2026

◼ Benchmarking Information Retrieval for Large Archives of Historical Documents
T. Steiner, M. Streilein, A. Fischer, K. Riesen
Document Analysis and Recognition – ICDAR 2026, pp. 54–69

@inproceedings{Steiner2026,
title = {Benchmarking Information Retrieval for Large Archives of Historical Documents},
ISBN = {9783032360397},
ISSN = {1611-3349},
booktitle = {Document Analysis and Recognition – ICDAR 2026},
publisher = {Springer Nature Switzerland},
author = {Steiner,  Tobias and Streilein,  Merlin and Fischer,  Andreas and Riesen,  Kaspar},
year = {2026},
month = Aug,
pages = {54–69}
}

◼ BullingerDB: A Dataset for Handwritten Text Recognition and Writer Retrieval
M. Peer, A. Scius-Bertrand, P. Scheurer, A. Fischer
Document Analysis and Recognition – ICDAR 2026, pp. 555–571

@inproceedings{Peer2026,
title = {BullingerDB: A Dataset for Handwritten Text Recognition and Writer Retrieval},
ISBN = {9783032360335},
ISSN = {1611-3349},
booktitle = {Document Analysis and Recognition – ICDAR 2026},
publisher = {Springer Nature Switzerland},
author = {Peer,  Marco and Scius-Bertrand,  Anna and Scheurer,  Patricia and Fischer,  Andreas},
year = {2026},
month = Aug,
pages = {555–571}
}

◼ Prediction of Grade, Gender, and Academic Performance of Children and Teenagers from Handwriting Using the Sigma-Lognormal Model
A. Iste, K. Nishizawa, C. Tanaka, A. Vargo, A. Scius-Bertrand, A. Fischer, K. Kise
Document Analysis and Recognition – ICDAR 2026, pp. 645–661

@inproceedings{Iste2026,
title = {Prediction of Grade,  Gender,  and Academic Performance of Children and Teenagers from Handwriting Using the Sigma-Lognormal Model},
ISBN = {9783032360397},
ISSN = {1611-3349},
booktitle = {Document Analysis and Recognition – ICDAR 2026},
publisher = {Springer Nature Switzerland},
author = {Iste,  Adrian and Nishizawa,  Kazuki and Tanaka,  Chisa and Vargo,  Andrew and Scius-Bertrand,  Anna and Fischer,  Andreas and Kise,  Koichi},
year = {2026},
month = Aug,
pages = {645–661}
}

◼ Segmentation-Free Handwriting Recognition in Historical Handwritten Documents Using Large Vision-Language Models
T. Hallyburton, L. Berset, G. A. Fink, A. Fischer, A. Scius-Bertrand
Information and Communication Technology, pp. 126–140, 2026

@inproceedings{Hallyburton2026,
title = {Segmentation-Free Handwriting Recognition in Historical Handwritten Documents Using Large Vision-Language Models},
ISBN = {9789819226009},
ISSN = {1865-0937},
booktitle = {Information and Communication Technology},
publisher = {Springer Nature Singapore},
author = {Hallyburton,  Tim and Berset,  Ludovic and Fink,  Gernot A. and Fischer,  Andreas and Scius-Bertrand,  Anna},
year = {2026},
month = Aug,
pages = {126–140}
}

◼ The Price of Reasoning: Cost-Quality Tradeoffs in Reinforcement Learning for Neural Machine Translation
M. Jungo, A. An
Proceedings of the 2026 ACM Symposium on Document Engineering, pp. 1–4

@inproceedings{Jungo2026,
series = {DocEng ’26},
title = {The Price of Reasoning: Cost-Quality Tradeoffs in Reinforcement Learning for Neural Machine Translation},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2026 ACM Symposium on Document Engineering},
publisher = {ACM},
author = {Jungo,  Michael and An,  Aixiu},
year = {2026},
month = Aug,
pages = {1–4},
collection = {DocEng ’26}
}

◼ Token Selection Strategies for Automatic Summarization of Historical Documents
M. Streilein, T. Steiner, A. Fischer, K. Riesen
Document Analysis and Recognition – ICDAR 2026, pp. 195–210

@inproceedings{Streilein2026,
title = {Token Selection Strategies for Automatic Summarization of Historical Documents},
ISBN = {9783032360335},
ISSN = {1611-3349},
booktitle = {Document Analysis and Recognition – ICDAR 2026},
publisher = {Springer Nature Switzerland},
author = {Streilein,  Merlin and Steiner,  Tobias and Fischer,  Andreas and Riesen,  Kaspar},
year = {2026},
month = Aug,
pages = {195–210}
}

2025

◼ GrEp: Graph-based epithelial cell classification refinement in histopathology H&E images
A. Frei, J. Garcia-Baroja, T. Rau, C. Neppl, A. Lugli, W. Solass, M. Wartenberg, A. Fischer, I. Zlobec
Pattern Recognition, Volume 171, pp. 112197, 2025

@article{Frei2025,
author = {A.L. Frei and J. Garcia-Baroja and T.T. Rau and C. Neppl and A. Lugli and W. Solass and M. Wartenberg and A. Fischer and I. Zlobec},
journal = {Pattern Recognition},
file = {/research/papers/Frei2025.pdf},
pages = {112197},
title = {GrEp: Graph-based epithelial cell classification refinement in histopathology H&E images},
volume = {171},
year = {2025}
}

◼ CTC Transcription Alignment of the Bullinger Letters: Automatic Improvement of Annotation Quality
M. Peer, A. Scius-Bertrand, A. Fischer
Proc. 2nd Int. Workshop on Computer Vision Systems for Document Analysis and Recognition (VisionDocs), pp. 1–10, 2025

@inproceedings{Peer2025,
author = {M. Peer and A. Scius-Bertrand and A. Fischer},
booktitle = {Proc. 2nd Int. Workshop on Computer Vision Systems for Document Analysis and Recognition (VisionDocs)},
note = {},
file = {/research/papers/Peer2025.pdf},
pages = {1–10},
title = {CTC Transcription Alignment of the Bullinger Letters: Automatic Improvement of Annotation Quality},
year = {2025}
}

◼ Hypothesis-Aware Ductus Reconstruction for Greek Papyri: A Data-Driven Approach
D. Dinh, G. D. Gregorio, R. G. Pena, A. Fischer, I. Marthot-Santaniello
Proc. 22nd Conference of the International Graphonomics Society (IGS), pp. 1–4, 2025
Best Student Paper Award

@inproceedings{Dinh2025,
author = {D.V. Dinh and G. De Gregorio and R.C. Gonzalez Pena and A. Fischer and I. Marthot-Santaniello},
booktitle = {Proc. 22nd Conference of the International Graphonomics Society (IGS)},
note = {{Best Student Paper Award}},
pages = {1–4},
title = {Hypothesis-Aware Ductus Reconstruction for Greek Papyri: A Data-Driven Approach},
year = {2025}
}

◼ Rule-Based Reinforcement Learning for Document Image Classification with Vision Language Models
M. Jungo, A. Fischer
Proc. 5th ICDAR Int. Workshop on Machine Learning (WML), pp. 1–16, 2025

@inproceedings{Jungo2025,
author = {M. Jungo and A. Fischer},
booktitle = {Proc. 5th ICDAR Int. Workshop on Machine Learning (WML)},
note = {},
pages = {1–16},
title = {Rule-Based Reinforcement Learning for Document Image Classification with Vision Language Models},
year = {2025}
}

2024

◼ Are Layout Analysis and OCR Still Useful for Document Information Extraction Using Foundation Models?
A. Scius-Bertrand, A. Fakhari, L. Vögtlin, D. Cabral, A. Fischer
Proc. 18th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), pp. 175–191, 2024

@inproceedings{Scius-bertrand2024,
author = {A. Scius-Bertrand and A. Fakhari and L. Vögtlin and D.R. Cabral and A. Fischer},
booktitle = {Proc. 18th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR)},
note = {},
pages = {175–191},
title = {Are Layout Analysis and OCR Still Useful for Document Information Extraction Using Foundation Models?},
year = {2024}
}

◼ Post-Correction of Handwriting Recognition Using Large Language Models
J. P. Principe, A. Fischer, A. Scius-Bertrand
Proc. 13th Int. Symposium on Information and Communication Technology (SoICT), pp. 106–118, 2024

@inproceedings{Principe2024,
author = {J.P. Pereyra Principe and A. Fischer and A. Scius-Bertrand},
booktitle = {Proc. 13th Int. Symposium on Information and Communication Technology (SoICT)},
note = {},
pages = {106–118},
title = {Post-Correction of Handwriting Recognition Using Large Language Models},
year = {2024}
}

◼ Zero-Shot Prompting and Few-Shot Fine-Tuning: Revisiting Document Image Classification Using Large Language Models
A. Scius-Bertrand, M. Jungo, L. Vögtlin, J. Spat, A. Fischer
Proc. 27th Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), pp. 152–166, 2024

@inproceedings{Scius-bertrand2024a,
author = {A. Scius-Bertrand and M. Jungo and L. Vögtlin and J.-M. Spat and A. Fischer},
booktitle = {Proc. 27th Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition (ICPR)},
note = {},
pages = {152–166},
title = {Zero-Shot Prompting and Few-Shot Fine-Tuning: Revisiting Document Image Classification Using Large Language Models},
year = {2024}
}

◼ Deep Neural Network Generation of Domain Names
A. Cholleton, A. Fischer, J. Hennebert, Y. Labrou, V. Raemy, A. West, B. Wicht
Number US12169768, 2024

@misc{Cholleton2024,
author = {A. Cholleton and A. Fischer and J. Hennebert and Y. Labrou and V. Raemy and A. West and B. Wicht},
number = {US12169768},
organization = {U.S. Patent Office},
title = {Deep Neural Network Generation of Domain Names},
year = {2024}
}

2023

◼ A Hybrid Deep Learning Approach to Keyword Spotting in Vietnamese Stele Images
A. Scius-Bertrand, M. Bui, A. Fischer
Informatica, Volume 47, Number 3, pp. 361–372, 2023

@article{Scius-bertrand2023b,
author = {A. Scius-Bertrand and M. Bui and A. Fischer},
journal = {Informatica},
number = {3},
pages = {361–372},
title = {A Hybrid Deep Learning Approach to Keyword Spotting in {Vietnamese} Stele Images},
volume = {47},
year = {2023}
}

◼ Universality of Büchi Automata: Analysis with Graph Neural Networks
C. Stammet, U. Ultes-Nitsche, A. Fischer
IEEE Access, Volume 11, pp. 140993–141007, 2023

@article{Stammet2023,
author = {C. Stammet and U. Ultes-Nitsche and A. Fischer},
file = {/research/papers/Stammet2023.pdf},
journal = {IEEE Access},
pages = {140993–141007},
title = {Universality of B"{u}chi Automata: Analysis with Graph Neural Networks},
volume = {11},
year = {2023}
}

◼ Bullingers Briefwechsel zugänglich machen: Stand der Handschriftenerkennung
P. Ströbel, T. Hodel, A. Fischer, A. Scius-Bertrand, B. Wolf, A. Janka, J. Widmer, P. Scheurer, M. Volk
Proc. Digital Humanities im deutschsprachigen Raum (DHd), pp. 98–102, 2023

@inproceedings{Ströbel2023,
author = {P. Ströbel and T. Hodel and A. Fischer and A. Scius-Bertrand and B. Wolf and A. Janka and J. Widmer and P. Scheurer and M. Volk},
booktitle = {Proc. Digital Humanities im deutschsprachigen Raum (DHd)},
file = {/research/papers/Ströbel2023.pdf},
note = {},
pages = {98–102},
title = {{Bullingers Briefwechsel zugänglich machen: Stand der Handschriftenerkennung}},
year = {2023}
}

◼ Character Queries: A Transformer-Based Approach to On-line Handwritten Character Segmentation
M. Jungo, B. Wolf, A. Maksai, C. Musat, A. Fischer
Proc. 17th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), pp. 98–114, 2023
Best Student Paper Award

@inproceedings{Jungo2023,
author = {M. Jungo and B. Wolf and A. Maksai and C. Musat and A. Fischer},
booktitle = {Proc. 17th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR)},
note = {{Best Student Paper Award}},
pages = {98–114},
title = {Character Queries: {A} Transformer-Based Approach to On-line Handwritten Character Segmentation},
year = {2023}
}

◼ DIVA-DAF: A Deep Learning Framework for Historical Document Image Analysis
L. Vögtlin, A. Scius-Bertrand, P. Maergner, A. Fischer, R. Ingold
Proc. 7th Int. Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and Processing (HIP), pp. 61–66, 2023

@inproceedings{Vögtlin2023,
author = {L. Vögtlin and A. Scius-Bertrand and P. Maergner and A. Fischer and R. Ingold},
booktitle = {Proc. 7th Int. Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and Processing (HIP)},
note = {},
pages = {61–66},
title = {{DIVA-DAF: A }Deep Learning Framework for Historical Document Image Analysis},
year = {2023}
}

◼ GammaFocus: An Image Augmentation Method to Focus Model Attention for Classification
A. Frei, A. Khan, P. Zens, A. Lugli, I. Zlobec, A. Fischer
Proc. Medical Imaging with Deep Learning (MIDL), pp. 1–4, 2023

@inproceedings{Frei2023,
author = {A.L. Frei and A. Khan and P. Zens and A. Lugli and I. Zlobec and A. Fischer},
booktitle = {Proc. Medical Imaging with Deep Learning (MIDL)},
file = {/research/papers/Frei2023.pdf},
note = {},
pages = {1–4},
title = {GammaFocus: {An} Image Augmentation Method to Focus Model Attention for Classification},
year = {2023}
}

◼ Impact of Ground Truth Quality on Handwriting Recognition
M. Jungo, L. Vögtlin, A. Fakhari, N. Wegmann, R. Ingold, A. Fischer, A. Scius-Bertrand
Proc. 12th Int. Symposium on Information and Communication Technology (SoICT), pp. 135–140, 2023

@inproceedings{Jungo2023a,
author = {M. Jungo and L. Vögtlin and A. Fakhari and N. Wegmann and R. Ingold and A. Fischer and A. Scius-Bertrand},
booktitle = {Proc. 12th Int. Symposium on Information and Communication Technology (SoICT)},
file = {/research/papers/Jungo2023.pdf},
note = {},
pages = {135–140},
title = {Impact of Ground Truth Quality on Handwriting Recognition},
year = {2023}
}

◼ Local and Global Features Aggregation for Accurate Epithelial Cell Classification Using Graph Attention Mechanisms in Histopathology Images
A. Frei, A. Khan, L. Studer, P. Zens, A. Lugli, A. Fischer, I. Zlobec
Proc. Medical Imaging with Deep Learning (MIDL), pp. 1–5, 2023
Best Poster Award

@inproceedings{Frei2023a,
author = {A.L. Frei and A. Khan and L. Studer and P. Zens and A. Lugli and A. Fischer and I. Zlobec},
booktitle = {Proc. Medical Imaging with Deep Learning (MIDL)},
note = {{Best Poster Award}},
pages = {1–5},
title = {Local and Global Features Aggregation for Accurate Epithelial Cell Classification Using Graph Attention Mechanisms in Histopathology Images},
year = {2023}
}

◼ Lognormality: An Open Window on Neuromotor Control
R. Plamondon, A. Bensalah, K. Lebel, R. Salameh, G. S. d. Broin, C. O’Reilly, M. Begon, O. Desbiens, Y. Beloufa, A. Guy, D. Berio, F. Leymarie, S. B. Bidias, A. Fischer, Z. Zhang, M. Morin, D. Alamargot, C. R’emi, N. Faci, R. Fortin, M. Simard, C. Bazinet
Proc. International Graphonomics Conference (IGS), pp. 205–258, 2023

@inproceedings{Plamondon2023,
author = {R. Plamondon and A. Bensalah and K. Lebel and R. Salameh and G. S{'e}guin de Broin and C. O'Reilly and M. Begon and O. Desbiens and Y. Beloufa and A. Guy and D. Berio and F.F. Leymarie and S.P. Boyogueno Bidias and A. Fischer and Z. Zhang and M.-F. Morin and D. Alamargot and C. R{'e}mi and N. Faci and R. Fortin and M.-N. Simard and C. Bazinet},
booktitle = {Proc. International Graphonomics Conference (IGS)},
note = {},
pages = {205–258},
title = {Lognormality: An Open Window on Neuromotor Control},
year = {2023}
}

◼ The Bullinger Dataset: A Writer Adaptation Challenge
A. Scius-Bertrand, P. Ströbel, M. Volk, T. Hodel, A. Fischer
Proc. 17th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), pp. 397–410, 2023

@inproceedings{Scius-bertrand2023,
author = {A. Scius-Bertrand and P. Ströbel and M. Volk and T. Hodel and A. Fischer},
booktitle = {Proc. 17th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR)},
file = {/research/papers/Scius-bertrand2023.pdf},
note = {},
pages = {397–410},
title = {The {Bullinger} Dataset: {A} Writer Adaptation Challenge},
year = {2023}
}

◼ Towards Visuo-Structural Handwriting Evaluation Based on Graph Matching
A. Scius-Bertrand, C. R’emi, E. Biabiany, J. Nagau, A. Fischer
Proc. International Graphonomics Conference (IGS), pp. 75–88, 2023

@inproceedings{Scius-bertrand2023a,
author = {A. Scius-Bertrand and C. R{'e}mi and E. Biabiany and J. Nagau and A. Fischer},
booktitle = {Proc. International Graphonomics Conference (IGS)},
file = {/research/papers/Scius-bertrand2023.pdf},
note = {},
pages = {75–88},
title = {Towards Visuo-Structural Handwriting Evaluation Based on Graph Matching},
year = {2023}
}

◼ Tumor Budding T-Cell Graphs: Assessing the Need for Resection in pT1 Colorectal Cancer Patients
L. Studer, J. Bokhorst, I. Nagtegaal, I. Zlobec, H. Dawson, A. Fischer
Proc. Int. Conf. on Medical Imaging with Deep Learning (MIDL), pp. 1–25, 2023

@inproceedings{Studer2023,
author = {L. Studer and J.-M. Bokhorst and I. Nagtegaal and I. Zlobec and H. Dawson and A. Fischer},
booktitle = {Proc. Int. Conf. on Medical Imaging with Deep Learning (MIDL)},
file = {/research/papers/Studer2023.pdf},
note = {},
pages = {1–25},
title = {Tumor Budding T-Cell Graphs: {Assessing} the Need for Resection in {pT1} Colorectal Cancer Patients},
year = {2023}
}

2022

◼ Self-Rule to Multi-Adapt: Generalized Multi-Source Feature Learning Using Unsupervised Domain Adaptation for Colorectal Cancer Tissue Detection
C. Abbet, L. Studer, A. Fischer, H. Dawson, I. Zlobec, B. Bozorgtabar, J. Thiran
Medical Image Analysis, Volume 79, pp. 1–20, 2022

@article{Abbet2022,
author = {C. Abbet and L. Studer and A. Fischer and H. Dawson and I. Zlobec and B. Bozorgtabar and J.-P. Thiran},
file = {/research/papers/Abbet2022.pdf},
journal = {Medical Image Analysis},
pages = {1–20},
title = {Self-Rule to Multi-Adapt: Generalized Multi-Source Feature Learning Using Unsupervised Domain Adaptation for Colorectal Cancer Tissue Detection},
volume = {79},
year = {2022}
}

◼ Analyzing Büchi Automata with Graph Neural Networks
C. Stammet, P. Dotti, U. Ultes-Nitsche, A. Fischer
Proc. 4th Int. Workshop on Learning and Automata (LearnAut), pp. 1–10, 2022

@inproceedings{Stammet2022,
author = {C. Stammet and P. Dotti and U. Ultes-Nitsche and A. Fischer},
booktitle = {Proc. 4th Int. Workshop on Learning and Automata (LearnAut)},
file = {/research/papers/Stammet2022.pdf},
note = {},
pages = {1–10},
title = {Analyzing {B}üchi Automata with Graph Neural Networks},
year = {2022}
}

◼ Annotation-Free Keyword Spotting in Historical Vietnamese Manuscripts Using Graph Matching
A. Scius-Bertrand, L. Studer, A. Fischer, M. Bui
Proc. Int. Workshop on Structural and Syntactic Pattern Recognition (SSPR), pp. 22–32, 2022

@inproceedings{Scius-bertrand2022,
author = {A. Scius-Bertrand and L. Studer and A. Fischer and M. Bui},
booktitle = {Proc. Int. Workshop on Structural and Syntactic Pattern Recognition (SSPR)},
note = {},
pages = {22–32},
title = {Annotation-Free Keyword Spotting in Historical {Vietnamese} Manuscripts Using Graph Matching},
year = {2022}
}

◼ Generating Synthetic Styled Chu Nom Characters
J. Diesbach, A. Fischer, M. Bui, A. Scius-Bertrand
Proc. 18th Int. Conf on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (ICFHR), pp. 484–497, 2022

@inproceedings{Diesbach2022,
author = {J. Diesbach and A. Fischer and M. Bui and A. Scius-Bertrand},
booktitle = {Proc. 18th Int. Conf on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (ICFHR)},
note = {},
pages = {484–497},
title = {Generating Synthetic Styled {Chu Nom} Characters},
year = {2022}
}

◼ Improving Handwriting Recognition for Historical Documents Using Synthetic Text Lines
M. Spoto, B. Wolf, A. Fischer, A. Scius-Bertrand
Proc. International Graphonomics Conference (IGS), pp. 61–75, 2022

@inproceedings{Spoto2022,
author = {M. Spoto and B. Wolf and A. Fischer and A. Scius-Bertrand},
booktitle = {Proc. International Graphonomics Conference (IGS)},
note = {},
file = {/research/papers/Spoto2021.pdf},
pages = {61–75},
title = {Improving Handwriting Recognition for Historical Documents Using Synthetic Text Lines},
year = {2022}
}

◼ Retrieving Keywords in Historical Vietnamese Stele Images Without Human Annotations
A. Scius-Bertrand, A. Fischer, M. Bui
Proc. 11th Int. Symposium on Information and Communication Technology (SoICT), pp. 295–301, 2022

@inproceedings{Scius-bertrand2022a,
author = {A. Scius-Bertrand and A. Fischer and M. Bui},
booktitle = {Proc. 11th Int. Symposium on Information and Communication Technology (SoICT)},
file = {/research/papers/Scius-bertrand2022.pdf},
note = {},
pages = {295–301},
title = {Retrieving Keywords in Historical {Vietnamese} Stele Images Without Human Annotations},
year = {2022}
}

◼ The RPM3D Project: 3D Kinematics for Remote Patient Monitoring
A. Fornes, A. Bensalah, C. Carmona-Duarte, J. Chen, M. Ferrer, A. Fischer, J. Llad’os, C. Martin, E. Opisso, R. Plamondon, A. Scius-Bertrand, J. Tormos
Proc. International Graphonomics Conference (IGS), pp. 217–226, 2022

@inproceedings{Fornes2022,
author = {A. Fornes and A. Bensalah and C. Carmona-Duarte and J. Chen and M.A. Ferrer and A. Fischer and J. Llad{'o}s and C. Martin and E. Opisso and R. Plamondon and A. Scius-Bertrand and J.M. Tormos},
booktitle = {Proc. International Graphonomics Conference (IGS)},
file = {/research/papers/Fornes2021.pdf},
note = {},
pages = {217–226},
title = {The RPM3D Project: 3D Kinematics for Remote Patient Monitoring},
year = {2022}
}

◼ Deep Neural Network Generation of Domain Names
A. Cholleton, A. Fischer, J. Hennebert, V. Raemy, B. Wicht
Number US11431672, 2022

@misc{Cholleton2022,
author = {A. Cholleton and A. Fischer and J. Hennebert and V. Raemy and B. Wicht},
number = {US11431672},
organization = {U.S. Patent Office},
title = {Deep Neural Network Generation of Domain Names},
year = {2022}
}

2021

◼ Learning Graph Edit Distance by Graph Neural Networks
P. Riba, A. Fischer, J. Lladós, A. Fornés
Pattern Recognition, Volume 120, pp. 1–11, 2021

@article{Riba2021,
author = {P. Riba and A. Fischer and J. Llad{'o}s and A. Forn{'e}s},
journal = {Pattern Recognition},
pages = {1–11},
title = {Learning Graph Edit Distance by Graph Neural Networks},
volume = {120},
year = {2021}
}

◼ Taking tumour budding to the next frontier—a post International Tumour Budding Consensus Conference (ITBCC) 2016 Review
L. Studer, A. Blank, J. Bokhorst, I. Nagtegaal, I. Zlobec, A. Lugli, A. Fischer, H. Dawson
Histopathology, Volume 78, Number 4, pp. 476–484, 2021

@article{Studer2021a,
author = {L. Studer and A. Blank and J.-M. Bokhorst and I. Nagtegaal and I. Zlobec and A. Lugli and A. Fischer and H. Dawson},
journal = {Histopathology},
number = {4},
pages = {476–484},
title = {Taking tumour budding to the next frontier—a post International Tumour Budding Consensus Conference (ITBCC) 2016 Review},
volume = {78},
year = {2021}
}

◼ Transcription Alignment of Historical Vietnamese Manuscripts without Human-Annotated Learning Samples
A. Scius-Bertrand, M. Jungo, B. Wolf, A. Fischer, M. Bui
Applied Sciences, Volume 11, pp. 1–18, 2021

@article{Scius-bertrand2021a,
author = {A. Scius-Bertrand and M. Jungo and B. Wolf and A. Fischer and M. Bui},
file = {/research/papers/Scius-bertrand2021.pdf},
journal = {Applied Sciences},
pages = {1–18},
title = {Transcription Alignment of Historical Vietnamese Manuscripts without Human-Annotated Learning Samples},
volume = {11},
year = {2021}
}

◼ Annotation-Free Character Detection in Historical Vietnamese Stele Images
A. Scius-Bertrand, M. Jungo, B. Wolf, A. Fischer, M. Bui
Proc. 16th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), pp. 432–447, 2021

@inproceedings{Scius-bertrand2021,
author = {A. Scius-Bertrand and M. Jungo and B. Wolf and A. Fischer and M. Bui},
booktitle = {Proc. 16th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR)},
note = {},
pages = {432–447},
title = {Annotation-Free Character Detection in Historical Vietnamese Stele Images},
year = {2021}
}

◼ Classification of Intestinal Gland Cell-Graphs Using Graph Neural Networks
L. Studer, J. Wallau, H. Dawson, I. Zlobec, A. Fischer
Proc. 25th Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), pp. 3636–3643, 2021

@inproceedings{Studer2021,
author = {L. Studer and J. Wallau and H. Dawson and I. Zlobec and A. Fischer},
booktitle = {Proc. 25th Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition (ICPR)},
note = {},
pages = {3636–3643},
title = {Classification of Intestinal Gland Cell-Graphs Using Graph Neural Networks},
year = {2021}
}

◼ Graph Convolutional Neural Networks for Learning Attribute Representations for Word Spotting
F. Wolf, A. Fischer, G. Fink
Proc. 16th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), pp. 50–64, 2021

@inproceedings{Wolf2021,
author = {F. Wolf and A. Fischer and G.A. Fink},
booktitle = {Proc. 16th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR)},
note = {},
pages = {50–64},
title = {Graph Convolutional Neural Networks for Learning Attribute Representations for Word Spotting},
year = {2021}
}

◼ Self-Rule to Adapt: Learning Generalized Features from Sparsely-Labeled Data Using Unsupervised Domain Adaptation for Colorectal Cancer Tissue Phenotyping
C. Abbet, L. Studer, A. Fischer, H. Dawson, I. Zlobec, B. Bozorgtabar, J. Thiran
Proc. 4th Int. Conf. on Medical Imaging with Deep Learning (MIDL), pp. 1–16, 2021

@inproceedings{Abbet2021,
author = {C. Abbet and L. Studer and A. Fischer and H. Dawson and I. Zlobec and B. Bozorgtabar and J.-P. Thiran},
booktitle = {Proc. 4th Int. Conf. on Medical Imaging with Deep Learning (MIDL)},
file = {/research/papers/Abbet2021.pdf},
note = {},
pages = {1–16},
title = {Self-Rule to Adapt: Learning Generalized Features from Sparsely-Labeled Data Using Unsupervised Domain Adaptation for Colorectal Cancer Tissue Phenotyping},
year = {2021}
}

2020

◼ Handwritten Historical Document Analysis, Recognition, And Retrieval - State Of The Art And Future Trends
A. Fischer, M. Liwicki, R. Ingold
Series in Machine Perception and Artificial Intelligence, 2020

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journal = {Series in Machine Perception and Artificial Intelligence},
publisher = {WORLD SCIENTIFIC},
year = {2020}
}

◼ Modeling 3D Movements with the Kinematic Theory of Rapid Human Movements
A. Fischer, R. Schindler, M. Bouillon, R. Plamondon
The Lognormality Principle and its Applications in e-Security, e-Learning and e-Health, Volume 88, pp. 327–342, 2020

@incollection{Fischer2020,
author = {A. Fischer and R. Schindler and M. Bouillon and R. Plamondon},
booktitle = {The Lognormality Principle and its Applications in e-Security, e-Learning and e-Health},
editor = {R. Plamondon and A. Marcelli and M.A. Ferrer},
pages = {327–342},
series = {Series in Machine Perception and Artificial Intelligence},
title = {Modeling 3D Movements with the Kinematic Theory of Rapid Human Movements},
volume = {88},
year = {2020}
}

◼ Filters for Graph-Based Keyword Spotting in Historical Handwritten Documents
M. Stauffer, A. Fischer, K. Riesen
Pattern Recognition Letters, Volume 134, pp. 125–134, 2020

@article{Stauffer2020,
author = {M. Stauffer and A. Fischer and K. Riesen},
journal = {Pattern Recognition Letters},
pages = {125–134},
title = {Filters for Graph-Based Keyword Spotting in Historical Handwritten Documents},
volume = {134},
year = {2020}
}

◼ Automatic Creation of Text Corpora for Low-Resource Languages from the Internet: The Case of Swiss German
L. Linder, M. Jungo, J. Hennebert, C. Musat, A. Fischer
Proc. 12th Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC), 2020

@inproceedings{Linder2020,
author = {L. Linder and M. Jungo and J. Hennebert and C.C. Musat and A. Fischer},
booktitle = {Proc. 12th Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)},
file = {/research/papers/Linder2020.pdf},
note = {},
pages = {},
title = {Automatic Creation of Text Corpora for Low-Resource Languages from the Internet: The Case of Swiss German},
year = {2020}
}

◼ Effects of Graph Pooling Layers on Classification with Graph Neural Networks
L. Studer, J. Wallau, R. Ingold, A. Fischer
Proc. 7th Swiss Conference on Data Science (SDS), pp. 57–58, 2020

@inproceedings{Studer2020,
author = {L. Studer and J. Wallau and R. Ingold and A. Fischer},
booktitle = {Proc. 7th Swiss Conference on Data Science (SDS)},
note = {},
pages = {57–58},
title = {Effects of Graph Pooling Layers on Classification with Graph Neural Networks},
year = {2020}
}

2019

◼ Combining Graph Edit Distance and Triplet Networks for Offline Signature Verification
P. Maergner, V. Pondenkandath, M. Alberti, M. Liwicki, K. Riesen, R. Ingold, A. Fischer
Pattern Recognition Letters, Volume 125, pp. 527–533, 2019

@article{Maergner2019a,
author = {P. Maergner and V. Pondenkandath and M. Alberti and M. Liwicki and K. Riesen and R. Ingold and A. Fischer},
file = {/research/papers/Maergner2019.pdf},
journal = {Pattern Recognition Letters},
pages = {527–533},
title = {Combining Graph Edit Distance and Triplet Networks for Offline Signature Verification},
volume = {125},
year = {2019}
}

◼ Graph-Based Keyword Spotting in Historical Manuscripts Using Hausdorff Edit Distance
M. Ameri, M. Stauffer, K. Riesen, T. Bui, A. Fischer
Pattern Recognition Letters, Volume 121, pp. 61–67, 2019

@article{Ameri2019,
author = {M.R. Ameri and M. Stauffer and K. Riesen and T.D. Bui and A. Fischer},
journal = {Pattern Recognition Letters},
pages = {61–67},
title = {Graph-Based Keyword Spotting in Historical Manuscripts Using Hausdorff Edit Distance},
volume = {121},
year = {2019}
}

◼ A Comprehensive Study of ImageNet Pre-Training for Historical Document Image Analysis
L. Studer, M. Alberti, V. Pondenkandath, P. Goktepe, T. Kolonko, A. Fischer, M. Liwicki, R. Ingold
Proc. 15th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), pp. 720–725, 2019

@inproceedings{Studer2019,
author = {L. Studer and M. Alberti and V. Pondenkandath and P. Goktepe and T. Kolonko and A. Fischer and M. Liwicki and R. Ingold},
booktitle = {Proc. 15th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR)},
file = {/research/papers/Studer2019.pdf},
note = {},
pages = {720–725},
title = {A Comprehensive Study of ImageNet Pre-Training for Historical Document Image Analysis},
year = {2019}
}

◼ Alleviating Sequence Information Loss with Data Overlapping and Prime Batch Sizes
N. Kocher, C. Scuito, L. Tarantino, A. Lazaridis, A. Fischer, C. Musat
Proc. SIGNLL Conf. on Computational Natural Language Learning (CoNLL), pp. 890–899, 2019

@inproceedings{Kocher2019,
author = {N. Kocher and C. Scuito and L. Tarantino and A. Lazaridis and A. Fischer and C. Musat},
booktitle = {Proc. SIGNLL Conf. on Computational Natural Language Learning (CoNLL)},
file = {/research/papers/Kocher2019.pdf},
note = {},
pages = {890–899},
title = {Alleviating Sequence Information Loss with Data Overlapping and Prime Batch Sizes},
year = {2019}
}

◼ Cross-Evaluation of Graph-Based Keyword Spotting in Handwritten Historical Documents
M. Stauffer, P. Maergner, A. Fischer, K. Riesen
Proc. 12th Int. Workshop on Graph-Based Representation in Pattern Recognition (GbR), pp. 45–55, 2019

@inproceedings{Stauffer2019,
author = {M. Stauffer and P. Maergner and A. Fischer and K. Riesen},
booktitle = {Proc. 12th Int. Workshop on Graph-Based Representation in Pattern Recognition (GbR)},
note = {},
pages = {45–55},
title = {Cross-Evaluation of Graph-Based Keyword Spotting in Handwritten Historical Documents},
year = {2019}
}

◼ Graph Embedding for Offline Handwritten Signature Verification
M. Stauffer, P. Maergner, A. Fischer, K. Riesen
Proc. 3rd Int. Conf. on Biometric Engineering and Applications (ICBEA), pp. 69–76, 2019

@inproceedings{Stauffer2019a,
author = {M. Stauffer and P. Maergner and A. Fischer and K. Riesen},
booktitle = {Proc. 3rd Int. Conf. on Biometric Engineering and Applications (ICBEA)},
file = {/research/papers/Stauffer2019.pdf},
note = {},
pages = {69–76},
title = {Graph Embedding for Offline Handwritten Signature Verification},
year = {2019}
}

◼ Graph-based Classification of Intestinal Glands in Colorectal Cancer Tissue Images
L. Studer, S. Toneyan, I. Zlobec, H. Dawson, A. Fischer
Proc. 2nd MICCAI Workshop on Computational Pathology (COMPAY), pp. 1–8, 2019

@inproceedings{Studer2019a,
author = {L. Studer and S. Toneyan and I. Zlobec and H. Dawson and A. Fischer},
booktitle = {Proc. 2nd MICCAI Workshop on Computational Pathology (COMPAY)},
note = {},
pages = {1–8},
title = {Graph-based Classification of Intestinal Glands in Colorectal Cancer Tissue Images},
year = {2019}
}

◼ Layout Analysis and Text Column Segmentation for Historical Vietnamese Steles
A. Scius-Bertrand, L. Voegtlin, M. Alberti, A. Fischer, M. Bui
Proc. 5th Int. Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and Processing (HIP), pp. 84–89, 2019

@inproceedings{Scius-bertrand2019,
author = {A. Scius-Bertrand and L. Voegtlin and M. Alberti and A. Fischer and M. Bui},
booktitle = {Proc. 5th Int. Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and Processing (HIP)},
file = {/research/papers/Scius-bertrand2019.pdf},
note = {},
pages = {84–89},
title = {Layout Analysis and Text Column Segmentation for Historical Vietnamese Steles},
year = {2019}
}

◼ Offline Signature Verification using Structural Dynamic Time Warping
M. Stauffer, P. Maergner, A. Fischer, R. Ingold, K. Riesen
Proc. 15th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), pp. 1117–1124, 2019

@inproceedings{Stauffer2019b,
author = {M. Stauffer and P. Maergner and A. Fischer and R. Ingold and K. Riesen},
booktitle = {Proc. 15th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR)},
note = {},
pages = {1117–1124},
title = {Offline Signature Verification using Structural Dynamic Time Warping},
year = {2019}
}

◼ Synthetic Generation of Online Signatures using a Deep Generative Model
P. Maergner, T. Karabacakoglu, K. Riesen, R. Ingold, A. Fischer
Proc. 19th International Graphonomics Conference (IGS), 2019

@inproceedings{Maergner2019,
author = {P. Maergner and T.S. Karabacakoglu and K. Riesen and R. Ingold and A. Fischer},
booktitle = {Proc. 19th International Graphonomics Conference (IGS)},
note = {},
pages = {},
title = {Synthetic Generation of Online Signatures using a Deep Generative Model},
year = {2019}
}

2018

◼ Searching and Browsing in Historical Documents – State of the Art and Novel Approaches for Template-Based Keyword Spotting
M. Stauffer, A. Fischer, K. Riesen
Business Information Systems and Technology 4.0, Volume 141, pp. 197–211, 2018

@incollection{Stauffer2018b,
author = {M. Stauffer and A. Fischer and K. Riesen},
booktitle = {Business Information Systems and Technology 4.0},
editor = {R. Dornberger},
file = {/research/papers/Stauffer2018.pdf},
pages = {197–211},
series = {Studies in Systems, Decision, and Control},
title = {Searching and Browsing in Historical Documents – State of the Art and Novel Approaches for Template-Based Keyword Spotting},
volume = {141},
year = {2018}
}

◼ Dynamic Signature Verification System Based on One Real Signature
M. Diaz, A. Fischer, M. Ferrer, R. Plamondon
IEEE Trans. on Cybernetics, Volume 48, Number 1, pp. 228–239, 2018

@article{Diaz2018,
author = {M. Diaz and A. Fischer and M.A. Ferrer and R. Plamondon},
journal = {IEEE Trans. on Cybernetics},
number = {1},
pages = {228–239},
title = {Dynamic Signature Verification System Based on One Real Signature},
volume = {48},
year = {2018}
}

◼ Keyword Spotting in Historical Handwritten Documents based on Graph Matching
M. Stauffer, A. Fischer, K. Riesen
Pattern Recognition, Volume 81, pp. 240–253, 2018

@article{Stauffer2018a,
author = {M. Stauffer and A. Fischer and K. Riesen},
journal = {Pattern Recognition},
pages = {240–253},
title = {Keyword Spotting in Historical Handwritten Documents based on Graph Matching},
volume = {81},
year = {2018}
}

◼ On the Impact of Using Utilities Rather than Costs for Graph Matching
K. Riesen, A. Fischer, H. Bunke
Neural Processing Letters, Volume 48, Number 2, pp. 691–707, 2018

@article{Riesen2018,
author = {K. Riesen and A. Fischer and H. Bunke},
file = {/research/papers/Riesen2018.pdf},
journal = {Neural Processing Letters},
number = {2},
pages = {691–707},
title = {On the Impact of Using Utilities Rather than Costs for Graph Matching},
volume = {48},
year = {2018}
}

◼ DLL: A Fast Deep Neural Network Library
B. Wicht, A. Fischer, J. Hennebert
Proc. 8th Int. Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks in Pattern Recognition (ANNPR), pp. 54–65, 2018

@inproceedings{Wicht2018,
author = {B. Wicht and A. Fischer and J. Hennebert},
booktitle = {Proc. 8th Int. Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks in Pattern Recognition (ANNPR)},
note = {},
pages = {54–65},
title = {DLL: A Fast Deep Neural Network Library},
year = {2018}
}

◼ Extending the Sigma-Lognormal Model of the Kinematic Theory to Three Dimensions
R. Schindler, M. Bouillon, R. Plamondon, A. Fischer
Proc. 1st Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence (ICPRAI), pp. 748–752, 2018

@inproceedings{Schindler2018,
author = {R. Schindler and M. Bouillon and R. Plamondon and A. Fischer},
booktitle = {Proc. 1st Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence (ICPRAI)},
file = {/research/papers/Schindler2018.pdf},
note = {},
pages = {748–752},
title = {Extending the Sigma-Lognormal Model of the Kinematic Theory to Three Dimensions},
year = {2018}
}

◼ Graph-Based Keyword Spotting in Historical Documents Using Context-Aware Hausdorff Edit Distance
M. Stauffer, A. Fischer, K. Riesen
Proc. 13th Int. Workshop on Document Analysis Systems (DAS), pp. 49–54, 2018

@inproceedings{Stauffer2018,
author = {M. Stauffer and A. Fischer and K. Riesen},
booktitle = {Proc. 13th Int. Workshop on Document Analysis Systems (DAS)},
note = {},
pages = {49–54},
title = {Graph-Based Keyword Spotting in Historical Documents Using Context-Aware Hausdorff Edit Distance},
year = {2018}
}

◼ Learning Graph Distances with Message Passing Neural Networks
P. Riba, A. Fischer, J. Llados, A. Fornes
Proc. 24th Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), pp. 2239–2244, 2018
Best Scientific Paper Award

@inproceedings{Riba2018,
author = {P. Riba and A. Fischer and J. Llados and A. Fornes},
booktitle = {Proc. 24th Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition (ICPR)},
note = {{Best Scientific Paper Award}},
pages = {2239–2244},
title = {Learning Graph Distances with Message Passing Neural Networks},
year = {2018}
}

◼ Offline Signature Verification by Combining Graph Edit Distance and Triplet Networks
P. Maergner, V. Pondenkandath, M. Alberti, M. Liwicki, K. Riesen, R. Ingold, A. Fischer
Proc. Int. Workshop on Structural, Syntactic, and Statistical Pattern Recognition (S+SSPR), pp. 470–480, 2018

@inproceedings{Maergner2018a,
author = {P. Maergner and V. Pondenkandath and M. Alberti and M. Liwicki and K. Riesen and R. Ingold and A. Fischer},
booktitle = {Proc. Int. Workshop on Structural, Syntactic, and Statistical Pattern Recognition (S+SSPR)},
note = {},
pages = {470–480},
title = {Offline Signature Verification by Combining Graph Edit Distance and Triplet Networks},
year = {2018}
}

◼ Offline Signature Verification via Structural Methods: Graph Edit Distance and Inkball Models
P. Maergner, N. Howe, K. Riesen, R. Ingold, A. Fischer
Proc. 16th Int. Conf. on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (ICFHR), pp. 163–168, 2018

@inproceedings{Maergner2018,
author = {P. Maergner and N.R. Howe and K. Riesen and R. Ingold and A. Fischer},
booktitle = {Proc. 16th Int. Conf. on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (ICFHR)},
note = {},
pages = {163–168},
title = {Offline Signature Verification via Structural Methods: Graph Edit Distance and Inkball Models},
year = {2018}
}

2017

◼ A User-Centered Segmentation Method for Complex Historical Manuscripts Based on Document Graphs
A. Garz, M. Seuret, A. Fischer, R. Ingold
IEEE Trans. on Human-Machine Systems, Volume 47, Number 2, pp. 181–193, 2017

@article{Garz2017a,
author = {A. Garz and M. Seuret and A. Fischer and R. Ingold},
journal = {IEEE Trans. on Human-Machine Systems},
number = {2},
pages = {181–193},
title = {A User-Centered Segmentation Method for Complex Historical Manuscripts Based on Document Graphs},
volume = {47},
year = {2017}
}

◼ Improved Quadratic Time Approximation of Graph Edit Distance by Combining Hausdorff Matching and Greedy Assignment
A. Fischer, K. Riesen, H. Bunke
Pattern Recognition Letters, Volume 87, pp. 55–62, 2017

@article{Fischer2017,
author = {A. Fischer and K. Riesen and H. Bunke},
journal = {Pattern Recognition Letters},
pages = {55–62},
title = {Improved Quadratic Time Approximation of Graph Edit Distance by Combining Hausdorff Matching and Greedy Assignment},
volume = {87},
year = {2017}
}

◼ Signature Verification Based on the Kinematic Theory of Rapid Human Movements
A. Fischer, R. Plamondon
IEEE Trans. on Human-Machine Systems, Volume 47, Number 2, pp. 169–180, 2017

@article{Fischer2017a,
author = {A. Fischer and R. Plamondon},
journal = {IEEE Trans. on Human-Machine Systems},
number = {2},
pages = {169–180},
title = {Signature Verification Based on the Kinematic Theory of Rapid Human Movements},
volume = {47},
year = {2017}
}

◼ A Structural Approach to Offline Signature Verification Using Graph Edit Distance
P. Maergner, K. Riesen, R. Ingold, A. Fischer
Proc. 14th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), pp. 1216–1222, 2017

@inproceedings{Maergner2017,
author = {P. Maergner and K. Riesen and R. Ingold and A. Fischer},
booktitle = {Proc. 14th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR)},
note = {},
pages = {1216–1222},
title = {A Structural Approach to Offline Signature Verification Using Graph Edit Distance},
year = {2017}
}

◼ A Survey on Applications of Bipartite Graph Edit Distance
M. Stauffer, T. Tschachtli, A. Fischer, K. Riesen
Proc. 11th Int. Workshop on Graph-based Representations in Pattern Recognition (GbR), pp. 242–252, 2017

@inproceedings{Stauffer2017,
author = {M. Stauffer and T. Tschachtli and A. Fischer and K. Riesen},
booktitle = {Proc. 11th Int. Workshop on Graph-based Representations in Pattern Recognition (GbR)},
note = {},
pages = {242–252},
title = {A Survey on Applications of Bipartite Graph Edit Distance},
year = {2017}
}

◼ Ensembles for Graph-based Keyword Spotting in Historical Handwritten Documents
M. Stauffer, A. Fischer, K. Riesen
Proc. 14th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), pp. 714–720, 2017

@inproceedings{Stauffer2017a,
author = {M. Stauffer and A. Fischer and K. Riesen},
booktitle = {Proc. 14th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR)},
note = {},
pages = {714–720},
title = {Ensembles for Graph-based Keyword Spotting in Historical Handwritten Documents},
year = {2017}
}

◼ Improved Graph Edit Distance Approximation with Simulated Annealing
K. Riesen, A. Fischer, H. Bunke
Proc. 11th Int. Workshop on Graph-based Representations in Pattern Recognition (GbR), pp. 222–231, 2017

@inproceedings{Riesen2017,
author = {K. Riesen and A. Fischer and H. Bunke},
booktitle = {Proc. 11th Int. Workshop on Graph-based Representations in Pattern Recognition (GbR)},
note = {},
pages = {222–231},
title = {Improved Graph Edit Distance Approximation with Simulated Annealing},
year = {2017}
}

◼ Keyword Spotting in Historical Documents Based on Handwriting Graphs and Hausdorff Edit Distance
M. Ameri, M. Stauffer, K. Riesen, T. Bui, A. Fischer
Proc. 18th Conf. of the International Graphonomics Society (IGS), 2017

@inproceedings{Ameri2017,
author = {M. Ameri and M. Stauffer and K. Riesen and T. Bui and A. Fischer},
booktitle = {Proc. 18th Conf. of the International Graphonomics Society (IGS)},
note = {},
pages = {},
title = {Keyword Spotting in Historical Documents Based on Handwriting Graphs and Hausdorff Edit Distance},
year = {2017}
}

◼ Model-based Delineation of Non-Uniformly Sampled ECG Signals
T. Niederhauser, A. Haeberlin, B. Jesacher, A. Fischer, H. Tanner
Proc. Computing in Cardiology (CinC), 2017

@inproceedings{Niederhauser2017,
author = {T. Niederhauser and A. Haeberlin and B. Jesacher and A. Fischer and H. Tanner},
booktitle = {Proc. Computing in Cardiology (CinC)},
note = {},
pages = {},
title = {Model-based Delineation of Non-Uniformly Sampled ECG Signals},
year = {2017}
}

◼ Offline Signature Verification Based on Bipartite Approximation of Graph Edit Distance
P. Maergner, K. Riesen, R. Ingold, A. Fischer
Proc. 18th Conf. of the International Graphonomics Society (IGS), 2017

@inproceedings{Maergner2017a,
author = {P. Maergner and K. Riesen and R. Ingold and A. Fischer},
booktitle = {Proc. 18th Conf. of the International Graphonomics Society (IGS)},
note = {},
pages = {},
title = {Offline Signature Verification Based on Bipartite Approximation of Graph Edit Distance},
year = {2017}
}

◼ Speeding-Up Graph-based Keyword Spotting in Historical Handwritten Documents
M. Stauffer, A. Fischer, K. Riesen
Proc. 11th Int. Workshop on Graph-based Representations in Pattern Recognition (GbR), pp. 83–93, 2017

@inproceedings{Stauffer2017b,
author = {M. Stauffer and A. Fischer and K. Riesen},
booktitle = {Proc. 11th Int. Workshop on Graph-based Representations in Pattern Recognition (GbR)},
note = {},
pages = {83–93},
title = {Speeding-Up Graph-based Keyword Spotting in Historical Handwritten Documents},
year = {2017}
}

◼ User Adaptation for Multi-Classifier Signature Verification Based on the Kinematic Theory
A. Garz, F. Schuetz, A. Villa, R. Plamondon, A. Fischer
Proc. 18th Conf. of the International Graphonomics Society (IGS), 2017

@inproceedings{Garz2017,
author = {A. Garz and F. Schuetz and A. Villa and R. Plamondon and A. Fischer},
booktitle = {Proc. 18th Conf. of the International Graphonomics Society (IGS)},
note = {},
pages = {},
title = {User Adaptation for Multi-Classifier Signature Verification Based on the Kinematic Theory},
year = {2017}
}

2016

◼ A Novel Graph Database for Handwritten Word Images
M. Stauffer, A. Fischer, K. Riesen
Proc. Int. Workshop on Structural, Syntactic, and Statistical Pattern Recognition (S+SSPR), pp. 553–563, 2016

@inproceedings{Stauffer2016,
author = {M. Stauffer and A. Fischer and K. Riesen},
booktitle = {Proc. Int. Workshop on Structural, Syntactic, and Statistical Pattern Recognition (S+SSPR)},
file = {/research/papers/Stauffer2016.pdf},
note = {},
pages = {553–563},
title = {A Novel Graph Database for Handwritten Word Images},
year = {2016}
}

◼ Approximation of Graph Edit Distance by Means of a Utility Matrix
K. Riesen, A. Fischer, H. Bunke
Proc. 7th Int. Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks in Pattern Recognition (ANNPR), pp. 185–194, 2016

@inproceedings{Riesen2016,
author = {K. Riesen and A. Fischer and H. Bunke},
booktitle = {Proc. 7th Int. Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks in Pattern Recognition (ANNPR)},
file = {/research/papers/Riesen2016.pdf},
note = {},
pages = {185–194},
title = {Approximation of Graph Edit Distance by Means of a Utility Matrix},
year = {2016}
}

◼ Creating ground truth for historical manuscripts with document graphs and scribbling interaction
A. Garz, M. Seuret, F. Simistira, A. Fischer, R. Ingold
Proc. 12th Int. Workshop on Document Analysis Systems (DAS), pp. 126–131, 2016

@inproceedings{Garz2016,
author = {A. Garz and M. Seuret and F. Simistira and A. Fischer and R. Ingold},
booktitle = {Proc. 12th Int. Workshop on Document Analysis Systems (DAS)},
note = {},
pages = {126–131},
title = {Creating ground truth for historical manuscripts with document graphs and scribbling interaction},
year = {2016}
}

◼ Deep Learning Features for Handwritten Keyword Spotting
B. Wicht, A. Fischer, J. Hennebert
Proc. 23rd Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), pp. 3434–3439, 2016

@inproceedings{Wicht2016,
author = {B. Wicht and A. Fischer and J. Hennebert},
booktitle = {Proc. 23rd Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition (ICPR)},
note = {},
pages = {3434–3439},
title = {Deep Learning Features for Handwritten Keyword Spotting},
year = {2016}
}

◼ Graph-Based Keyword Spotting in Historical Handwritten Documents
M. Stauffer, A. Fischer, K. Riesen
Proc. Int. Workshop on Structural, Syntactic, and Statistical Pattern Recognition (S+SSPR), pp. 564–573, 2016

@inproceedings{Stauffer2016a,
author = {M. Stauffer and A. Fischer and K. Riesen},
booktitle = {Proc. Int. Workshop on Structural, Syntactic, and Statistical Pattern Recognition (S+SSPR)},
note = {},
pages = {564–573},
title = {Graph-Based Keyword Spotting in Historical Handwritten Documents},
year = {2016}
}

◼ GraphManuscribble: Interact intuitively with digital facsimiles
A. Garz, M. Seuret, A. Fischer, R. Ingold
Proc. 2nd Int. Conf. on Natural Sciences and Technology in Manuscript Analysis, pp. 61–63, 2016

@inproceedings{Garz2016a,
author = {A. Garz and M. Seuret and A. Fischer and R. Ingold},
booktitle = {Proc. 2nd Int. Conf. on Natural Sciences and Technology in Manuscript Analysis},
note = {},
pages = {61–63},
title = {GraphManuscribble: Interact intuitively with digital facsimiles},
year = {2016}
}

◼ Inkball Models as Features for Handwriting Recognition
N. Howe, A. Fischer, B. Wicht
Proc. 15th Int. Conf. on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (ICFHR), pp. 96–101, 2016

@inproceedings{Howe2016,
author = {N. Howe and A. Fischer and B. Wicht},
booktitle = {Proc. 15th Int. Conf. on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (ICFHR)},
note = {},
pages = {96–101},
title = {Inkball Models as Features for Handwriting Recognition},
year = {2016}
}

◼ Keyword Spotting with Convolutional Deep Belief Networks and Dynamic Time Warping
B. Wicht, A. Fischer, J. Hennebert
Proc. 25th Int. Conf. on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN), pp. 113–120, 2016

@inproceedings{Wicht2016a,
author = {B. Wicht and A. Fischer and J. Hennebert},
booktitle = {Proc. 25th Int. Conf. on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN)},
note = {},
pages = {113–120},
title = {Keyword Spotting with Convolutional Deep Belief Networks and Dynamic Time Warping},
year = {2016}
}

◼ On CPU Performance Optimization of Restricted Boltzmann Machine and Convolutional RBM
B. Wicht, A. Fischer, J. Hennebert
Proc. 7th Int. Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks in Pattern Recognition (ANNPR), pp. 163–174, 2016

@inproceedings{Wicht2016b,
author = {B. Wicht and A. Fischer and J. Hennebert},
booktitle = {Proc. 7th Int. Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks in Pattern Recognition (ANNPR)},
file = {/research/papers/Wicht2016.pdf},
note = {},
pages = {163–174},
title = {On CPU Performance Optimization of Restricted Boltzmann Machine and Convolutional RBM},
year = {2016}
}

◼ Simple and fast geometrical descriptors for writer identification
A. Garz, M. Würsch, A. Fischer, R. Ingold
Proc. 23rd Int. Conf. on Document Recognition and Retrieval (DRR), pp. 1–12, 2016

@inproceedings{Garz2016b,
author = {A. Garz and M. Würsch and A. Fischer and R. Ingold},
booktitle = {Proc. 23rd Int. Conf. on Document Recognition and Retrieval (DRR)},
file = {/research/papers/Garz2016.pdf},
note = {},
pages = {1–12},
title = {Simple and fast geometrical descriptors for writer identification},
year = {2016}
}

2015

◼ Approximation of Graph Edit Distance Based on Hausdorff Matching
A. Fischer, C. Y. Suen, V. Frinken, K. Riesen, H. Bunke
Pattern Recognition, Volume 48, Number 2, pp. 331–343, 2015

@article{Fischer2015c,
author = {A. Fischer and C. Y. Suen and V. Frinken and K. Riesen and H. Bunke},
file = {/research/papers/Fischer2015.pdf},
journal = {Pattern Recognition},
number = {2},
pages = {331–343},
title = {Approximation of Graph Edit Distance Based on Hausdorff Matching},
volume = {48},
year = {2015}
}

◼ Estimating Graph Edit Distance Using Lower and Upper Bounds of Bipartite Approximations
K. Riesen, A. Fischer, H. Bunke
International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, Volume 29, Number 2, pp. 1–27, 2015

@article{Riesen2015b,
author = {K. Riesen and A. Fischer and H. Bunke},
journal = {International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence},
number = {2},
pages = {1–27},
title = {Estimating Graph Edit Distance Using Lower and Upper Bounds of Bipartite Approximations},
volume = {29},
year = {2015}
}

◼ A dissimilarity measure for on-line signature verification based on the Sigma-Lognormal model
A. Fischer, R. Plamondon
Proc. 17th Conf. of the International Graphonomics Society (IGS), pp. 83–86, 2015

@inproceedings{Fischer2015,
author = {A. Fischer and R. Plamondon},
booktitle = {Proc. 17th Conf. of the International Graphonomics Society (IGS)},
file = {/research/papers/Fischer2015.pdf},
note = {},
pages = {83–86},
title = {A dissimilarity measure for on-line signature verification based on the Sigma-Lognormal model},
year = {2015}
}

◼ Approximation of graph edit distance in quadratic time
K. Riesen, M. Ferrer, A. Fischer, H. Bunke
Proc. 10th Int. Workshop on Graph-based Representations in Pattern Recognition (GbR), pp. 3–12, 2015

@inproceedings{Riesen2015a,
author = {K. Riesen and M. Ferrer and A. Fischer and H. Bunke},
booktitle = {Proc. 10th Int. Workshop on Graph-based Representations in Pattern Recognition (GbR)},
note = {},
pages = {3–12},
title = {Approximation of graph edit distance in quadratic time},
year = {2015}
}

◼ Building classifier ensembles using greedy graph edit distance
K. Riesen, M. Ferrer, A. Fischer
Proc. 12th Int. Workshop on Multiple Classifier Systems (MCS), pp. 125–134, 2015

@inproceedings{Riesen2015,
author = {K. Riesen and M. Ferrer and A. Fischer},
booktitle = {Proc. 12th Int. Workshop on Multiple Classifier Systems (MCS)},
note = {},
pages = {125–134},
title = {Building classifier ensembles using greedy graph edit distance},
year = {2015}
}

◼ Clustering historical documents based on the reconstruction error of autoencoders
M. Seuret, A. Fischer, A. Garz, M. Liwicki, R. Ingold
Proc. 3rd Int. Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and Processing (HIP), pp. 85–91, 2015

@inproceedings{Seuret2015,
author = {M. Seuret and A. Fischer and A. Garz and M. Liwicki and R. Ingold},
booktitle = {Proc. 3rd Int. Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and Processing (HIP)},
note = {},
pages = {85–91},
title = {Clustering historical documents based on the reconstruction error of autoencoders},
year = {2015}
}

◼ Improving Hausdorff edit distance using structural node context
A. Fischer, S. Uchida, V. Frinken, K. Riesen, H. Bunke
Proc. 10th Int. Workshop on Graph-based Representations in Pattern Recognition (GbR), pp. 148–157, 2015

@inproceedings{Fischer2015a,
author = {A. Fischer and S. Uchida and V. Frinken and K. Riesen and H. Bunke},
booktitle = {Proc. 10th Int. Workshop on Graph-based Representations in Pattern Recognition (GbR)},
file = {/research/papers/Fischer2015.pdf},
note = {},
pages = {148–157},
title = {Improving Hausdorff edit distance using structural node context},
year = {2015}
}

◼ Omega-Lognormal analysis of oscillatory movements as a function of brain stroke risk factors
A. Bou-Hernandez, A. Fischer, R. Plamondon
Proc. 17th Conf. of the International Graphonomics Society (IGS), pp. 59–62, 2015

@inproceedings{Bou-hernandez2015,
author = {A. Bou-Hernandez and A. Fischer and R. Plamondon},
booktitle = {Proc. 17th Conf. of the International Graphonomics Society (IGS)},
note = {},
pages = {59–62},
title = {Omega-Lognormal analysis of oscillatory movements as a function of brain stroke risk factors},
year = {2015}
}

◼ Robust score normalization for DTW-based on-line signature verification
A. Fischer, M. Diaz, R. Plamondon, M. Ferrer
Proc. 13th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), pp. 241–245, 2015

@inproceedings{Fischer2015b,
author = {A. Fischer and M. Diaz and R. Plamondon and M.A. Ferrer},
booktitle = {Proc. 13th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR)},
file = {/research/papers/Fischer2015.pdf},
note = {},
pages = {241–245},
title = {Robust score normalization for DTW-based on-line signature verification},
year = {2015}
}

◼ Selecting autoencoder features for layout analysis of historical documents
H. Wei, M. Seuret, K. Chen, A. Fischer, M. Liwicki, R. Ingold, X. Zhong
Proc. 3rd Int. Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and Processing (HIP), pp. 55–62, 2015

@inproceedings{Wei2015,
author = {H. Wei and M. Seuret and K. Chen and A. Fischer and M. Liwicki and R. Ingold and X. Zhong},
booktitle = {Proc. 3rd Int. Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and Processing (HIP)},
note = {},
pages = {55–62},
title = {Selecting autoencoder features for layout analysis of historical documents},
year = {2015}
}

◼ Towards an automatic on-line signature verifier using only one reference per signer
M. Diaz, A. Fischer, R. Plamondon, M. Ferrer
Proc. 13th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), pp. 631–635, 2015

@inproceedings{Diaz2015,
author = {M. Diaz and A. Fischer and R. Plamondon and M.A. Ferrer},
booktitle = {Proc. 13th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR)},
note = {},
pages = {631–635},
title = {Towards an automatic on-line signature verifier using only one reference per signer},
year = {2015}
}

2014

◼ The HisDoc Project. Automatic Analysis, Recognition, and Retrieval of Handwritten Historical Documents for Digital Libraries
A. Fischer, H. Bunke, N. Naji, J. Savoy, M. Baechler, R. Ingold
Internationality and Interdisciplinarity in Edition Philology, Volume 38, pp. 91–106, 2014

@incollection{Fischer2014c,
author = {A. Fischer and H. Bunke and N. Naji and J. Savoy and M. Baechler and R. Ingold},
booktitle = {Internationality and Interdisciplinarity in Edition Philology},
editor = {M. Stolz and Y.-C. Chen},
pages = {91–106},
series = {Beihefte zu Editio},
title = {The {HisDoc} Project. {A}utomatic Analysis, Recognition, and Retrieval of Handwritten Historical Documents for Digital Libraries},
volume = {38},
year = {2014}
}

◼ Keyword Spotting for Self-Training of BLSTM NN Based Handwriting Recognition Systems
V. Frinken, A. Fischer, M. Baumgartner, H. Bunke
Pattern Recognition, Volume 47, Number 3, pp. 1073–1082, 2014

@article{Frinken2014a,
author = {V. Frinken and A. Fischer and M. Baumgartner and H. Bunke},
journal = {Pattern Recognition},
number = {3},
pages = {1073–1082},
title = {Keyword Spotting for Self-Training of BLSTM NN Based Handwriting Recognition Systems},
volume = {47},
year = {2014}
}

◼ Neural Network Language Models for Off-Line Handwriting Recognition
F. Zamora-Martinez, V. Frinken, S. Espana-Boquera, M. J. Castro-Bleda, A. Fischer, H. Bunke
Pattern Recognition, Volume 47, Number 4, pp. 1642–1652, 2014

@article{Zamora-martinez2014,
author = {F. Zamora-Martinez and V. Frinken and S. Espana-Boquera and M. J. Castro-Bleda and A. Fischer and H. Bunke},
journal = {Pattern Recognition},
number = {4},
pages = {1642–1652},
title = {Neural Network Language Models for Off-Line Handwriting Recognition},
volume = {47},
year = {2014}
}

◼ A cache language model for whole document handwriting recognition
V. Frinken, D. Karatzas, A. Fischer
Proc. 11th Int. Workshop on Document Analysis Systems (DAS), pp. 166–170, 2014

@inproceedings{Frinken2014,
author = {V. Frinken and D. Karatzas and A. Fischer},
booktitle = {Proc. 11th Int. Workshop on Document Analysis Systems (DAS)},
note = {},
pages = {166–170},
title = {A cache language model for whole document handwriting recognition},
year = {2014}
}

◼ A combined system for text line extraction and handwriting recognition in historical documents
A. Fischer, M. Baechler, A. Garz, M. Liwicki, R. Ingold
Proc. 11th Int. Workshop on Document Analysis Systems (DAS), pp. 71–75, 2014

@inproceedings{Fischer2014,
author = {A. Fischer and M. Baechler and A. Garz and M. Liwicki and R. Ingold},
booktitle = {Proc. 11th Int. Workshop on Document Analysis Systems (DAS)},
note = {},
pages = {71–75},
title = {A combined system for text line extraction and handwriting recognition in historical documents},
year = {2014}
}

◼ A feature extraction method for cursive character recognition using higher-order singular value decomposition
M. Ameri, M. Haji, A. Fischer, D. Ponson, T. Bui
Proc. 14th Int. Conf. on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (ICFHR), pp. 512–516, 2014

@inproceedings{Ameri2014,
author = {M.R. Ameri and M. Haji and A. Fischer and D. Ponson and T.D. Bui},
booktitle = {Proc. 14th Int. Conf. on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (ICFHR)},
note = {},
pages = {512–516},
title = {A feature extraction method for cursive character recognition using higher-order singular value decomposition},
year = {2014}
}

◼ A Hausdorff heuristic for efficient computation of graph edit distance
A. Fischer, R. Plamondon, Y. Savaria, K. Riesen, H. Bunke
Proc. Int. Workshop on Structural and Syntactic Pattern Recognition (SSPR), pp. 83–92, 2014

@inproceedings{Fischer2014a,
author = {A. Fischer and R. Plamondon and Y. Savaria and K. Riesen and H. Bunke},
booktitle = {Proc. Int. Workshop on Structural and Syntactic Pattern Recognition (SSPR)},
note = {},
pages = {83–92},
title = {A Hausdorff heuristic for efficient computation of graph edit distance},
year = {2014}
}

◼ Combining bipartite graph matching and beam search for graph edit distance approximation
K. Riesen, A. Fischer, H. Bunke
Proc. 6th Int. Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks in Pattern Recognition (ANNPR), pp. 117–128, 2014

@inproceedings{Riesen2014,
author = {K. Riesen and A. Fischer and H. Bunke},
booktitle = {Proc. 6th Int. Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks in Pattern Recognition (ANNPR)},
note = {},
pages = {117–128},
title = {Combining bipartite graph matching and beam search for graph edit distance approximation},
year = {2014}
}

◼ Computing upper and lower bounds of graph edit distance in cubic time
K. Riesen, A. Fischer, H. Bunke
Proc. 6th Int. Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks in Pattern Recognition (ANNPR), pp. 129–140, 2014

@inproceedings{Riesen2014a,
author = {K. Riesen and A. Fischer and H. Bunke},
booktitle = {Proc. 6th Int. Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks in Pattern Recognition (ANNPR)},
note = {},
pages = {129–140},
title = {Computing upper and lower bounds of graph edit distance in cubic time},
year = {2014}
}

◼ Improving approximate graph edit distance using genetic algorithms
K. Riesen, A. Fischer, H. Bunke
Proc. Int. Workshop on Structural and Syntactic Pattern Recognition (SSPR), pp. 3910–3914, 2014

@inproceedings{Riesen2014b,
author = {K. Riesen and A. Fischer and H. Bunke},
booktitle = {Proc. Int. Workshop on Structural and Syntactic Pattern Recognition (SSPR)},
note = {},
pages = {3910–3914},
title = {Improving approximate graph edit distance using genetic algorithms},
year = {2014}
}

◼ Improving graph edit distance approximation by centrality measures
K. Riesen, A. Fischer, H. Bunke
Proc. 22nd Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), pp. 3910–3914, 2014

@inproceedings{Riesen2014c,
author = {K. Riesen and A. Fischer and H. Bunke},
booktitle = {Proc. 22nd Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition (ICPR)},
note = {},
pages = {3910–3914},
title = {Improving graph edit distance approximation by centrality measures},
year = {2014}
}

◼ Neuromuscular representation and synthetic generation of handwritten whiteboard notes
A. Fischer, R. Plamondon, C. O’Reilly, Y. Savaria
Proc. 14th Int. Conf. on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (ICFHR), pp. 222–227, 2014

@inproceedings{Fischer2014b,
author = {A. Fischer and R. Plamondon and C. {O'Reilly} and Y. Savaria},
booktitle = {Proc. 14th Int. Conf. on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (ICFHR)},
note = {},
pages = {222–227},
title = {Neuromuscular representation and synthetic generation of handwritten whiteboard notes},
year = {2014}
}

2013

◼ Application of Hidden Markov Models for Handwriting Recognition
A. Fischer, V. Frinken, H. Bunke
Machine Learning: Theory and Applications, Volume 31, pp. 421–442, 2013

@incollection{Fischer2013c,
author = {A. Fischer and V. Frinken and H. Bunke},
booktitle = {Machine Learning: Theory and Applications},
editor = {C.R. Rao and V. Govindaraju},
pages = {421–442},
series = {Handbook of Statistics},
title = {Application of Hidden {M}arkov Models for Handwriting Recognition},
volume = {31},
year = {2013}
}

◼ A binarization-free clustering approach to segment curved text lines in historical manuscripts
A. Garz, A. Fischer, H. Bunke, R. Ingold
Proc. 12th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), pp. 1290–1294, 2013

@inproceedings{Garz2013,
author = {A. Garz and A. Fischer and H. Bunke and R. Ingold},
booktitle = {Proc. 12th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR)},
note = {},
pages = {1290–1294},
title = {A binarization-free clustering approach to segment curved text lines
in historical manuscripts},
year = {2013}
}

◼ A discriminative approach to on-line handwriting recognition using bi-character models
S. Prum, M. Visani, A. Fischer, J. Ogier
Proc. 12th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), pp. 364–368, 2013

@inproceedings{Prum2013,
author = {S. Prum and M. Visani and A. Fischer and J.-M. Ogier},
booktitle = {Proc. 12th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR)},
note = {},
pages = {364–368},
title = {A discriminative approach to on-line handwriting recognition using
bi-character models},
year = {2013}
}

◼ A fast matching algorithm for graph-based handwriting recognition
A. Fischer, C. Y. Suen, V. Frinken, K. Riesen, H. Bunke
Proc. 9th Int. Workshop on Graph-Based Representations (GbR), pp. 194–203, 2013

@inproceedings{Fischer2013,
author = {A. Fischer and C. Y. Suen and V. Frinken and K. Riesen and H. Bunke},
booktitle = {Proc. 9th Int. Workshop on Graph-Based Representations (GbR)},
note = {},
pages = {194–203},
title = {A fast matching algorithm for graph-based handwriting recognition},
year = {2013}
}

◼ Generation of learning samples for historical handwriting recognition using image degradation
A. Fischer, V. C. Kieu, M. Visani, C. Y. Suen
Proc. 2nd Int. Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and Processing (HIP), pp. 73–79, 2013

@inproceedings{Fischer2013a,
author = {A. Fischer and V. C. Kieu and M. Visani and C. Y. Suen},
booktitle = {Proc. 2nd Int. Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and
Processing (HIP)},
note = {},
pages = {73–79},
title = {Generation of learning samples for historical handwriting recognition
using image degradation},
year = {2013}
}

◼ Handwriting recognition in historical documents using very large vocabularies
V. Frinken, A. Fischer, C. D. Martinez-Hinarejos
Proc. 2nd Int. Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and Processing (HIP), pp. 67–72, 2013

@inproceedings{Frinken2013,
author = {V. Frinken and A. Fischer and C. D. Martinez-Hinarejos},
booktitle = {Proc. 2nd Int. Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and
Processing (HIP)},
note = {},
pages = {67–72},
title = {Handwriting recognition in historical documents using very large
vocabularies},
year = {2013}
}

◼ Improving HMM-based keyword spotting with character language models
A. Fischer, V. Frinken, H. Bunke, C. Y. Suen
Proc. 12th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), pp. 506–510, 2013

@inproceedings{Fischer2013b,
author = {A. Fischer and V. Frinken and H. Bunke and C. Y. Suen},
booktitle = {Proc. 12th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR)},
note = {},
pages = {506–510},
title = {Improving HMM-based keyword spotting with character language models},
year = {2013}
}

2012

◼ A Novel Word Spotting Method Based on Recurrent Neural Networks
V. Frinken, A. Fischer, R. Manmatha, H. Bunke
IEEE Trans. PAMI, Volume 34, Number 2, pp. 211–224, 2012

@article{Frinken2012b,
author = {V. Frinken and A. Fischer and R. Manmatha and H. Bunke},
journal = {IEEE Trans. PAMI},
number = {2},
pages = {211–224},
title = {A Novel Word Spotting Method Based on Recurrent Neural Networks},
volume = {34},
year = {2012}
}

◼ Lexicon-Free Handwritten Word Spotting Using Character HMMs
A. Fischer, A. Keller, V. Frinken, H. Bunke
Pattern Recognition Letters, Volume 33, Number 7, pp. 934–942, 2012

@article{Fischer2012,
author = {A. Fischer and A. Keller and V. Frinken and H. Bunke},
journal = {Pattern Recognition Letters},
number = {7},
pages = {934–942},
title = {Lexicon-Free Handwritten Word Spotting Using Character {HMM}s},
volume = {33},
year = {2012}
}

◼ Binarization-free text line segmentation for historical documents based on interest point clustering
A. Garz, A. Fischer, R. Sablatnig, H. Bunke
Proc. 10th Int. Workshop on Document Analysis Systems (DAS), pp. 95–99, 2012

@inproceedings{Garz2012,
author = {A. Garz and A. Fischer and R. Sablatnig and H. Bunke},
booktitle = {Proc. 10th Int. Workshop on Document Analysis Systems (DAS)},
note = {},
pages = {95–99},
title = {Binarization-free text line segmentation for historical documents based on interest point clustering},
year = {2012}
}

◼ HisDoc: historical document analysis, recognition, and retrieval
M. Baechler, A. Fischer, N. Naji, R. Ingold, H. Bunke, J. Savoy
Proc. Digital Humanities (DH), pp. 94–97, 2012

@inproceedings{Baechler2012,
author = {M. Baechler and A. Fischer and N. Naji and R. Ingold and H. Bunke and J. Savoy},
booktitle = {Proc. Digital Humanities (DH)},
note = {},
pages = {94–97},
title = {{HisDoc}: historical document analysis, recognition, and retrieval},
year = {2012}
}

◼ Long-short term memory neural networks language modeling for handwriting recognition
V. Frinken, F. Zamora-Mart’inez, S. E. na-Boquera, M. J. Castro-Bleda, A. Fischer, H. Bunke
Proc. 21st Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), pp. 701–704, 2012

@inproceedings{Frinken2012,
author = {V. Frinken and F. Zamora-Mart'{i}nez and S. Espa {n}a-Boquera and M. J. Castro-Bleda and A. Fischer and H. Bunke},
booktitle = {Proc. 21st Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition (ICPR)},
note = {},
pages = {701–704},
title = {Long-short term memory neural networks language modeling for handwriting recognition},
year = {2012}
}

◼ Semi-supervised learning for cursive handwriting recognition using keyword spotting
V. Frinken, M. Baumgartner, A. Fischer, H. Bunke
Proc. 13th Int. Conf. on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (ICFHR), pp. 49–54, 2012

@inproceedings{Frinken2012a,
author = {V. Frinken and M. Baumgartner and A. Fischer and H. Bunke},
booktitle = {Proc. 13th Int. Conf. on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (ICFHR)},
note = {},
pages = {49–54},
title = {Semi-supervised learning for cursive handwriting recognition using keyword spotting},
year = {2012}
}

2011

◼ A keyword spotting approach using blurred shape model-based descriptors
A. Fornes, V. Frinken, A. Fischer, J. Almaz’an, H. Bunke
Proc. 1st Int. Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and Processing (HIP), pp. 83–90, 2011

@inproceedings{Fornes2011,
author = {A. Fornes and V. Frinken and A. Fischer and J. Almaz'{a}n, G. Jackson, and
H. Bunke},
booktitle = {Proc. 1st Int. Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and
Processing (HIP)},
note = {},
pages = {83–90},
title = {A keyword spotting approach using blurred shape model-based
descriptors},
year = {2011}
}

◼ Character prototype selection for handwriting recognition in historical documents with graph similarity features
A. Fischer, H. Bunke
Proc. 19th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), 2011

@inproceedings{Fischer2011,
author = {A. Fischer and H. Bunke},
booktitle = {Proc. 19th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO)},
note = {},
pages = {},
title = {Character prototype selection for handwriting recognition in
historical documents with graph similarity features},
year = {2011}
}

◼ Co-training for handwritten word recognition
V. Frinken, A. Fischer, H. Bunke, A. Fornes
Proc. 11th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), pp. 314–318, 2011

@inproceedings{Frinken2011,
author = {V. Frinken and A. Fischer and H. Bunke and A. Fornes},
booktitle = {Proc. 11th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR)},
note = {},
pages = {314–318},
title = {Co-training for handwritten word recognition},
year = {2011}
}

◼ HMM-based alignment of inaccurate transcriptions for historical documents
A. Fischer, E. Indermüuhle, V. Frinken, H. Bunke
Proc. 11th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), pp. 53–57, 2011

@inproceedings{Fischer2011a,
author = {A. Fischer and E. Indermüuhle and V. Frinken and H. Bunke},
booktitle = {Proc. 11th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR)},
note = {},
pages = {53–57},
title = {{HMM}-based alignment of inaccurate transcriptions for historical
documents},
year = {2011}
}

◼ Improving handwritten keyword spotting with self-training
V. Frinken, A. Fischer, H. Bunke
Proc. 26th Symposium On Applied Computing (SAC), pp. 838–843, 2011

@inproceedings{Frinken2011a,
author = {V. Frinken and A. Fischer and H. Bunke},
booktitle = {Proc. 26th Symposium On Applied Computing (SAC)},
note = {},
pages = {838–843},
title = {Improving handwritten keyword spotting with self-training},
year = {2011}
}

◼ Keyword spotting in online handwritten documents containing text and non-text using BLSTM neural networks
E. Indermüuhle, V. Frinken, A. Fischer, H. Bunke
Proc. 11th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), pp. 73–77, 2011

@inproceedings{Indermü{u}hle2011,
author = {E. Indermü{u}hle and V. Frinken and A. Fischer and H. Bunke},
booktitle = {Proc. 11th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR)},
note = {},
pages = {73–77},
title = {Keyword spotting in online handwritten documents containing text and
non-text using {BLSTM} neural networks},
year = {2011}
}

◼ Transcription alignment of Latin manuscripts using hidden Markov models
A. Fischer, V. Frinken, A. Fornes, H. Bunke
Proc. 1st Int. Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and Processing (HIP), pp. 29–36, 2011

@inproceedings{Fischer2011b,
author = {A. Fischer and V. Frinken and A. Fornes and H. Bunke},
booktitle = {Proc. 1st Int. Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and
Processing (HIP)},
note = {},
pages = {29–36},
title = {Transcription alignment of Latin manuscripts using hidden {M}arkov
models},
year = {2011}
}

2010

◼ A novel word spotting algorithm using bidirectional long short-term memory neural networks
V. Frinken, A. Fischer, H. Bunke
Proc. 4th Int. Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks in Pattern Recognition (ANNPR), pp. 185–196, 2010

@inproceedings{Frinken2010b,
author = {V. Frinken and A. Fischer and H. Bunke},
booktitle = {Proc. 4th Int. Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks in
Pattern Recognition (ANNPR)},
note = {},
pages = {185–196},
title = {A novel word spotting algorithm using bidirectional long short-term
memory neural networks},
year = {2010}
}

◼ Adapting BLSTM neural network based keyword spotting trained on modern data to historical documents
V. Frinken, A. Fischer, R. Manmatha, H. Bunke
Proc. 12th Int. Conf. on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (ICFHR), pp. 352–357, 2010

@inproceedings{Frinken2010,
author = {V. Frinken and A. Fischer and R. Manmatha and H. Bunke},
booktitle = {Proc. 12th Int. Conf. on Frontiers in Handwriting
Recognition (ICFHR)},
note = {},
pages = {352–357},
title = {Adapting {BLSTM} neural network based keyword spotting trained on
modern data to historical documents},
year = {2010}
}

◼ Combining neural networks to improve performance of handwritten keyword spotting
V. Frinken, A. Fischer, H. Bunke
Proc. 9th Int. Workshop on Multiple Classifier Systems (MCS), pp. 215–224, 2010

@inproceedings{Frinken2010a,
author = {V. Frinken and A. Fischer and H. Bunke},
booktitle = {Proc. 9th Int. Workshop on Multiple Classifier Systems (MCS)},
note = {},
pages = {215–224},
title = {Combining neural networks to improve performance of handwritten
keyword spotting},
year = {2010}
}

◼ Graph similarity features for HMM-based handwriting recognition in historical documents
A. Fischer, K. Riesen, H. Bunke
Proc. 12th Int. Conf. on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (ICFHR), pp. 253–258, 2010

@inproceedings{Fischer2010a,
author = {A. Fischer and K. Riesen and H. Bunke},
booktitle = {Proc. 12th Int. Conf. on Frontiers in Handwriting
Recognition (ICFHR)},
note = {},
pages = {253–258},
title = {Graph similarity features for {HMM}-based handwriting recognition in
historical documents},
year = {2010}
}

◼ Ground truth creation for handwriting recognition in historical documents
A. Fischer, E. Indermühle, H. Bunke, G. Viehhauser, M. Stolz
Proc. 9th Int. Workshop on Document Analysis Systems (DAS), 2010

@inproceedings{Fischer2010,
author = {A. Fischer and E. Indermühle and H. Bunke and G. Viehhauser and M. Stolz},
booktitle = {Proc. 9th Int. Workshop on Document Analysis Systems (DAS)},
note = {},
pages = {},
title = {Ground truth creation for handwriting recognition in historical
documents},
year = {2010}
}

◼ HMM-based word spotting in handwritten documents using subword models
A. Fischer, A. Keller, V. Frinken, H. Bunke
Proc. 20th Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), 2010
Best Scientific Paper Award

@inproceedings{Fischer2010b,
author = {A. Fischer and A. Keller and V. Frinken and H. Bunke},
booktitle = {Proc. 20th Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition (ICPR)},
note = {Best Scientific Paper Award},
pages = {},
title = {{HMM}-based word spotting in handwritten documents using subword
models},
year = {2010}
}

2009

◼ Automatic transcription of handwritten medieval documents
A. Fischer, M. Wüthrich, M. Liwicki, V. Frinken, H. Bunke, G. Viehhauser, M. Stolz
Proc. 15th Int. Conf. on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM), pp. 137–142, 2009

@inproceedings{Fischer2009,
author = {A. Fischer and M. Wüthrich and M. Liwicki and V. Frinken and H. Bunke and G. Viehhauser and M. Stolz},
booktitle = {Proc. 15th Int. Conf. on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM)},
note = {},
pages = {137–142},
title = {Automatic transcription of handwritten medieval documents},
year = {2009}
}

◼ Improved handwriting recognition by combining two forms of hidden Markov models and a recurrent neural network
V. Frinken, T. Peter, A. Fischer, H. Bunke, T. Do, T. Artieres
Proc. 13th Int. Conf. on Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns (CAIP), pp. 189–196, 2009

@inproceedings{Frinken2009,
author = {V. Frinken and T. Peter and A. Fischer and H. Bunke and T.-M.-T. Do and T. Artieres},
booktitle = {Proc. 13th Int. Conf. on Computer Analysis of Images and
Patterns (CAIP)},
note = {},
pages = {189–196},
title = {Improved handwriting recognition by combining two forms of hidden
{M}arkov models and a recurrent neural network},
year = {2009}
}

◼ Kernel PCA for HMM-based cursive handwriting recognition
A. Fischer, H. Bunke
Proc. 13th Int. Conf. on Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns (CAIP), pp. 181–188, 2009

@inproceedings{Fischer2009a,
author = {A. Fischer and H. Bunke},
booktitle = {Proc. 13th Int. Conf. on Computer Analysis of Images and
Patterns (CAIP)},
note = {},
pages = {181–188},
title = {Kernel {PCA} for {HMM}-based cursive handwriting recognition},
year = {2009}
}

◼ Language model integration for the recognition of handwritten medieval documents
M. Wüthrich, M. Liwicki, A. Fischer, E. Indermuhle, H. Bunke, G. Viehhauser, M. Stolz
Proc. 10th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), pp. 211–215, 2009

@inproceedings{Wüthrich2009,
author = {M. Wüthrich and M. Liwicki and A. Fischer and E. Indermuhle and H. Bunke and G. Viehhauser and M. Stolz},
booktitle = {Proc. 10th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR)},
note = {},
pages = {211–215},
title = {Language model integration for the recognition of handwritten
medieval documents},
year = {2009}
}

2008

◼ An experimental study of graph classification using prototype selection
A. Fischer, K. Riesen, H. Bunke
Proc. 19th Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), pp. 1–4, 2008

@inproceedings{Fischer2008,
author = {A. Fischer and K. Riesen and H. Bunke},
booktitle = {Proc. 19th Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition (ICPR)},
note = {},
pages = {1–4},
title = {An experimental study of graph classification using prototype
selection},
year = {2008}
}