We are pleased to issue this call for papers for the Twelfth International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR 2013), sponsored by the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) TC-10 (Graphics Recognition) and TC-11 (Reading Systems). The Conference will be held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, in Washington DC, USA from August 23-29th, 2013. ICDAR is the premier international forum for researchers and practitioners in the document analysis community for identifying, encouraging and exchanging ideas on the state-of-the-art technology in document analysis, understanding, retrieval, and performance evaluation. The term document in the context of ICDAR encompasses a broad range of documents from historical forms such as palm leaves and papyrus to traditional documents and modern multimedia documents.

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Character Recognition
Handwriting Recognition
Graphics Recognition
Document Image Analysis
Document Understanding
Document Analysis Systems
Camera-based Document Processing
Basic Research and Methodologies for Document Processing
Document Databases and Digital Libraries
Multimedia Documents
Forensic Documents
Historical Documents
Novel Applications
Sketching Interfaces
Performance Evaluation


Paper Submission
Manuscripts of a maximum length of five pages are encouraged to be submitted. Papers must describe original work on any of the ICDAR related topics. The format templates and instructions for paper submission will be available on the Conference web site. The deadline for paper submission is February 1, 2013.


Workshops
Traditionally the scientific program of ICDAR is complemented by satellite workshops focusing on particular subfields such as: Graphics Recognition (GREC) and Camera Based Document Analysis and Recognition (CBDAR). Proposals for new workshops are welcome. Proposals should reach the Workshops Chair by November 1, 2012.


Tutorials
ICDAR2013 also invites proposals for the Tutorial Program, to be held immediately before to the technical conference. Tutorials should survey mature or emerging topics of interest to the ICDAR community at large. Proposals for tutorials should be submitted to the Tutorials Chair by November 1, 2012.


Competitions
As in past ICDAR editions, competitions will be organized to evaluate the performance of different document analysis technologies. Proposals for competitions should be submitted to the Competitions Chair by November 1, 2012.