IGS2003 Program

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Time schedule November 2nd – 6th

Researchable Questions Market (to connect companies, applied professionals with researchers).

IGS2003 Conference Proceedings (Cover) contain all 77 presentations listed below (350 pages). AFDE2003 participants may want to order. IGS2003 partipcants will receive one copy but may want to order additional copies.

o Tutorial on computer analysis and recognition of handwritten documents and digital water marking, on Sunday, Nov 2 2003, from 2:30 – 5:30 pm (See details; Preregistration required).

Monday, 3 Nov. – Novel DevelopmentsFundamental Research (1)Computer Interaction (1)Rawhide Wild West Evening (Preregistration required).

Tuesday, 4 Nov. – Fundamental Research (2)Posters (All Topics)Researchable Questions MarketMedical ApplicationsIGS/AFDE Banquet (Preregistration required).

Wednesday, 5 Nov. – Education & DevelopmentComputer Interaction (2)Forensic Applications.

Thursday, 6 Nov. – Grand Canyon Tour (Preregistration required).


Sunday, 2 November 2003


WELCOME RECEPTION and REGISTRATION (5:30 – 7:30 pm) (Details)


Monday, 3 November 2003


OPENING (8:10 – 8:30 am)
NOVEL DEVELOPMENTS
1. Neural Signals 
Chair:  John Soechting
8:30 am Kevin WARWICK  

70 Control of a Robot Hand and Other Applications Using Neural Signals through an Implant

9.30 am Jay ALBERTS, Christopher ELDER, Michael OKUN, and Jerrold VITEK

69 Impact of Deep Brain Stimulation on Force Control in Parkinson’s Disease

9:50 am Rachael D. SEIDLER, Douglas C. NOLL, and Prudhvi CHINTALAPATI

12 Neural Substrates Contributing to Generalization of Aiming Movements

10.10 am Hanneke I. VAN MIER and Steven E. PETERSEN

10 Changes in Brain Activations during Sequential Motor Learning

BREAK (10:30 – 10:50 am) – Speakers and chair person meet at 10:40 am

FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH
2. Fingers and Forces 
Chair: Kevin Warwick
10.50 am Sara WINGES and Marco SANTELLO

90 Motor Unit Synchrony and Force Coordination during 5-Digit Grasping

11.10 am Mark L. LATASH, Jae kun SHIM, Fan GAO, and Vladimir M. ZATSIORSKY

41 Two Control Processes Associated with Multi-Digit Prehension

11.30 am Michael P. CALIGIURI, Gregory G BROWN, Sandra S. KINDERMANN, MJ MELOY, Lisa T. EYLER-ZORRILLA, and James B. LOHR

54 Functional Brain Asymmetries During Unimanual Visuomotor Tracking

11.50 am Thomas E. JERDE, John F. SOECHTING, and Martha FLANDERS

81 Analysis of Errors in ASL Fingerspelling

12.10 am Bouwien C.M. SMITS-ENGELSMAN, Yvonne WESTENBERG, Roeland R. SMITS, and Gerard P. Van GALEN

77 Developmental Trends in Signal-to-Noise Ratios in Bimanual Isometric Force Control

LUNCH (12:30 -1:30 pm) – Speakers and chair person meet at 1:20 pm
FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH
3. Repetitive Patterns
Chair: George Stelmach
1:30 pm Natalia V. DOUNSKAIA, Caroline J. KETCHAM, and George E.STELMACH

38 Arm Geometry and Sinusoidal Joint Movements Predict The Bell-Shaped Velocity and the Two-Third Power Law

1:50 pm Caroline J. KETCHAM, Natalia V. DOUNSKAIA, and George E. STELMACH

32 Control of Multijoint Drawing Movements: A Comparison of Young and Elderly Adults

2:10 pm Sylvie ATHÈNES, Isabelle SALLAGOÏTY, Jean-Michel ALBARET, and Pier-Giorgio ZANONE

17 Universal Features of Handwriting : Towards a Non-linear Model

2:30 pm Isabelle SALLAGOÏTY., Sylvie ATHÈNESPier-Giorgio ZANONE, and Jean-MichelALBARET

35 Alterations of Graphic Production under Various Constraints Follow Principled Modifications in Underlying Pattern Dynamics

4. Feedback and Adaptation
Chair: George Stelmach
2.50 pm Sima MISTRY and Jose L. CONTRERAS-VIDAL

82 Learning Multiple Visuomotor Transformations: Adaptation and Context-Dependent Recall

3.10 pm Florian A. KAGERER, Jin BO, Jose L. CONTRERAS-VIDAL, and Jane E. CLARK

84 Visuomotor Adaptation in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder

BREAK (3:30 – 3:50 pm) – Speakers and chair person meet at 3:40 pm
COMPUTER INTERACTION
5. Handwriting Recognition
Chair: Sargur Srihari
3:50 pm Moumita GHOSH and Ranadhir GHOSH

73 Offline Handwriting Recognition using Evolutionary Neural Learning Algorithm Based on Rule based Over Segmented Data Points

4:10 pm Simon GUENTER and Horst BUNKE

2 Off-line Cursive Handwriting Recognition – On the Influence of Training Set and Vocabulary Size in Multiple Classifier Systems

4:30 pm Tamas VARGA and Horst BUNKE

42 Effects of Training Set Expansion in Handwriting Recognition Using Synthetic Data

4:50 pm Cinthia O.A. FREITAS, Flávio BORTOLOZZI, and Robert SABOURIN

3 Study of Perceptual Similarity between Different Lexicons

5:10 pm Roger STEVENSON, James G. PHILLIPS, and Tom J. TRIGGS

46 Graphics Tablets as Cursor Control Devices II

CLOSING (5:30 – 5:50 pm)

Rawhide (Details) (6:30 – 10:00 pm)


Tuesday, 4 November 2003


OPENING (8:10 – 8:30 am)
FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH
6. Models of Movement
Chair: Mark Latash
8:30 am Daniel BULLOCK

50 From Parallel Sequence Representations to Calligraphic Control

9.30 am Anna WOCH and Réjean PLAMONDON

22 The Problem of Movement Primitives in the Context of the Kinematic Theory

9:50 am Jose L CONTRERAS-VIDAL and Shihua WEN

53 Predicting Functional Activation (Synthetic PET) and Kinematics during Visuomotor Adaptation to Distorted Kinematic Environments using a Neural Network Model

7. Workspace
Chair: Mark Latash
10.10 am Bouwien C. M. SMITS ENGELSMAN, Hilda BLOEM VAN DER WEL, and Jacques DUYSENS

76 The Impact of Workspace on Writing Performance: A Comparison between 6, 8 and 10 Year Old Children

BREAK (10:30 – 10:50 am) – Speakers and chair person meet at 10:40 am

(10:50 – 12:10 pm) POSTER SESSION: ORAL INTRODUCTIONS
FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH
8. Pen Strokes  
Moussa DJIOUA and Réjean PLAMONDON

39 Relationship between Proportionality Law and Lognormality of a Coupled System Response

Kazuhiko KOBAYASHI

9 Estimate Kinematical Parameters of Finger and Wrist During Handwriting Movements by means of Short Line Segments Drawing

 James G. PHILLIPS, Tom J. TRIGGS, Roger STEVENSON, and James W. MEEHAN

45 Independence of Perception and Action during Drawing?

Robert R.A. VAN DOORN, Hanneke I. VAN MIER, Pieter J.A. UNEMA, and Koen J.M. JANSSEN

55 The Effect of Instructed Dwell Time on the Performance of Successive Aimed Pen Movements

Hans-Leo TEULINGS and Arend W.A. VAN GEMMERT

98 Goal-Directed Movements in Menu Selection in Computer-User Interfaces

Diana H. ROMERO and Hans-Leo TEULINGS

99 Submovement Analysis in Goal-Directed Movements

Hans-Leo TEULINGS and Diana ROMERO

96 Submovement Analysis in Learning Cursive Handwriting or Block Print

Jules G. BLOEMSAAT, Gerard P. VAN GALEN, and Ruud G.J. MEULENBROEK

56 Activation Patterns in Forearm and Neck Muscles as a Function of Movement Speed and Memory Load

Joel REITHLER, Hanneke VAN MIER, and Gerard VAN BREUKELEN

19 Effects of Mental and Physical Practice in a Sequential Motor Learning Task

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS
9. Measuring Disorders
Gregory J. IMLAY and George E. STELMACH

72 Targeted Isometric Index Finger Force Production

Oliver TUCHA, Lara MECKLINGER, Geraldine M. PAUL, and Christian SMELY

67 Handwriting in a Patient with a Mass Lesion of the Left Frontal Lobe

Klaus W. LANGE, Oliver TUCHA, Astrid REITER, Lara MECKLINGER, Silke BIRZER, Gesine L. ALDERS, Heino SARTOR, and Marcus NAUMANN

66 Disturbances of Handwriting Fluency in Parkinson’s Disease

EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT
10. Computer in schools
Iyad ZAAROUR, Laurent HEUTTE, Bassam ETER, Jacques LABICHE, Daniel MELLIER, Philippe LERAY, and Mohamed ZOAETER

59 A Probabilistic Modeling of the Writing Strategies Evolution for Pupils in Primary Education

Iyad ZAAROUR, Philippe LERAY, Laurent HEUTTE, Bassam ETER, Jacques LABICHE, and Daniel MELLIER

60 A bayesian Network Model for Discovering Handwriting Strategies of Primary School Children

Oliver TUCHA, Sigrun RICHTER, and Klaus W. LANGE

65 Intention to Write and Handwriting in Children and Young Adults

Martin A. E. VAN HUYGEVOORT, Ludo VERHOEVEN, and Anna M. T. BOSMAN

11 Differences between Children’s Handwritten Stories and Those Typed on a Computer

COMPUTER INTERACTION
11. On- and Offline Handwriting
John FEMIANI, Jeremy ROWE, and Anshuman RAZDAN

94 3D Analysis of Offline Signatures

Giovanni D’ANDRIA, Claudio DE STEFANO, Raffaella FOGLIA, and Angelo MARCELLI

16 An Algorithm for Handwriting Strokes Reordering

Alan HARVEY, Chandra WELIWITAGE, and Andrew JENNINGS

85 Word Spotting Using Evolutionary Search in Cursive Script

Chandra WELIWITAGE, Alan HARVEY, and Andrew JENNINGS

93 Use of Hough Transform for Handwritten Character Slant Detection

Jin-Young HA, Mina PARK, and Alain BIEM

49 A Study of Various Model Selection Criteria for HMM Topology Optimization

FORENSIC APPLICATIONS
12. Computer-Aided Analysis
Katrin FRANKE and Lambert SCHOMAKER

83 Pen Orientation Characteristics of Online Handwritten Signatures

Jodi C. SITA, Doug ROGERS, and Bryan FOUND

62 Spatial Comparison of Questioned to Specimen Signatures using Matrix Analysis Software

Sumit CHACHRA, Himanshu SAHANI, Vinod KUMAR, and H.K. VERMA

91 Adaptive Segmentation of On-Line Signatures

Matthieu WIROTIUS and Nicole VINCENT

25 Stroke inner structure invariance in handwriting

Hung-Chun CHEN, Sung-Hyuk CHA, Yi-Min CHEE, and Charles C. TAPPERT

71 The Detection of Forged Handwriting Using a Fractal Number Estimate of Wrinkliness

Graham LEEDHAM, Vladimir PERVOUCHINE, WeiKei TAN, and Arun JACOB

28 Assessment of the Stability and Usefulness of some Handwriting Features used by Document Examiners to Identify Authorship

A. BENSEFIA, T. PAQUET, and L. HEUTTE

57 Information Retrieval based Writer Identification

Takeshi FURUKAWA, Kazuhiko KOBAYASHI, and Yoko SEKI

13 The Reconstruction of Handwriting of Japanese Kana Characters using Velocity Profiles of Pen-Tip

GROUP PICTURE – At the Marriott Hotel Courtyard (12:20 – 12:30 pm)
LUNCH (12:30 -1:30 pm) – Speakers and chair person meet at 1:20 pm
POSTER SESSION & RESEARCHABLE QUESTIONS MARKET (1:30 – 3:30 pm)
BREAK (3:30 – 3:50 pm) – Speakers and chair person meet at 3:40 pm
MEDICAL APPLICATIONS
13. Diseases and Drugs
Chair:  Stephen Grossberg
3.50 pm Charles H. ADLER, Arend W. A. VAN GEMMERT, Hans-Leo TEULINGS, and George E. STELMACH

95 A Quantitative Analysis of the Production of the Archimedes Spiral in Parkinson’s disease patients and Controls

4.10 pm Brandon ROHRER and Neville HOGAN

51 Submovement Overlap as a Measure of Movement Smoothness

4.30 pm Sam CHINDARO, Richard M. GUEST, Michael C. FAIRHURST, and Jonathan M. POTTER

4 Assessing Visuo-Spatial Neglect through Feature Selection and Combination from Geometric Shape Drawing Performance and Sequence Analysis

4.50 pm Klaus W. LANGE, Steffen ASCHENBRENNER, Tobias MEISSNER, and Oliver TUCHA

68 Nicotine and Handwriting

5.10 pm  Oliver TUCHA, Lara MECKLINGER, Rainer LAUFKÖTTER, Geraldine M. PAUL, Helmfried E. KLEIN, and Klaus W. LANGE   

64 Effects of Stimulant Medication on Handwriting in Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

PRESENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF MOTOR CONTROL GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD (5:30 – 5:40 pm)

CLOSING (5:30 – 5:50 pm)

BANQUET (6:30 – 10:00 pm) (Details)


Wednesday, 5 November 2003


OPENING (8:10 – 8:30 am)
EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT
14. Children and Learning
Chair: Daniel Bullock
8:30 am Stephen GROSSBERG

61 How Do Children Learn to Write? Modeling the link from brain dynamics to complex sensory-motor control

9.30 am Eugene A.A. RAMECKERS, Bouwien C.M. SMITS ENGELSMAN, and Jacques DUYSENS

44 Influence of Visual Feedback on Force Generation and Force Control in Children with Spastic Hemiplegia during Isometric Manual Tasks

9:50 am Anneloes J.A.A.M. OVERVELDE, Bouwien C.M. SMITS ENGELSMAN, Mireille THE, and Wouter HULSTIJN

87 Implicit and Explicit Learning in Children with Learning Disabilities: A Comparison between Children scoring Low on the Perceptual Organization factor of the WISC-R and Children scoring Low on the Freedom From Distractibility factor.

10.10 am Sara ROSENBLUM, Shula PARUSH, Liora EPSZTEIN, and Patrice L. WEISS

40 Process Versus Product Evaluation of Poor Handwriting among Children with Developmental Dysgraphia and ADHD

BREAK (10:30 – 10:50 am) – Speakers and chair person meet at 10:40 am

COMPUTER INTERACTION
15. Segments and shapes
Chair: Rejean Plamondon
10.50 am Claudio DE STEFANO, Gianluca GUADAGNO, and Angelo MARCELLI

14 A Decomposition Method for Cursive Handwriting based on Multi-Scale Representation

11.10 am Keisuke MOCHIDA and Masaki NAGAKAWA

31 Separating Drawings, Formula and Text from Free Handwriting

16. Signature Verification
Chair: Rejean Plamondon
11.30 am Julio MARTINEZ-R and Rogelio ALCANTARA-S.

33 Optimal Prototype Functions of Features for On-Line Signature Verification

11.50 am Katrin FRANKE, Lambert SCHOMAKER, and Wolfgang PENK

20 Online Pen Input and Procedures for Computer Assisted Forensic Handwriting Examination

12.10 am Meenakshi K. KALERA, Bin ZHANG and Sargur N. SRIHARI

79 Off-line Signature Verification And Identification Using Distance Statistics

LUNCH (12:30 -1:30 pm) – Speakers and chair person meet at 1:20 pm
FORENSIC APPLICATIONS
17. Classical comparisons
Chair: Graham Leedham
1:30 pm Marvin L. SIMNER, Angelo MARCELLI, Sergey ABLAMEYKO, Klaus W. LANGE, and Jairo ROCHA, and Oliver TUCHA

47 A Comparison of Arabic Numeral Allographs Written by Adults from English Speaking vs. Non-English Speaking Countries

1:50 pm Jodi C. SITA, Doug ROGERS, and Bryan FOUND

63 A Model using Complexity Classification, Spatial Score and Line Quality for Forensic Signature Comparison

18. Automatic Writer Recognition
Chair: Graham Leedham
2:10 pm Zhixin SHI, Bin ZHANG, Catalin TOMAI, and Sargur N. SRIHARI

78 Recognition-based System for Handwriting Verification and Identification

2:30 pm Ajay SHEKHAWAT, Sargur N. SRIHARI, and Subir PARULEKAR

24 Individuality Studies for Online Handwriting

2.50 pm Bin ZHANG and Sargur N. SRIHARI

5 Handwriting Identification Using Multi-scale Features

3.10 pm A. BENSEFIA, T. PAQUET, and L. HEUTTE

58 Grapheme Based Writer Verification

BREAK (3:30 – 3:50 pm)– Speakers and chair person meet at 3:40 pm
FORENSIC APPLICATIONS
19. Stroke Feature Extraction
Chair: Bryan Found
3:50 pm Sargur N. SRIHARI and Graham LEEDHAM

75 A Survey of Computer Methods in Forensic Document Examination

4:10 pm Merijn VAN ERP, Louis G. VUURPIJL, Katrin FRANKE, and Lambert R.B. SCHOMAKER

89 The WANDA Measurement Tool for Forensic Document Examination

4:30 pm Katsuhiko UEDA, Ken-ichi MATSUO, and Yoshikazu NAKAMURA

30 A Computer-Based System to Support Foresic Analysis of Japanese Handwriting

4:50 pm Graham LEEDHAM, Vladimir PERVOUCHINE, WeiKei TAN, and Arun JACOB

74 Automatic Quantitative Letter Level Extraction of Features used by Document Examiners

CLOSING (5:30 – 5:50 pm)


Thursday, 6 November 2003


GRAND CANYON TOUR (7:00 am – 9:00 pm) (Details)


TIME SCHEDULE

Time Sunday, 2 November Monday, 3 November Tuesday, 4 November Wednesday, 5 November Thursday, 6 November
8:10 am   Opening Opening Opening Grand Canyon Tour by Bus (7:00am-9:00pm)(Details)
8:30 am Novel Development (Keynote) Fundamental Research (Keynote) Education & Development (Keynote)
8:50 am
9:10 am
9:30 am Novel Development (Session) Fundamental Research(Session) Education & Development (Session)
9:50 am
10:10 am
10:30 am Break Break Break
10:50 am Fundamental Research (Session) Oral Poster Intros Computer Interaction (Session)
11:10 am
11:30 am
11:50 am
12:10 pm
12:30 pm Lunch Lunch Lunch
12:50 pm
1:10 pm
1:30 pm Fundamental Research (Session) Posters & Researchable Questions Market Forensic Applications (Session)
1:50 pm
2:10 pm
2:30 pm Tutorial (Details)
2:50 pm
3:10 pm
3:30 pm Break Break Break
3:50 pm Computer Interaction (Session) Medical Applications (Session) Forensic Applications (Session)
4:10 pm
4:30 pm
4:50 pm
5:10 pm
5:30 pm Welcome Receptionand Registration(till 7:30 pm)near Marriott Suites hotel lobby. Performance by the cello ensemble, The Rice Brothers (The-Rice-Brothers.us) Closing Closing Closing
5:50 pm
IGS Board Meeting (board members only)
6:10 pm
6:30 pm Rawhide, Wild West Evening, 30 minutes bus transportation (till 10:00 pm). Preregistration required. OfficialIGS/AFDE Banquet, 5 minutes walking (till 10 pm) (Details)Preregistration required. Old-town Scottsdale on Foot (till …)

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