Preliminary Schedule

Topic summer term 2025: Document Analysis

Lessons take place in Seminarraum FAV 01 A (Seminarraum 183/2) on Fridays from 13:00 to 17:00 c.t.

March 7, 2025, 13:00-15:00: Introduction to the course 

  • Introduction to the course
  • Speaking exercise: students introduce themselves

March 21, 2025, 13:00-15:00: Oral Presentations and CVs

  • Function assignment
  • Topic assignment
  • Topic: Planning and holding oral presentations
  • Topic: Writing CVs
  • Assignments:
    • Write a CV (see example in TUWEL), submit it on TUWEL in pdf, due: March 28
    • Prepare a short presentation of CV with transparencies, due: April 4

March 28, 2025, 13:00-15:00: Information Retrieval, Abstract Writing 

  • CV due
  • Topic: Information retrieval
  • Topic: Abstract writing
  • Assignment:
    • Selection and Reading of 2 Papers (min) on the selected topic
    • Write reference description of selected topic, due: next lesson:
      1. Formulation of own statements based on papers read for the topic (3 statements min. per selected paper)
      2. Submission of reference description on TUWEL

April 4, 2025, 13:00-16:00: CV Presentations and Technical Writing 

  • Reference description due
  • Discussion of submitted CVs
  • Short presentation of CV’s plus feedback
  • Topic: Technical writing
  • Assignment:
    • Write an informative abstract comparing the papers selected and send it to the editor.
    • Submit informative abstract on TUWEL in pdf until April 9.

April 9 2025: Informative abstract due (no course!)

April 11 2025: , 13:00-15:00 Types of Scientific Communication

  • Reference Descriptions and informative abstracts
  • Topic: Types of Scientific Communication
  • Assignment:
    • Write extended abstract of the chosen topic (max. 3 pages), due May 9 and prepare a short presentation (5 min) of the abstract, due May 16/23!
    • Editor Rafael collects all extended abstracts and submits them on TUWEL in pdf until May 12. The editor Rafael is responsible for timely submission. No late submissions are accepted!

May 9 2025: Extended abstract due (no course!)

May 16 2025, 13:00-17:00: 7 Abstract Presentations

  • Short presentations of abstracts, plus discussion and Feedback
    • Topic: Own Topic, Chair: Jonas, Botond
      • Rafael, Franziska, Lisa, Peter, Golara, Fardokht, Pratik
    • Topic: OCR, Word Spotting, Chair: Lisa, Emil
      • Alexander, Andy, Botond

May 23, 2025, 13:00-17:00: 7 Abstract Presentations

  • Discussion of Extended Abstract
  • Discussion of presentations
  • Short presentations of abstracts, plus discussion and Feedback
    • Topic: Layout Analysis, Chair: Pratik, Tea
      • Nuris, Jonas, Luc
    • Topic: Writer Identification, Retrieval, Chair: Franziska, Luc
      • Emil, Lukas, Tea
  • Assignment (until June 7, 2024):
    • Write a complete seminar paper (6 pages) and prepare a long presentation (10 min). Please send your paper in pdf until June 7 to the editor Rafael! No late submissions are accepted!

June 6 2025: Submit paper to editor (no course!)

June 13, 2025, 13:00-17:00: Final Presentations

  • 7 Long presentations (10 min) plus discussion and feedback:
    • Topic: Own Topic, Chair: Jonas, Botond
      • Rafael, Franziska, Lisa, Peter, Golara, Fardokht, Pratik
    • Topic: OCR, Word Spotting, Chair: Lisa, Emil
      • Alexander, Andy, Botond

June 27, 2025, 13:00-17:00: Final Presentations

  • 7 Long presentations (10 min) plus discussion and feedback:
      • Topic: Layout Analysis, Chair: Pratik, Tea
        • Nuris, Jonas, Luc
      • Topic: Writer Identification, Retrieval, Chair: Franziska, Luc
        • Emil, Lukas, Tea
    • Discussion of presentations
    • Discussion of papers
    • General course feedback
    • Discussion of grades