Connectionists: Call for ICFHR 2022 Competitions

[Maroua MEHRI]

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Call for ICFHR 2022 Competitions

http://icfhr2022.org/call-for-com.php

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 The ICFHR2022 <http://icfhr2022.org/> organizing committee invites
proposals for competitions that aim at evaluating the performance of
algorithms and methods related to the field of handwriting recognition.

You are cordially invited to submit a proposal that should contain the
following information:

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   A brief description of the competition, including what the particular
   task under evaluation is and why this competition is of interest to the
   ICFHR community.
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   A draft of the outline of the competition describing the competition
   schedule, the expected number of participants and its rationale, which data
   is planned to be used, how the submitted methods will be evaluated, and
   which performance evaluation measures will be used.
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   The names, contact information, and brief CVs of the competition
   organizers, outlining previous experience in performance evaluation and/or
   organizing competitions.
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   The competition may be related to (but not limited to) the following
   areas:
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      Few-shot/zero-shot handwritten manuscript layout analysis/text
      recognition
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      Open set/open-world handwritten manuscript layout analysis/text
      recognition
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      Multilingual handwritten manuscript layout analysis/text recognition
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      Small size models for handwritten manuscript layout analysis/text
      recognition
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      Domain adaptation from printed to handwritten manuscript transcription
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      Transfer learning in handwritten manuscripts from one language to
      another
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      Degraded/low-quality handwritten manuscripts text recognition
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      Manuscript classification
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      Handwritten document image binarization
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      Historical scientific manuscript recognition
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      Image retrieval and text spotting for historical handwritten
      manuscripts
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      Detection, recognition and/or spotting of handwritten mathematical
      formula
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      Handwriting style analysis
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      Multi-script writer identification and retrieval
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      Online signature recognition and verification

The following rules shall apply to the accepted competitions:

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   Name of the competition must be standardized by starting with
   “ICFHR2022” (e.g. “ICFHR2022 Competition on …” or “ICFHR2022 …
   Competition.”).
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   Datasets used in the competitions must be made available through the
   TC10/TC11, online resources website after the end of the competitions (or
   equivalent arrangement by approval of the competition chairs).
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   Evaluation methodologies and metrics used must be described in detail so
   that results can be replicated later.
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   Participants should be encouraged to share their algorithms and code
   using one of the open-source licenses.
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   Competitions must have a sufficient number of participants (about 5,
   depending on the originality of the topic) to be able to draw meaningful
   conclusions.
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   Reports (full papers) on each competition will be reviewed and, if
   accepted (the competition runs according to plan and is appropriately
   described), will be published in the ICFHR2022 conference proceedings.
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   Competition results will be announced during a dedicated session of the
   ICFHR2022 conference.
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   Each competition has to be presented with a poster at a prominent place
   at the conference venue, selected competitions will get the chance to be
   presented orally in the dedicated session mentioned above.
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   Based on the analysis of the received proposals, the competition chairs
   will first synchronize with the competition organizers, and then submit a
   proposal to the program committee, in order to finalize the organization of
   the competitions.

Submission Guidelines

All proposals should be submitted by electronic mail to the competition
chairs (Rohit Saluja and Maroua Mehri) via: rohit.saluja at research.iiit.ac.in
maroua.mehri at gmail.com

Important Dates

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   Proposal due: June 05, 2022
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   Acceptance notification: June 12, 2022
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   Suggested deadline for competition participants: July 17, 2022
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   Initial submission of competition reports deadline: September 18, 2022
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   Camera-ready papers due: September 25, 2022

Inquiries

For any inquiries you may have regarding the competitions, please contact
the ICFHR2022 competition Chairs (Rohit Saluja and Maroua Mehri) via:
rohit.saluja at research.iiit.ac.in  maroua.mehri at gmail.com
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