Workshop Announcement Rediff Centre for Indian Language Content Management (RCILM) at the International School of Information Management, University of Mysore, Mysore Brainstorming Workshop on OCR for Indian Languages, 16-17 March, 2007 Hotel Regaalis, Mysore (Invitation only) The workshop brings together experts (International & National) in the field to brainstorm on the challenges of OCR in Indian languages The expected outcome of the workshop are: A status report on OCR for Indian languages A roadmap for a Research Project on OCR for Indian languages The workshop is programmed with four sessions on the following themes: OCR Technologies – Status & Trends OCR and Indian Languages – Current Status and Future Possibilities Challenges of Developing OCR Systems for Indian Languages Framework and Roadmap for R & D in Indian Languages The participants of the workshop are: Prof. Graham Leedham, University of New South Wales, Singapore Dr. Simone Marinai, Universita di Firenze, Firenze, Italy Prof. Sargur N. Srihari, University at Buffalo, State University of New York Mr. V. N. Manjunath Aradhya, University of Mysore Dr. D.R. Ramesh Babu, PESIT, Bangalore Mr. Ajit Balakrishnan, Rediff.com India Ltd. Prof. B. B. Chaudhuri, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata Dr. Anirban Ray Chaudhuri, Jadavpur University Prof. K. Chidananda Gowda, Former Vice-Chancellor, Kuvempu University Dr. D. S. Guru, University of Mysore Dr. G. Hemantha Kumar, University of Mysore Dr. Gurpreet Singh Lehal, Punjabi University Dr. K. Narayana Murthy, University of Hyderabad Dr. P. Nagabhushan, University of Mysore Dr. Atul Negi, University of Hyderabad Mr. Venki Nishtala, Rediff.com India Ltd. Dr. Umapada Pal, Indian Statistical Institute Prof. C. Patvardhan, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra Dr. A. G. Ramakrishnan, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Mr. V. N. Shukla, CDAC, Noida Dr. Chandan Singh, Punjabi University Dr. Shalini R. Urs, ISiM, University of Mysore Mr. T.N. Vikram, ISiM, University of Mysore For more details about the workshop, please visit www.isim.ac.in/rcilcm ************************************************* M. A. Angrosh Project Manager International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore - 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; Fax: +91-821-2519209 Email: angrosh@isim.ac.in website: www.isim.ac.in **************************************************