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Dear Val, you are GREAT as usual! Maria 2014-08-27 15:59 GMT+02:00 Valerie Sutton <[log in to unmask]>: > SignWriting List > August 27, 2014 > > Hello Maria, Fabrizio and Erika - > > Erika would be great if there is a linguistic element to Fabrizio’s work... > > I would also suggest Dr. Antonio Carlos da Rocha Costa, Professor of > Computer Sciences, from Brazil. It is because of Antonio Carlos, that > SignWriting is in Brazil today. He contacted me in 1996, after finding > SignWriting on the internet, and came to visit me here in my home in 1996. > Dr. Rocha Costa was instrumental in spreading SignWriting in Brazil because > his computer sciences students developed software related to writing sign > languages, and he himself was the original developer of SWML and the SWEdit > Program, which was and is used widely in Brazil and also influential in the > world of software. Antonio Carlos was the advisor to Dr. Marianne Stumpf’s > dissertation in Deaf Education research, which through Dr. Stumpf, spread > SignWriting in the Deaf Community in Brazil. The SignWriting Symposium, > with its 16 presenters from Brazil, is a testament to Dr. Rocha Costa’s > work…I hope he can be of help to your computer science work, Fabrizio and > Maria... > > Antônio Carlos da Rocha Costa > Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG > > Web site: > http://rocha.c3.furg.br/ > > Email: > [log in to unmask] > > Antônio Carlos da Rocha Costa - C3/PPGMC/FURG > Centro de Ciências Computacionais > Prog. Pós-grad. Modelagem Computacional > Universidade Federal do Rio Grande > 96.201-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brasil. > http://rocha.c3.furg.br > > Antônio Carlos da Rocha Costa > Centro de Ciências Computacionais > (Anexo do Prédio 4, Sala C-03) > Av. Itália km 8 - Campus Carreiros > 96.203-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brasil. > > Fone: (53) 3293-6685 > > SWML > http://www.signwriting.org/forums/software/swml/ > > Sign Language Processing Workshop Lisbon 2004 > http://www.signwriting.org/forums/software/lisbon/ > http://www.signwriting.org/forums/software/lisbon/lisbon01.html > > Dr. Rocha Costa has a long list of papers on his web site.. > > Hope this helps ;-) > > Val ;-) > > > > On Aug 27, 2014, at 4:48 AM, Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > Ah. I am a linguistic anthropologist, so may not be who you are looking > for. > > Best, > > Erika > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 7:46 AM, Maria De Marsico < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Dear Erika, > > Thank you very much for your prompt offer. > > Italian is not an issue since the dissertation is written in English. > However, knowledge of image processing/optical character recognition is > necessary ... > > > > Maria > > > > Il mercoledì 27 agosto 2014, Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway < > [log in to unmask]> ha scritto: > > > > I am an academic (I'm an associate professor of anthropology at Oberlin > College) and would be happy to help - but I don't have Italian competency, > which I assume may be needed. > > Best, > > Erika > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 6:10 AM, Maria De Marsico < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Dear all, > > I write you again for a different iuuse. > > Fabrizio has to discuss his PhD thesis which dealt with recognition of > handwritten SignWriting glyphs. Before the final version, we need some > reviewers from academy to commnt his work in some depth. > > Is there any person in the list who is in the position to do that? In > that case, I would signal this person to out PhD head. > > > > Thank you > > > > Maria > > > > -- > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Maria De Marsico > > Assistant professor > > Sapienza University of Rome > > Department of Computer Science > > Via Salaria 113 - 00198 Rome - Italy > > email: [log in to unmask] > > tel: +39 06 49918312 > > ________________________________________________ > > > > ________________________________________________ > > > SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION > > Valerie Sutton > SignWriting List moderator > [log in to unmask] > > Post Messages to the SignWriting List: > [log in to unmask] > > SignWriting List Archives & Home Page > http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist > > Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages > http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1 > > -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maria De Marsico Assistant professor Sapienza University of Rome Department of Computer Science Via Salaria 113 - 00198 Rome - Italy email: [log in to unmask] tel: +39 06 49918312 ________________________________________________ SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION Valerie Sutton SignWriting List moderator [log in to unmask] Post Messages to the SignWriting List: [log in to unmask] SignWriting List Archives & Home Page http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1