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I was invited as a Committee member at a PhD defence at the Otto von Guericke University in Magdeburg, Germany, where M.Sc. Afra'a Ahmad Alyosef, on the 28:th of September 2023, successfully defended her PhD Thesis. The main supervisor was Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Nürnberger, Fakultät für Informatik (FIN) Institut für Technische und Betriebliche Informationssysteme (ITI).

My PhD Student Raphaela Heil successfully defended her PhD thesis and graduated 4:th of October 2023. The title of her thesis is "Document Image Processing for Handwritten Text Recognition: Deep Learning-based Transliteration of Astrid Lindgren’s Stenographic Manuscripts". External reviewer: Andreas Fischer, University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Grading Committee: Anders Heyden, Lund University; Joakim Nivre, Uppsala Univerity; Elis … Continue reading PhD Graduation

I presented the following paper:Consensus Ranking for Efficient Face Image Retrieval: A Novel Method for Maximising Precision and Recall. A. Hast. 22nd International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing. Udine, Italy. pp. 159-170.  2023.I also visited Dr. Andrea Marchetti at CNR Pisa, Italy. The result was a common VR application, which has now been submitted.

I presented the following paper:Age-Invariant Face Recognition using Face Feature Vectors and Embedded Prototype Subspace Classifiers. A. Hast. Advanced Concepts for Intelligent Vision Systems. ACIVS2023, Kumamoto  Japan, Full paper.  pp 1-12. 2023.I also visited professor Koichi Kise, Osaka Metropolitan University, Haemi Park, Sophia University in Tokyo, and Emi Yuda and colleagues, Tohoku University. The latter … Continue reading Paper Presentation in Kumamoto, Japan and Short Research Visits