Ars Inquirendi 2026 · your paper

Polyscriptor HTR Web Version and/or Local Agentic Harnesses with Open-Weights Models (title TBD)

Achim Rabus (University of Freiburg)

Your slot

Strand

Sovereign Models

Day

Day 3 · Sunday 22 November 2026

Part

Morning — exact times to follow

Role

Talk

Participation

In person

Abstract

Offered: an overview of the latest web version of the Polyscriptor handwritten-text-recognition tool; and/or a demonstration of local agentic harnesses and open-weights models hosted on university servers, avoiding commercial cloud-based models.

Subjects

HTR & instrumentsSovereign & open modelsSlavonic & East Baltic

What we need from you

A title and a short abstract (a few lines is enough)
Your pre-recorded talk (25 to 60 minutes) by 13 November 2026
Your presence at the live discussion of your strand (date below)

How the conference works

All talks except the live keynotes are pre-recorded and released a week ahead of the conference, by 13 November 2026.

The live sessions are discussions of the pre-recorded talks, held in the room at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and online.

Speakers do not register or pay.

Invitation or visa letters, and accommodation questions: write to arsinquirendi@gmail.com.