Institute for Medieval Studies

Session	530
Title	Digital Pleasures, I: Pleasing the Paleographer? - Examples of Automatic Writer Identification
Date/Time	Tuesday 2 July 2013: 09.00-10.30
Sponsor	Groupement de Recherche 'Diplomatique' (GDR 3177-CNRS)
Organiser	Jan W. J. Burgers, Huygens Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (ING - KNAW), Amsterdam
Moderator/Chair	Georg Vogeler, Zentrum für Informationsmodellierung, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
Paper 530-a	GIWIS Revisited, or Why It Keeps Getting Better: Handwritings of Chancery Clerks of the Count of Holland, 1299-1345 (Language: English) Jinna Smit, Capaciteitsgroep Geschiedenis, Universiteit van Amsterdam Index Terms: Charters and Diplomatics; Computing in Medieval Studies; Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 530-b	The Groningen Intelligent Writer Identification System: Do Try This at Home! (Language: English) Lambert Schomaker, Faculteit Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Index Terms: Charters and Diplomatics; Computing in Medieval Studies; Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 530-c	Annotating, Describing, and Analysing: Digital Writer Identification in Medieval Papal Documents - Changes and New Chances for Paleographical Methods (Language: English) Benedikt Hotz, Historisches Seminar, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Index Terms: Charters and Diplomatics; Computing in Medieval Studies; Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 530-d	A Letter Driven Writer Identification in Medieval Papal Charters (Language: English) Vincent Christlein, Department Informatik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Index Terms: Charters and Diplomatics; Computing in Medieval Studies
Abstract	Since a few years, paleographers are experimenting with automatic writer identification. Test results clearly show that software can be used to analyze medieval handwritings. This session aims at showing researchers the promises and limitations of working with these digital tools. The papers are presented by paleographers and computer experts as the expertise of both sides is needed to make reliable writer identification software.