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22nd Conference of the International Graphonomics Society (IGS 2025)

Polytechnique Montréal, Canada | June 2–5, 2025
Theme: Investigating Human Movements – Handwriting and Beyond

We cordially invite you to the 22nd Conference of the International Graphonomics Society (IGS 2025), held at Polytechnique Montréal, Canada, from June 2 to 5, 2025. This conference is the premier forum for presenting new advances and research results in graphonomics and in human movement at large from an interdisciplinary point of view.

This prestigious conference is organized to provide an international platform for academics, researchers, and professionals. It allows students to share their research findings with global and experienced experts.

General Chair: Réjean Plamondon and the Organizing Committee


Keynote Speakers

Carl-Éric Aubin

Carl-Éric Aubin

Polytechnique Montréal, Canada

Simon J. Graham

Simon J. Graham

Sunnybrook Research Institute, Canada

Sylvain Calinon

Sylvain Calinon

Idiap Research Institute, Switzerland


IGS 2025 Topics

Methods

  • Motion capture (wearables, image/video acquisition, pen and touch tablets)
  • Movement analysis (signal/image/video processing, hand and finger movements, human pose estimation and tracking, biomechanics)
  • Movement segmentation and gesture recognition (features extraction, classification, identification and representation, machine learning, and natural language description)
  • Multimodal fusion and registration (with EEG, EMG, voice recording, eye tracking, multi-limb or contralateral movements)
  • Neurosciences and motor control
  • Robotics and motion control, anthropomorphic robots
  • Motion-based human-machine interface and augmented/virtual reality
  • Handwriting, signature and movement synthesis, generative AI
  • Document analysis and recognition (print, handwriting, drawing, images)

Applications

  • Healthcare (health monitoring, movement disorders, physical rehabilitation, physiotherapy, aging at home, detection of injuries, Parkinson and Alzheimer diseases)
  • Education (handwriting learning and assessment, teaching methods, early screening of motor aptitude and disorders)
  • Sports (performance assessment, non-invasive prediction of injuries or drugs)
  • Arts (cultural heritage, calligraphy, painting, drawing, music playing, dance, sculpting)
  • Forensic and security (signature verification, writer identification, handwritten document forgery detection, biometric motion identification)

Datasets

  • Handwriting, signature and movement datasets
  • Privacy preservation, data anonymization
  • Biomarkers in handwriting and human movements
  • Gold standards benchmarks

Important Dates

  • Abstract submission opening: November 2024
  • Registration opening: February 24, 2025
  • Abstract submission deadline: March 3, 2025
  • Paper acceptance notice: April 9, 2025
  • Presenting author registration deadline: April 15, 2025
  • Early bird registration deadline: April 15, 2025
  • Camera-ready deadline: May 5, 2025
  • Special Call for demos deadline: May 28, 2025
  • IGS 2025 Conference: June 2–5, 2025
  • Deadline for submission to special issues: September 15, 2025

Program

Download IGS 2025 Program (PDF)


Student Awards

  • Best Student Paper Award on Graphonomics
    Sponsored by the International Graphonomics Society
    Diploma and 500 US$ prize
  • Best Student Paper Award on Forensic Document Examination
    Sponsored by the Association for Forensic Document Examiners
    Diploma and 500 US$ prize

Proceedings and Special Issues

Conference Proceedings

Accepted Extended Abstracts published as Proceedings of the 22nd IGS conference: Investigating Human Movements: Handwriting and Beyond, Réjean Plamondon, Eva Alonso Ortiz, Benjamin De Leener and Lama Seoul, Editors, Presses Internationales Polytechnique 2025. Open access, indexed in CPCI, Scopus, EI Engineering Index, Google Scholar, DBLP.

Conference Recording

All sessions were fully recorded for post-conference streaming, available to all registered attendees for up to three months after the event.

Special Issues

  • Pattern Recognition Letters — Contact Editor: Claudio De Stefano. Associate editors: Céline Rémi, Lama Seoud and Réjean Plamondon
  • International Journal of Forensic Document Examination — Contact Editor: Angelo Marcelli. Associate editors: Heidi Harralson, Frederic Fol Leymarie and Réjean Plamondon
  • Human Movement Science — Contact Editor: Arend Van Gemmert. Associate editors: Karina Lebel, Eva Alonso Ortiz and Réjean Plamondon
  • IEEE Transactions on Human Machine Systems — Contact Editor: Luis Leiva. Associate editors: Mickael Begon, Benjamin De Leener and Réjean Plamondon

Committees

Local Organizing Committee — Polytechnique Montréal, Canada

  • Réjean Plamondon, General Chair
  • Eva Alonso Ortiz
  • Benjamin De Leener
  • Lama Seoud
  • Amal Bennani (Administration)
  • Laurène Cicéri (Finance)
  • Neila Kaou (Conseillère R&D, Institut TransMedTech)

International Steering Committee (IGS Board)

  • Claudio De Stefano (Italy)
  • Angelo Marcelli (Italy)
  • Réjean Plamondon (Canada)
  • Hans-Leo Teulings (USA)
  • Arend Van Gemmert (USA)
  • Céline Rémi (Guadeloupe, France)
  • Andreas Fischer (Switzerland)
  • Ana Rita Matias (Portugal)
  • Erika Griechisch (Hungary)
  • Sara Rosenblum (Israel)
  • Heidi Harralson (USA)
  • Masaki Nakagawa (Japan)
  • Moises Diaz (Spain)

Program Chairs

  • Céline Rémi (Guadeloupe, France) — Program Chair, Growth and Learning
  • Mickaël Begon (Canada) — Program co-Chair, Performance and Rehabilitation
  • Karina Lebel (Canada) — Program co-Chair, Aging and Healthcare
  • Frederic Fol Leymarie (United Kingdom) — co-Chair, Art, Robotics and Forensics

Program Committee

Yoshinori Akao (Japan), Ali Reza Alaei (Australia), Eric Anquetil (France), François Bailly (France), Mickael Begon (Canada), Daniel Berio (United Kingdom), Hala Bezine (Tunisie), Leslie Bishko, Nathalie Bonneton Botté (France), Sylvain Calinon (Switzerland), Cristina Carmona-Duarte (Spain), Yury Chernov (Switzerland), Marion Cossin (Canada), Tiziana D’Alessandro (Italy), Jérémy Danna (France), Giuseppe De Gregorio (Switzerland), Olivier Deussen (Germany), Nicolò Di Toma (Italy), Moises Diaz (Spain), Moussa Djioua (Canada), Peter Drotar (Slovakia), Jagoda Dzida (Poland), Jose Echevarria (USA), Mounîm A. El-Yacoubi (France), Marcos Faundez-Zanuy (Spain), Miguel A Ferrer (Spain), Andreas Fischer (Switzerland), Frederic Fol Leymarie (United Kingdom), Francesco Fontanella (Italy), Sonia Garcia-Salicetti (France), Nathalie Girard (France), Marta Gomez-Barrero, Erika Griechisch (Hungary), Caroline Jolly (France), Dahlia Kairy (Canada), Karina Lebel (Canada), Luis Leiva (Luxembourg), Angelo Marcelli (Italy), Ana Rita Matias (Portugal), Mario Molinara (Italy), Linton Mohammed (USA), Ján Mucha (Czech Republic), Masaki Nakagawa (Japan), Adina Panchea, Antonio Parziale (Italy), Réjean Plamondon (Canada), Ioannis Pratikakis (Greece), Lionel Prevost (France), Sébastien Regis (Guadeloupe), Céline Rémi (Guadeloupe), Sara Rosenblum (Israel), Robert Sabourin (Canada), Anna Scius-Bertrand (Switzerland), Alessandra Scotto di Freca (Italy), Seymour Simmons III (USA), Michael Stroh (Germany), Jean Vaillant (Guadeloupe), Arend Van Gemmert (USA), Felipe Verdugo (Canada), Nicole Vincent (France), Annie Vinter (France), Emily Will (USA).


Partners

Gold Partners

IGS
Polytechnique Montréal
Scribens

Bronze Partners

NeuroScribens
TransMedTech
CENPARMI
NeuroScript