluation Ancient/Historical documents: a) Special digitization and enhancement b) Multi-manuscript Collections c) Applications Document based forensics: a) Individuality of handwriting (writer identification, health related effects) b) Forgery detection c) Duplication detection d) Novel detection e) Signature analysis Born-digital document: a) On-line handwriting, graphics, etc. b) Internet document processing Camera and video based scene text analysis: a) Text-based image retrieval b) Navigation aid (Street images) c) Sign translation Document Imaging Systems: a) Multi-/Hyper- Spectral images b) High Dynamic Range images Proceedings: Registered and Presented papers will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases. Ranking: ICDAR is ranked by CORE as a conference of category 'A' (excellent conference). Author Guidelines: --------------------------------------------- Prospective authors are invited to submit original and high-quality work for presentation at the IAPR ICDAR 2015. Deadline: January 15, 2015. https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icdar2015 Manuscript length: 5 pages maximum. This is a strict page limit. Single blind reviewing: ICDAR 2015 follows a single-blind review process. Authors are required to include their names and affiliations in their papers as illustrated in the sample templates. Templates (Microsoft Word and LaTeX) can be found at the following link: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html ~~~Call for Related Activities (Deadline: December 15, 2015)~~~ Workshops: Post-conference workshops offer a unique opportunity for in-depth discussions of specific topics in Document Analysis and Recognition. Researchers interested in organizing workshops are invited to send a proposal to the workshops chairs. http://2015.icdar.org/activities/workshops/ Tutorials: ICDAR 2015 will feature pre-conference tutorials addressing fundamental and advanced topics in Document Analysis and Recognition. Researchers interested in organizing tutorials are invited to submit a formal proposal. http://2015.icdar.org/activities/tutorials/ Competitions: Researchers interested in organizing competitions within the framework of the Conference are invited to submit proposals. Competitions should aim at evaluating the performance of algorithms and methods related to areas of document analysis and recognition. http://2015.icdar.org/activities/competitions/ ~~~Sponsors & Exhibitions~~~ We invite you to be a sponsor of the 13th ICDAR 2015 and thus play an essential role for the success of the conference. We expect to welcome more than 300 experts and researchers from all over the world and numerous high-ranking guests. Therefore, we anticipate extensive coverage of the event in the media. To take advantage of these opportunities and to help enhance them, corporations, research centers, universities and individuals are invited to become sponsors of ICDAR'2015. It will be a good opportunity to present your enterprise and your expertise to a distinguished audience. We are looking forward to a successful cooperation with you! http://2015.icdar.org/sponsors-exhibitors/sponsorship-exhibitor/ ~~~VENUE~~~ ICDAR 2015 will be held in RAMADA Plaza Tunis Hotel in Gammarth, 20 km from the main international airport in Tunisia (TUN). Beautifully positioned on an unspoiled sandy beach on the Côtes de Carthage, the hotel is ideal for your business stay and a relaxing holiday. ICDAR 2015 will offer FREE Tunis Airport - Hotel transfer service for participants staying in the venue Hotel. Tunisia is known for its golden beaches, sunny weather, fabulous archaeological sites, upscale spa thalasso therapy, and affordable luxuries. It is now a democratic modern country in which liberty, peace and safety are guaranteed! All Tunisian people are here to welcome you and make you spend an unforgettable stay. ~~~COMMITTEE~~~ Honorary Chair: Sebastiano Impedovo, University of Bari, Italy General Chairs: Adel M. Alimi, University of Sfax, Tunisia Volker Märgner, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany Jean-Marc Ogier, University of La Rochelle, France Executive Chair: Haikal El Abed, GIZ, Technical Trainers College, Saudi Arabia Program Chairs: Abdel Belaïd, University of Nancy 2, France Bidyut B. Chaudhuri, Indian Statistical Institute, India Mohamed Cheriet, ETS, Canada Tutorials Chairs: Venu Govindaraju, University at Buffalo, USA Marcus Liwicki, Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Germany Workshops Chairs: Laurence Likforman-Sulem, Telecom Paris Tech, France Seiichi Uchida, Kyushu University, Japan Competitions Chairs: Apostolos Antonacopoulos, U. Salford, United Kingdom Umapada Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, India Liu Wenyin, City Univ. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Publicity Chairs: Michael Blumenstein, Griffith University, Australia Josep Llados, U. Autonoma Barcelona, Spain Sponsors & Exhibitions Chairs: Rolf Ingold, Univ. Fribourg, Switzerland Robert Sabourin, ETS, Canada Local information contact: Habib M. KAMMOUN REGIM-Lab., ENIS, University of Sfax Tunisia Phone: +216 55 414 610 e-mail: Habib.Kammoun@ieee.org =================================