ICDAR 2021 Workshop on

Arabic and derived Script Analysis and Recognition

(ASAR 2021, 4th edition)

in conjunction with 16th ICDAR 2021

SEP 6th, 2021

Lausanne, Switzerland

Call for Papers

Welcome !

It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in the 4th edition of the ICDAR 2021 Workshop on Arabic and derived Script Analysis and Recognition (ASAR 2021), which will be organized on the 6th of September 2021 in Lausanne, Switzerland, in conjunction with ICDAR (16th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition).

The workshop is organized by REGIM Lab (University of Sfax, Tunisia), in partnership with IEEE Tunisia Section and its IEEE Computer Society chapter.

The ASAR workshop provides an excellent opportunity for researchers and practitioners at all levels of experience to meet colleagues and to share new ideas and knowledge about Arabic and derived script document analysis and recognition methods. The workshop enjoys strong participation from researchers in both industry and academia.

Important dates

Abstract Submission: May 10th, 2021
Full Paper Submission: May 17th, 2021

(11:59 pm Pacific time)

Acceptance Notification: June 21st, 2021
Camera Ready: July 5th, 2021

Relevant topics and technologies

Printed/Handwritten text recognition
Word spotting
Machine and deep learning for script recognition
Arabic (and derived scripts*) recognition in the context of Big Data
Multimedia processing
Forensic Arabic (and derived) document analysis
Historical Arabic (and derived) document analysis
Authoring, annotation, and presentation systems
Pen-based user interface
Camera-based Arabic (and derived) document image analysis
Arabic (and derived) Document retrieval systems
Arabic (and derived) Document analysis for mobile devices, for the internet
Arabic (and derived) Document databases
Arabic (and derived) Document understanding
Arabic (and derived script) recognition for Smart Systems
Computational Imaging

* Derived languages includes: Pashto, Urdu, Persian, Jawi, Uyghur, Kurdish, etc.

Committee

Adel M. Alimi

University of Sfax

Tunisia

Bidyut Baran Chaudhur

Indian Statistical Institute

Kolkata, India

Amir Hussain

Edinburgh Napier University

Scotland, UK

Imran Razzak

Deakin University

Australia

Fadoua Drira

University of Sfax

Tunisia

John Do

Institute

City, Country

Jane Doe

Institute

City, Country

Tarek M. Hamdani

University of Monastir

Tunisia

Pleanary Speaker

FEATURED RESEARCH & INDUSTRY EXPERT

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Speaker

Affiliation

Short Biography

Program

Monday SEP 6th, 2021