ICFHR 2018: Call for Papers (Deadline EXTENDED)
The 16th International Conference on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition
August 5 - 8, 2018 - Niagara Falls, USA

Web page: http://icfhr2018.org
PDF Version of this Call: http://icfhr2018.org/pdf/ICFHR2018_CFP.pdf

Important Dates
**March 23, 2018** Paper abstract submission
**March 30, 2018** Full paper submission
May 25, 2018 Author notifications
June 22, 2018 Camera-ready papers due

The International Conference on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition
(ICFHR) is the flagship conference for handwriting recognition research
and applications. The conference brings together experts in handwriting
recognition from academia and industry to share their experiences and
promote research and development in all aspects of handwriting recognition
and handwriting applications.

This year's keynote speakers will be Dr. Kevin Knight and Dr. Gregory R. Crane
(biographies are available online: http://icfhr2018.org).

ICFHR 2018 is sponsored by the International Association for Pattern
Recognition (IAPR), and organized in part by IAPR Technical Committee
No. 11 (http://www.iapr-tc11.org/mediawiki/index.php/IAPR-TC11:Reading_Systems).

Topics of interest to the conference include, but are not limited to:

* Handwriting Recognition
* Cursive Script Recognition
* Symbol, Equation, Sketch and Drawing Recognition
* Handwritten Document Processing and Understanding
* Language Models in Handwriting Recognition
* Web-Based Applications
* Handwritten Databases and Digital Libraries
* Information Extraction & Retrieval
* Document Characterization
* Form Processing
* Word Spotting
* Bank-Check Processing
* Historical Document Processing
* Forensic Studies and Security Issues
* Writer Verification and Identification
* Performance Enhancement and System Evaluation
* Electronic Ink and Pen-Based Systems
* Other Offline and Online Applications

Authors are invited to submit full-length papers of not more than
six (6) pages. Papers must describe original work, and paper reviews
will be double blind. Instructions for paper submission will be
available on the ICFHR 2018 web site (http://icfhr2018.org).

Questions about paper submission should be directed to the Program Chairs
( pc@icfhr2018.org ).

Umapada Pal, Christian Viard-Gaudin and Luiz S. Oliveira
ICFHR Program Chairs
( umapada@isical.ac.in, christian.viard-gaudin@univ-nantes.fr,
lesoliveira@inf.ufpr.br )