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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]><i>With apologies for cross-posting -<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear D-scribes mailing list,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please find below the call for papers for the <b>second International Workshop on Computational Paleography (IWCP2)</b> that I co-organize with Hussein Mohammed (CSMC, Hamburg) as part of ICDAR 2023 post-conference. Deadline is <b>May 1<sup>st</sup></b>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Don’t hesitate to disseminate <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>All the best<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Call for Papers<br>The second <b>International Workshop on Computational Paleography</b> (IWCP2) will take place in <b>San José on August 25th</b> in conjunction with the 17th Int. Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR). <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It aims at reflecting state of the art research on <b>historical handwriting analysis</b>. It is planned for half a day with a keynote talk, oral presentations, and lively discussions. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>The <a href="https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/iwcp2023.html">IWCP 2023</a> welcomes the submission of original, previously unpublished work that is relevant to its topics of interest:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Handwriting style analysis (definition and identification of script types)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Recognition, detection, classification and comparison of handwriting elements (such as letters, words, and symbols)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Writer identification and retrieval<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Joins identification among manuscript fragments<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Manuscript clustering according to measurement of key features in scripts and layout<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Recovery of illegible/lost writing (palimpsest, faded/damaged writing)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Material analysis of inks, colourants, binders and writing supports<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Non-invasive, on-site investigations of written artefacts<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Reconstruction of writing processes<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Provenance studies<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Dating terminus post quem<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Paleographic applications of handwriting modelling<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Quantitative methods applied to Paleography<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Software applications supporting paleographical research<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Virtual Research Environments, Virtual Libraries and annotated corpora supporting paleographical research (e.g. IIIF-based)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Historical research questions based on challenging handwritten corpora requiring computational support <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Participants can choose between two formats:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>A full-paper 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;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>An abstract (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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Deadline is <b>May 1<sup>st</sup> 2023.</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>See more on the submission procedure at <a href="https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/iwcp2023/submission.html">https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/iwcp2023/submission.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For work on historical documents in general that are not focusing on handwriting or paleography, we recommend you have a look at <a href="https://blog.sbb.berlin/hip2023/">HIP23</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Note that it will be an <b>in person event</b> (with a possibility to be recorded for post-conference diffusion).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>All questions about submissions should be emailed to Dr. Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello (<a href="mailto:i.marthot-santaniello@unibas.ch">i.marthot-santaniello@unibas.ch</a>) and Dr. Hussein Mohammed (<a href="mailto:hussein.adnan.mohammed@uni-hamburg.de">hussein.adnan.mohammed@uni-hamburg.de</a>).<br><br>Best regards<br>Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello, co-organizer<br>d-scribes.org<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>