Liu Bie Ju Centre for Mathematical Sciences
City University of Hong Kong
Mathematical Analysis and its Applications
Colloquium

Organized by Prof. Philippe G. Ciarlet and Prof. Roderick Wong

Virtual Assistant for Chinese Handwriting Education (VACHE)

by
Dr. Howard Leung
Department of Computer Science
City University of Hong Kong

Date: November 14, 2007 (Wednesday)
Time: 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Venue: Room B6605 (Faculty Conference Room)
Blue Zone, Level 6
Academic Building
City University of Hong Kong

Abstract: To aid teachers on Chinese handwriting education and stimulate student’s interest, we have established a series of projects using pattern recognition techniques to develop an intelligent tool for analyzing students’ handwritings and providing instant feedback to them. We first analyze the overall appearance of the student’s handwriting character using the training data of the expert opinions from some occupational therapists. The potential stroke production errors and stroke sequence errors are identified based on the Hungarian method. We have also been developing a graph matching technique in solving this problem. After the analysis, we will provide feedback to the student by indicating whether and where exactly the handwriting errors are. We have implemented a web-based Chinese handwriting education system as well as some other applications with the pen-based devices for demonstration. More information can be obtained from our project webpage: http://vache.cs.cityu.edu.hk/

** All interested are welcome **

For enquiry: 2788-9816