16th IGS Conference: 10-13 Jun. 2013 Naraa, Japan (IGS2013) “Learn from the Past”
Nara, JAPAN, June 10-13, 2013
Call For Papers, 1-page (0.1 MB)
Call For Papers, 2-sided trifold (0.2 MB)
General Chair
Masaki Nakagawa nakagawa@cc.tuat.ac.jp
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
Advisory
Annie Vinter
University of Bourgogne, France
Program Committee
Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal
University of Houston, USA
Claudio De Stefano
University of Cassino, Italy
Heidi Harralson
Spectrum Consultants, USA
Koichi Kise
Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
Toshiyuki Kondo
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
Marcus Liwicki (Chair)
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Germany
Angelo Marcelli
University of Salerno, Italy
Rejean Plamondon
Ecole Polytechnique, Canada
Hans-Leo Teulings
NeuroScript, USA
Arend Van Gemmert
Louisiana State University, USA
Bilan Zhu (Co-chair)
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
Local Arrangement Committee
Akihito Kitadai (Chair)
J.F. Oberlin University, Japan
Seiji Hotta
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
Takeshi Nagasaki
Hitachi Central Research Lab., Japan
Hiroshi Tanaka
Fujitsu Lab., Japan
Akihiro Watanabe
Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Japan
Important dates:
Paper submission: February 10, 2013
Late-breaking paper submission: March 17, 2013
Authors notification: March 22, 2013
Camera-ready version: April 15, 2013
Author registration: April 15, 2013
Venue
The campus of Todaiji Temple (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todai-ji) in Nara, Japan. Todaiji is the largest wooden building in the world.
Nara is the ancient capital of Japan and 1.5 hour from the Kansai International Airport. Visit www.narashikanko.jp/en/.
Theme
The Conference theme is “Learn from the Past“, and will be a single-track international forum for discussion on recent advances in the fields of science, humanities, arts and technology of Graphonomics.
Topics
Neuro science and Brain science: Development, planning, control, learning and adaptation of grasping, writing & drawing movements; Neuroimaging; Brain mapping.
Computational models: Biomechanical models; Cognitive models; Handwriting perception and production; Neural networks.
Forensic science: Handwriting analysis; Handwriting features; Signature verification; Methods; Computer tools.
Pattern recognition: Off-line and on-line handwriting recognition; Writer identification and recognition; Signature verification.
Historical document processing and archiving: Image processing; Document retrieval; Digital museum.
Education: Handwriting evaluation; Teaching/Learning handwriting; Handwriting in education.
Fine arts: Drawing skill evaluation; Teaching/Learning drawing & painting; Writing music; History of writing/drawing in fine arts & music.
Analysis of fine motor control: Recording; Tracking; Processing; Handwriting production; Tools.
Medical applications: Movement disorders; Biomarkers and drugs; Rehabilitation therapies.
Applications: Brain-Machine/Computer Interfaces; Assistive & Rehabilitative robotics; Bio-robotics; Pen & touch-base Interfaces.
Submission details
Submit a paper (4-pages long, see Conference Website for template) falling in one of the following categories: survey or tutorial, research and on-going research.
Survey or tutorial papers should present the state of the art for any of the topics listed above, possibly focusing on the role that inter-disciplinarity has played in shaping that specific field.
Research papers should describe either theoretical or experimental works that have reached conclusive results.
On-going research papers should describe partial/preliminary results, successful applications of well-known techniques to specific domains, original or enhanced algorithms, or experimental methodologies.
Further Information
Contact Conference Chair, Prof. Masaki Nakagawa at nakagawa@cc.tuat.ac.jp
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