# IAPR TC-11 (Reading Systems) Newsletter ## March, 2026 **Online, phone-friendly version:** [March 2026 Newsletter](http://www.iapr-tc11.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=IAPR_TC11_Newsletter_2026_03) **TC-11:** [TC-11 Homepage](http://www.iapr-tc11.org)    **X (Twitter):** [iapr_tc11](https://twitter.com/iapr_tc11) ### TABLE OF CONTENTS - Message from the Editor - Dates and Deadlines - Deadlines - Upcoming Conferences and Events - Open Call for Organizing DAR Events - ICDAR 2026 Workshops: Submit and Participate - Biblissima+ Workshop: Call for Papers - ICPRAI 2026 - Call for Participation - Datasets - TC11 Datasets Repository Message from the Editor ======================= Dear TC11 members, The list of ICDAR 2026 workshops has been announced. I encourage you to have a look at their interesting topics, then submit your work and participate!. Biblissima+ in Paris is organizing a workshop on "Automatic Text Recognition - and Then?", find the call for papers in this issue. Happy reading. **Nibal Nayef, TC11 Communication Officer** ( ) **Join us!** If you are not already a member of the TC11 community, please consider joining the [TC11 mailing list](https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=iapr-tc11&A=1). **Follow us on X (Twitter) (iapr\_tc11):** Dates and Deadlines =================== Deadlines --------- **2026** - **April 15** Biblissima+ ATR Workshop submission (hard deadline) - **May 22** DAS workshop paper submission (hard deadline) - **May 22** HIP workshop paper submission Upcoming Conferences and Events ------------------------------- **2026** - [Biblissima+ "ATR and Then?" workshop](https://biblissim-ia-26.sciencesconf.org/resource/page?id=1&forward-action=page&forward-controller=resource&lang=en). Aubervilliers, Paris, France (June 15-17, 2026) - [ICPRAI 2026](https://icprai2026.com/). Montréal, Québec, Canada (June 15-18, 2026) - [ICPR 2026](https://icpr2026.org/index.html). Lyon, France (August 17-22, 2026) - [ICDAR 2026](https://icdar2026.org/). Vienna, Austria (August 30 - September 4, 2026) Open Call for Organizing DAR Events =================================== The IAPR technical committees on graphics recognition (TC10) and reading systems (TC11) are regularly organizing scientific events for the Document Analysis and Recognition (DAR) community, including the ICDAR flagship conference. In addition to specific calls for bids to host one of the events, we encourage teams to announce their interest in organizing one of the following events: - **ICDAR**: International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (annually; next possibility in **2029**) - **DAS**: International Workshop on Document Analysis Systems (satellite event of ICDAR in even years; next possibility in **2028**) - **HIP**: International Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and Processing (satellite event of ICDAR; next possibility in **2027**) - **GREC**: International Workshop on Graphics Recognition (satellite event of ICDAR in odd years; next possibility in **2027**) - **SSDA**: Summer School on Document Analysis (next possibility in **2027**) You may find the details of each specific call in the previous or future issues of this newsletter or in the respective websites of each event. Anyone interested in hosting one of these events is invited to announce their interest via email to and , in order to receive feedback and support for preparing a proposal. **KC Santosh (Chair, TC10)** **Andreas Fischer (Chair, TC11)** ICDAR 2026 Workshops: Submit and Participate ============================================ The final list of workshops of ICDAR 2026 has been announced, see: ***https://icdar2026.org/index.php/workshops/*** Including long-standing workshops: DAS, HIP and many other workshops with very interesting topics. Submissions normally stay open till well after the decision on ICDAR papers has been made. Biblissima+ Workshop: Call for Papers ===================================== [Biblissima+](https://projet.biblissima.fr/en) Cluster 3 (AI) invites submissions for its annual workshop held in Paris, Campus Condorcet between 15-17 June 2026. Workshop: "**Automatic Text Recognition - and Then?**" Automatic Text Recognition (ATR) works well now. But what can one do with it afterwards? Whether you do NER, post-ocr, digital editions, distant reading and automated cataloguing, knowledge graphs, epistemology and ethics, curatorial challenges, ... The full call of papers, topics of interest along with submission guidelines can be found at this link: https://biblissim-ia-26.sciencesconf.org/resource/page?id=1&forward-action=page&forward-controller=resource&lang=en Deadline for proposals of papers, sessions or posters : ***15 April 2026*** Accepted papers will be published (if authors want so) in a special issue of the Journal of Data Mining & Digital Humanities ([JDMDH](https://jdmdh.episciences.org/)), and there is some funding for travel expenses of speakers. Acknowledgment: EN: This event is taking place within the framework of the biblissima+ project, and benefits from state aid managed by the ANR under the "Programme d'investissements d'avenir" within the "France 2030" plan, bearing the reference ANR-21-ESRE-0005. FR: Cet événement a lieu dans le cadre du projet biblissima+ et bénéficie d'une aide de l'Etat gérée par l'ANR au titre du Programme d'investissements d'avenir intégré à France 2030, portant la référence ANR-21-ESRE-0005. ICPRAI 2026 - Call for Participation ==================================== Pattern Recognition and AI: What's the core of AI? Come and witness how PR (Pattern Recognition) makes AI work (Artificial Intelligence) at the 5th international conference on PR & AI, Montreal, Canada, June 15-18, 2026. Website: http://icprai2026.com or Alternate Website: https://users.encs.concordia.ca/\~icprai26/ where authors will present in person 70 state-of-the-art technical papers and 8 Competition papers. World-renowned Keynote Speakers composed of (a) the Editor-in-Chief of the journal of Pattern Recognition, (b) the President of IAPR (International Association for Pattern Recognition) who will talk about automated driving and what we do want from AI, and (c) Experts on deep learning and PR applications and solid-state batteries for Electrical Vehicles and various electrical appliances. For Competitions, we have 8 discussion-provoking papers on the following topics: - Why a lot more people know "AI" than "PR"? - What role does "PR" play in "AI" applications? - Do "AI" and "PR" really need guardrails? - Should students use AI for homework and assignments, and how is AI re-shaping education, particularly higher education? A panel of experts will share their experience on AI & PR in Scientific, financial, medical, industrial, educational, and other important topics in practical environments. Also, World Scientific Publishing will exhibit their PRAI books on site. We invite you to register at our website (above), which includes options for remote attendance and a very low fee for students. Please encourage your colleagues, friends, and students to attend this exciting conference in person or online. Thank you, Conference Committee **contact:** icprai26\@encs.concordia.ca Datasets ======== TC11 Datasets Repository ------------------------ **Where to share datasets** Did you know it? We have two official places for datasets: - Our historical platform for storage and listing: http://datasets.iapr-tc11.org - A Zenodo community (if you choose to submit your datasets there): https://zenodo.org/communities/iapr-tc11 TC11 maintains a collection of datasets that can be found online in the [TC11 Datasets Repository](http://www.iapr-tc11.org/mediawiki/index.php/Datasets). If you have new datasets (e.g., from competitions) that you wish to share with the research community, please use the [online upload form](http://tc11.cvc.uab.es/upload/). For questions and support, please contact the TC11 Dataset Curator (contact information is below). **Joseph Chazalon (TC11 Dataset Curator)** ( ) Contributions and Subscriptions ================================== **Call for Contributions:** To contribute news items, please send a short email to the editor, [Nibal Nayef](mailto:n.nayef@gmail.com). Contributions might include conference and workshop announcements or reports, job opportunities, book reviews, or anything else of interest to the TC11 community. **Subscription:** This newsletter is sent to subscribers of the IAPR TC11 mailing list. To join the TC11 mailing list, please click on [this link](https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=iapr-tc11&A=1). 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