+ Document Analysis Systems workshop in Vienna

One of the major workshops for computer scientists working in the fields of Document Analysis will take place in Vienna on 24-27 April 2018.
The 13th IAPR (International Association for Pattern Recognition) International Workshop on Document Analysis Systems (DAS) is hosted by the Technical University of Vienna (one of the READ project partners). Other members of the READ project from the Universitat Politècnica de València and the National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos” will take part in the workshop too.
DAS 2018 comprises invited speaker presentations, oral, poster and tutorial sessions, as well as working group discussions. For full details, see the conference website.
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