The aim of ICFHR is to bring together international experts from academia and industry to share their experiences and to promote research and development in all aspects of handwriting recognition and applications. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Handwriting Recognition Techniques
• 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• Historical Document Processing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

Authors are invited to submit full-length paper of not more than Six (6) pages. Papers must describe original work on any of the ICFHR related topics. The instructions for paper submission will be available  on the Conference web site.