IAPR TC11 Newsletter 2023 12
December, 2023
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- Message from the Editor
- Dates and Deadlines
- Deadlines
- Upcoming Conferences and Events
- Open Call for Organizing DAR Events *(repost)*
- Assistant Professor Position Opening in AI (e.g., document recognition/analysis) at RIT, USA
- Call for Papers (CFP) for ICDAR 2024
- ICPR 2024 Calls
- Call for Papers (CFP) for ICPR 2024 *(repost)*
- Call for Competitions for ICPR 2024
- Datasets
- TC11 Datasets Repository
- Recently published datasets *(repost)*
- Where to share datasets
- TC11 Datasets Repository
Dear TC11 members,
I would like to invite you to follow our X (formerly Twitter) page of TC11 Reading Systems with the handle: @IAPR_TC11. We post updates, deadlines, datasets etc. specially for updates during the periods between two newsletter issues.
In this issue you will find several calls; the open call for organizing our major DAR events that will be held in the coming years, a call for papers for ICDAR 2024 and calls for papers, tutorials, competitions and workshops for ICPR 2024.
There is a job opening for an assistant professor position in AI (e.g., document recognition/analysis) at RIT, USA.
As usual, make sure you check the deadlines and events of 2024.
With this last newsletter of the year 2023, I ask you all to pray for world peace and I wish you all happy holidays and a happy new year!
Nibal Nayef, TC11 Communication Officer
( n.nayef@gmail.com )
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Deadlines
2024
- January 31 Proposal submission for hosting ICDAR 2027
- February 1 Paper submission for ICDAR 2024
- March 1 Competition proposal submission for ICPR 2024
- March 20 Paper submission for ICPR 2024
- March 31 Workshop proposal submission for ICPR 2024
- April 5 Proposal submission for hosting SSDA 2025
- June 15 Tutorial submission for ICPR 2024
Upcoming Conferences and Events
2024
- ICPRAI 2024. Jeju Island, South Korea (June 18-21, 2024)
- ICDAR 2024. Athens, Greece (August 30 - September 4, 2024)
- ICPR 2024. Kolkata, India (December 01-05, 2024)
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 2027)
- DAS: International Workshop on Document Analysis Systems (satellite event of ICDAR in even years; next possibility in 2024)
- GREC: International Workshop on Graphics Recognition (satellite event of ICDAR in odd years; next possibility in 2025)
- SSDA: Summer School on Document Analysis (biannually in odd years; next possibility in 2025)
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 jean-christophe.burie@univ-lr.fr and andreas.fischer@unifr.ch, in order to receive feedback and support for preparing a proposal.
Jean-Christophe Burie (Chair, TC10)
Andreas Fischer (Chair, TC11)
Assistant Professor Position (areas related to AI)
Department of Computer Science
Rochester Institute of Technology
The Department of Computer Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology invites applications for a full-time tenure-track assistant professor position in all areas of artificial intelligence that strengthen our department. We are particularly interested in candidates working in the intersection of AI/ML and health or AI/ML and security, but candidates working in all areas related to artificial intelligence are encouraged to apply. Successful applicants are expected to contribute to the scholarship of the department and college through externally funded research and through teaching and mentoring of BS, MS, and PhD students.
Apply online: https://careers.rit.edu/faculty. Keyword Search: 8388BR.
Please submit the following:
- A cover letter addressing the required qualifications for this position.
- A curriculum vitae.
- A research statement.
- A teaching statement.
- A diversity statement.
- The names and contact information of three references.
You can contact the search committee with questions on the position at: cs-facsearch@rit.edu. For guaranteed consideration, candidates should apply by January 2, 2024.
Required minimum qualifications:
- PhD in computer science or closely related discipline by the date of appointment.
- Ongoing strong publication record and potential for obtaining external funding in an area of artificial intelligence that strengthens our department.
- Commitment to and experience in teaching and mentoring BS, MS, and PhD students in computer science.
- Ability to contribute in meaningful ways to the RIT’s continuing commitment to cultural diversity, pluralism, and individual differences.
- Ability to communicate effectively in English.
Computer Science (https://cs.rit.edu) is the largest department at RIT. Our student-centered programs are home to nearly 1,400 students pursuing BS, MS, BS/MS, and PhD degrees. Student employment rates upon graduation are over 98%, often with leading technology companies. Our innovative problem-based introductory programming sequence has been continuously updated, in part through research projects funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The BS in Computer Science program at RIT is ranked 54th in the U.S. News and World Reports 2022 ranking of Best Undergraduate Computer Science Programs. Our faculty publish in top-tier venues and contribute to leading conferences and journals. Funded research is carried out in the areas of artificial intelligence, computing education, data science, distributed systems, graphics and visualization, pervasive computing, programming languages, security, and theory (https://rit.edu/computing/department-computer-science#research). Students at all levels participate in research projects, including through NSF-sponsored undergraduate research programs. Our PhD students have made meaningful contributions to their respective areas and gone on to secure excellent positions in industry and academia. Faculty are encouraged to develop new courses and teach in their area of interest and have a low teaching load with capped class sizes.
The Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences prepares students to change the world through computing; GCCIS is home to the departments of Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computing Security, School of Information, and the School of Interactive Games and Media. The college’s PhD program in Computer and Information Sciences is ranked 57th by CSRankings.org. The college has over 130 full‐time faculty and more than 4,200 undergraduate and 960 graduate students. RIT is an interdisciplinary research hub, with research groups and communities encompassing a range of domain areas, including the Global Cybersecurity Institute (https://rit.edu/cybersecurity), RIT’s Personalized Healthcare Technology initiative (https://pht.rit.edu), the Center for Human‐Aware Artificial Intelligence (https://rit.edu/chai), the Center for Accessibility and Inclusion Research (https://cair.rit.edu), the Center for Advancing STEM Teaching, Learning and Evaluation (https://rit.edu/castle/), the Media Arts Games Interaction Creativity (MAGIC) Center (https://magic.rit.edu), the Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation (https://ccrg.rit.edu/), the Golisano Institute for Sustainability (https://rit.edu/sustainabilityinstitute/).
Salary range: $100K-$115K
RIT does not discriminate. RIT is an equal opportunity employer that promotes and values diversity, pluralism, and inclusion. For more information or inquiries, please visit RIT/TitleIX or the U.S. Department of Education at ED.Gov.
The organizing committee of ICDAR 2024 invites researchers to submit papers to the upcoming 18th edition of ICDAR which will take place from 30 August - 4 September 2024 in Athens, Greece.
Submit your papers by Thursday 1 February 2024 via this link:
https://icdar2024.net/call-for-papers-2/
The format of the conference will build upon best practices of previous ICDAR conferences and will feature keynote talks, main track sessions, presentations, panel discussions, poster sessions, side workshops and social events.
This is an ICPR-2024 call for Papers / Workshops / Tutorials / Competitions:
Greetings from the ICPR-2024 organizing committee!
The International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR) is the flagship conference of the International Association of Pattern Recognition and the premier conference in Pattern Recognition, covering Computer Vision, Machine learning, Image, Speech, Sensor pattern processing etc.
ICPR-2024 is the 27th event of the series which will be held at Kolkata, India during December 1-5, 2024.
ICPR-2024 Organizing committee invites prospective researchers to submit papers, workshop proposals, tutorial proposals, competition proposals, etc.
Information about the calls for Papers/Workshops/Tutorials/Competitions are available at the links in the left column of the ICPR-2024 website:
The deadlines for the different calls are as follows:
- Paper submission deadline: March 20, 2024
- Workshop proposal submission deadline: March 31, 2024
- Tutorial proposal submission deadline: June 15, 2024
- Competition Proposal submission deadline: March 1, 2024
Thank you very much and we are looking forward to your participation in ICPR-2024.
Organization Committee:
Umapada Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India
Josef Kittler, University of Surrey, UK
Anil Jain, Michigan State University, USA
Call for Papers (CFP) for ICPR 2024 (repost)
The International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR) is the flagship conference of the International Association of Pattern Recognition and the premier conference in Pattern Recognition, covering Computer Vision, Machine learning, Image, Speech, Sensor Pattern Processing etc. ICPR-2024 is the 27th event of the series which will be held at Kolkata, India during December 1-5, 2024. This conference provides a great opportunity to nurture new ideas and collaborations for students, academics, and industry researchers. ICPR-2024 will cover the following six tracks:
- Artificial Intelligence, Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning
- Computer and Robot Vision
- Image, Speech, Signal and Video Processing
- Biometrics and Human Computer Interaction
- Document Analysis and Recognition
- Biomedical Imaging and Bioinformatics
The main conference has several highlights, including keynotes by top experts, invited talks by academic and industry professionals, oral paper presentation, poster paper presentation, etc. ICPR-2024 will also have many workshops and Tutorials.
Prospective authors are invited to submit papers.
Important deadlines for ICPR-2024 are as follows:
- Paper submission open: January 20, 2024
- Paper submission deadline: March 20, 2024
- Reviews sent to authors (Acceptance/rejection/Revision): June 20, 2024
- Revision / rebuttal submission deadline: July 10, 2024
- Final Acceptance notification: August 5, 2024
- Camera-ready submission: August 31, 2024
Submission and Review:
ICPR-2024 will follow a single-blind review process. Authors can include their names and affiliations in the manuscript.
Paper Format and Length:
Springer LNCS format with maximum 15 pages (including references) during paper submission. To take care of reviewers’ comments, one more page is allowed (without any charge) during revised/camera ready submission. Moreover, authors may purchase up to 2 extra pages.
Springer LNCS paper formatting instructions and templates for ICPR-2024 are available in the icpr2024 website: (https://icpr2024.org/cfp.html)
The PDF version of the CFP has been attached for your kind reference. Please visit the ICPR-2024 website (icpr2024.org) for more details.
Contact
For any enquiry please contact the ICPR-2024 Secretariat via email at icpr2024@gmail.com and icpr2024@isical.ac.in
Please also circulate it among your colleagues.
The ICPR-2024 organizing committee is looking forward to your participation in ICPR-2024.
ICPR-2024 General Chairs:
- Umapada Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India
- Josef Kittler, University of Surrey, UK
- Anil Jain, Michigan State University, USA
ICPR-2024 Program Chairs:
- Rama Chellappa, Johns Hopkins University, USA
- Apostolos Antonacopoulos, University of Salford, UK
- Cheng-Lin Liu, Institute of Automation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- Subhasis Chaudhuri, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Call for Competitions for ICPR 2024
The ICPR 2024 Organizing Committee invites proposals for competitions that aim at evaluating the performance of algorithms and methods related to pattern recognition. We encourage competition proposals with a solid plan to remain active and challenging for the community over and above ICPR 2024.
Competition Important Dates (2024):
March 1: Competition Proposal Due
March 15: Competition Acceptance Notification
April 2: Individual Competition Websites are Live
July 21: Deadline for competition participants
August 18: Initial Submission of Competition Reports Deadline
September 2: Camera-Ready Papers Due
October 28: Communicate Winners to Chairs
December 1-5: Presentation at ICPR Conference
Competition Proposal Requirements
You are cordially invited to submit a proposal, that should contain the following information:
- Contest title and abstract. Note: The name of competition must be standardized by starting with “ICPR 2024” e.g. “ICPR 2024 Competition on …” or “ICPR 2024 … Competition.”
- A brief description of the competition, including what the particular task under evaluation is, why this competition is of interest to the ICPR community, and the expected number of participants
- An outline of the competition schedule
- Description of the dataset to be used, and the evaluation process and metrics for submitted methods
- The names, contact information, and brief CVs of the competition organizers, outlining previous experience in performance evaluation and/or organizing competitions
Proposal Acceptance Criteria
- Datasets used in the competitions must be made available after the end of the competitions. Specifically, the training data and ground truth must be publicly released and there must be a way to evaluate performance on a test set. This could take the form of an evaluation server, or the test data, ground truth, and evaluation script could be made publicly available.
- Evaluation methodologies and metrics used must be described in detail so that results can be replicated later. Evaluation scripts must be released afterwards.
- Each competition has to be presented with a poster at a prominent place at the conference venue, and some good competitions may be selected for oral presentation during ICPR 2024.
- Competitions must have a sufficient number of participants (greater or equal to 3) to be able to draw meaningful conclusions.
- Reports (full papers) on each competition will be reviewed and, if accepted (the competition ran according to plan, attracted a minimum level of participation and is appropriately described), will be published in the ICPR 2024 conference proceedings.
- Participants should not have access to the ground-truth test dataset until the end of the competition. The evaluation should be done by the organizers.
Submission Guidelines & Inquiries
All proposals should be submitted by electronic mail to the Competition Chairs (Lian Wen Jin, Richard Zanibbi, and Laurence Likforman-Sulem) via: icpr2024competition@gmail.com
For any inquiries you may have regarding the competitions, please contact us via above email.
TC11 Datasets Repository
Recently published datasets (repost)
A Public Ground-Truth Dataset for Handwritten Circuit Diagram Images (CGHD)
- Contributed: 2023-11-20
- Keywords: Engineering Diagrams, Schematic, Line Drawings, Object Detection, Semantic Segmentation, Instance Segmentation, Handwritten Text Recognition
- URL: https://tc11.cvc.uab.es/datasets/CGHD_1
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.
If you have new datasets (e.g., from competitions) that you wish to share with the research community, please use the online upload form. For questions and support, please contact the TC11 Dataset Curator (contact information is below).
Joseph Chazalon (TC11 Dataset Curator)
( joseph.chazalon@lrde.epita.fr )
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