Recognition and Enrichment of Archival Documents

Objective

"The overall objective of READ is to implement a Virtual Research Environment where archivists, humanities scholars, computer scientists and volunteers are collaborating with the ultimate goal of boosting research, innovation, development and usage of cutting edge technology for the automated recognition, transcription, indexing and enrichment of handwritten archival documents. This Virtual Research Environment will not be built from the ground up, but will benefit from research, tools, data and resources generated in multiple national and EU funded research and development projects and provide a basis for sustaining the network and the technology in the future. This ICT based e-infrastructure will address the Societal Challenge mentioned in Europe in a Changing World namely the ""transmission of European cultural heritage"" and the ""uses of the past"" as one of the core requirements of a reflective society. Based on research and innovation enabled by the READ Virtual Research Environment we will be able to explore and access hundreds of kilometres of archival documents via full-text search and therefore be able to open up one of the last hidden treasures of Europe's rich cultural hertitage."

Field of science

• /natural sciences/computer and information sciences/software/system software/operating systems
• /social sciences/media and communications/library science/public libraries
• /social sciences/media and communications/library science/archives
• /humanities/other humanities
• /natural sciences/computer and information sciences/artificial intelligence/pattern recognition
• /natural sciences/computer and information sciences/data science/natural language processing
• /natural sciences/computer and information sciences/artificial intelligence/computer vision
• /natural sciences/computer and information sciences/data science/data exchange
• /natural sciences/computer and information sciences/artificial intelligence/computational intelligence

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.4.1.3. - Development, deployment and operation of ICT-based e-infrastructures

Topic(s)

• EINFRA-9-2015 - e-Infrastructures for virtual research environments (VRE)

Call for proposal

H2020-EINFRA-2015-1
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Funding Scheme

RIA - Research and Innovation action

Coordinator

UNIVERSITAET INNSBRUCK

Address

Innrain 52
6020 Innsbruck
Austria

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

EU contribution

€ 1 118 150

Participants (15)

UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA

Spain

EU contribution

€ 675 100

Address

Camino De Vera Sn Edificio 3A
46022 Valencia

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

United Kingdom

EU contribution

€ 577 513,75

Address

Gower Street
WC1E 6BT London

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

"NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ""DEMOKRITOS"""

Greece

EU contribution

€ 504 039,48

Address

End Of Patriarchou Grigoriou E And 27 Neapoleos Street
15341 Agia Paraskevi

Activity type

Research Organisations

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN

Austria

EU contribution

€ 836 437,50

Address

Karlsplatz 13
1040 Wien

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

KANSALLISARKISTO

Finland

EU contribution

€ 532 750

Address

Rauhankatu 17
00171 Helsinki

Activity type

Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

United Kingdom

EU contribution

€ 729 383

Address

Malet Street Senate House
WC1E 7HU London

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE

Switzerland

EU contribution

€ 459 900

Address

Batiment Ce 3316 Station 1
1015 Lausanne

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

UNIVERSITAET ROSTOCK

Germany

EU contribution

€ 811 248,75

Address

Universitatsplatz 1
18055 Rostock

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

XEROX

Participation ended

France

EU contribution

€ 225 258

Address

33 Rue Des Vanesses Immeuble Exelmans
93420 Villepinte

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

DIREKTION DER JUSTIZ UND DES INNERN

Switzerland

EU contribution

€ 293 125

Address

Neumuhlequai 10
8090 Zürich

Activity type

Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)

UNIVERSITAET LEIPZIG

Germany

EU contribution

€ 614 600

Address

Ritterstrasse 26
04109 Leipzig

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

DIOZESE PASSAU

Germany

EU contribution

€ 283 000

Address

Domplatz 7
94032 Passau

Activity type

Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)

DIMOKRITIO PANEPISTIMIO THRAKIS

Greece

EU contribution

€ 178 161,52

Address

Panepistimioupoli Rectorate Building
69100 Komotini

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

NAVER FRANCE

France

EU contribution

€ 363 867,50

Address

89 Rue Reaumur
75002 Paris

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

United Kingdom

EU contribution

€ 18 180

Address

Old College, South Bridge
EH8 9YL Edinburgh

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments