Preliminary Schedule

Topic summer term 2024: Document Analysis

Lessons take place in Seminarraum FAV 01 A (Seminarraum 183/2) on Fridays from 13:00 to 17:00 c.t.

March 8, 2024, 13:00-15:00: Introduction to the course 

  • Introduction to the course
  • Speaking exercise: students introduce themselves

March 15, 2024, 13:00-15:00: Oral Presentations and CVs

  • Function assignment
  • Topic assignment
  • Topic: Planning and holding oral presentations
  • Topic: Writing CVs
  • Assignments:
    • Write a CV (see example in TISS), send it to Miriam and sab in pdf, due: next lesson
    • Prepare a short presentation of CV with transparencies, due: next lesson

March 15, 2023, 15:00-17:00: Information Retrieval, Abstract Writing 

  • Topic: Information retrieval
  • Topic: Abstract writing
  • Assignment:
    • Selection and Reading of 2 Papers (min) on the selected topic
    • Write reference description of selected topic, due: next lesson:
      1. Formulation of own statements based on papers read for the topic (3 statements min. per selected paper)
      2. Submission of reference description to editor Tingyu

March 22, 2024, 13:00-17:00: CV Presentations and Technical Writing 

  • CV due
  • Reference description due
  • Short presentation of CV’s plus feedback
  • Topic: Technical writing
  • Assignment:
    • Write an informative abstract comparing the papers selected and send it to the editor.
    • Editor Tingyu collects all abstracts and sends them to sab and Miriam in pdf until April 12. The editor Tingyu is responsible for timely submission. No late submissions are accepted!
    • Write extended abstract of the chosen topic (max. 3 pages), due April 25 and prepare a short presentation (5 min) of the abstract, due May 17!
    • Editor Tingyu collects all extended abstracts and sends them to sab and Miriam in pdf until April 26. The editor Tingyu is responsible for timely submission. No late submissions are accepted!

April 12 2024: Informative abstract due (no course!)

April 19 2024: CV Presentations and Types of Scientific Communication

  • Short presentation of CV’s plus feedback
  • Discussion of submitted CVs, Reference Descriptions and informative abstracts
  • Topic: Types of Scientific Communication
  • Assignment:
    • Write extended abstract of the chosen topic (max. 3 pages), due April 26 and prepare a short presentation (5 min) of the abstract, due May 17/24!
    • Editor Tingyu collects all extended abstracts and sends them to sab and Miriam in pdf until April 26. The editor Tingyu is responsible for timely submission. No late submissions are accepted!

April 26 2024: Extended abstract due (no course!)

May 17 2024, 13:00-17:00: 7 Abstract Presentations

  • Short presentations of abstracts, plus discussion and Feedback
    • Topic: Own Topic , Chair:
      • Syed Yaqub
      • Tingyu
      • Elias
      • Lou
      • Sebastian
    • Topic: OCR, Word Spotting, Chair:
      • Lorenzo
      • Ondrej

May 24, 2024, 13:00-17:00: 7 Abstract Presentations

  • Discussion of Extended Abstract
  • Discussion of presentations
  • Short presentations of abstracts, plus discussion and Feedback
    • Topic: Layout Analysis, Chair:
      • Oscar
      • Mariana
      • Florian
      • Martin
      • Veljko
    • Topic: Writer Identification, Retrieval, Chair:
      • Jordan
      • Rein
  • Assignment (until June 7, 2024):
    • Write a complete seminar paper (6 pages) and prepare a long presentation (10 min). Please send your paper in pdf until June 7 to the editorTingyu! No late submissions are accepted!

June 7 2024: Submit paper to editor (no course!)

June 21, 2024, 13:00-17:00: Final Presentations

  • 7 Long presentations (10 min) plus discussion and feedback:
    • Topic: Own Topic , Chair:
      • Syed Yaqub
      • Tingyu
      • Elias
      • Lou
      • Sebastian
    • Topic: OCR, Word Spotting , Chair: 
      • Lorenzo
      • Ondrej

June 28, 2024, 13:00-17:00: Final Presentations

  • 7 Long presentations (10 min) plus discussion and feedback:
    • Topic: Layout Analysis, Chair:
      • Oscar
      • Mariana
      • Florian
      • Martin
      • Veljko
    • Topic: Writer Identification, Retrieval , Chair: 
      • Jordan
      • Rein
  • Discussion of presentations
  • Discussion of papers
  • General course feedback
  • Discussion of grades