Writer Retrieval and Writer Identification in Greek Papyri

Christlein V, Marthot-Santaniello I, Mayr M, Nicolaou A, Seuret M (2022)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2022

Journal

Lecture Notes in Computer Science Springer Verlag

Original Authors: Vincent Christlein, Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello, Martin Mayr, Anguelos Nicolaou, Mathias Seuret

Series: 20th International Conference of the International Graphonomics Society

Book Volume: 20th

Pages Range: 76-89

Conference Proceedings Title: Intertwining Graphonomics with Human Movements

Event location: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria ES

ISBN: 9783031197444

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-19745-1_6

Open Access Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.07664

Abstract

The analysis of digitized historical manuscripts is typically addressed by paleographic experts. Writer identification refers to the classification of known writers while writer retrieval seeks to find the writer by means of image similarity in a dataset of images. While automatic writer identification/retrieval methods already provide promising results for many historical document types, papyri data is very challenging due to the fiber structures and severe artifacts. Thus, an important step for an improved writer identification is the preprocessing and feature sampling process. We investigate several methods and show that a good binarization is key to an improved writer identification in papyri writings. We focus mainly on writer retrieval using unsupervised feature methods based on traditional or self-supervised-based methods. It is, however, also comparable to the state of the art supervised deep learning-based method in the case of writer classification/re-identification.

Authors with CRIS profile

Vincent Christlein Lehrstuhl für Informatik 5 (Mustererkennung) Martin Mayr Lehrstuhl für Informatik 5 (Mustererkennung) Mathias Seuret Lehrstuhl für Informatik 5 (Mustererkennung)

Involved external institutions

Universität Basel CH Switzerland (CH)

How to cite

APA:

Christlein, V., Marthot-Santaniello, I., Mayr, M., Nicolaou, A., & Seuret, M. (2022). Writer Retrieval and Writer Identification in Greek Papyri. In Springer (Eds.), Intertwining Graphonomics with Human Movements (pp. 76-89). Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, ES.

MLA:

Christlein, Vincent, et al. "Writer Retrieval and Writer Identification in Greek Papyri." Proceedings of the International Graphonomics Conference, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Ed. Springer, 2022. 76-89.

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