MOCR 2011 - International Workshop on Multilingual OCR (MOCR)

MOCR 2011 invites the submission of original, previously unpublished work in any of the areas of interest to the multilingual OCR community. Submissions could also include preliminary experimental results based on new approaches, descriptions of newly created open data sets, proposals for competitions and extended work highlighting recent results that were too late for the ICDAR 2011 deadline.

The workshop will explore methodologies for multilingual document analysis systems with particular focus on OCR. The scope of Multilingual OCR is defined to include systems that are capable of reading more than one language in the same document, as well as one-language-per-document systems that can be easily retargeted to new languages. The workshop will provide a forum for technical discussions on three important themes:

progress in the last decade in multilingual OCR
adaptation and repurposing of proven methods for multilingual OCR
hard open research problems and promising new approaches
Contributions addressing (but not limited to) the following areas are invited:

Recognition Domains : Script and Language identification, Machine-print and handwriting
Evaluation Methodologies: Metrics, Standards, Ground truthing, Benchmark datasets
Multiple languages: Techniques applicable/retargetable to multiple languages/scripts
Document Analysis: Layout analysis, Reading order, Structured objects such as tables
Document types: Contemporary as well as historical documents, video text
Recognition methodologies: Techniques such as HMMs, suitable features, use of language models etc.
Instructions for submission of camera-ready copies of accepted papers can be found on the Submissions page.

Registration for the workshop will be handled by the ICDAR 2011 registration system.

Visa Assistance and Letters: Individuals requiring an official letter of invitation in order to attend the Workshop may send e-mail to the ICDAR2011 Secretariat (icdar2011-AT-gmail.com). This procedure is designed to assist participants who need to obtain a visa or permission to attend the conference, but does not cover registration fees or other expenses. The invitation does not imply provision of financial or other support. If you don't receive a confirmation of your request within a week, re-send your inquiry immediately. More information can be found at the Travel Information section of the ICDAR 2011 web site.