2017

"Language Modelling for Handwriting Recognition"

PhD Thesis, University of Rouen Normandy, France

Research Focus

This thesis explores novel approaches to language modeling in the context of handwriting recognition systems. The work addresses the challenges of multilingual handwriting recognition and proposes innovative solutions using sub-lexical units.

Key Contributions

• Development of multigrams sub-lexical units for unified multilingual handwriting recognition
• Novel syllabic models for French and English handwriting recognition
• Integration of language models with optical character recognition systems
• Comprehensive evaluation on multiple benchmark datasets

Impact

The research has influenced subsequent work in handwriting recognition and has been cited in numerous publications in the field of document analysis and recognition.