Publications

In Review

Preprint

A. Schlapbach: Formal Semantics for Agentic Tool Protocols: A Process Calculus Approach. arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.24747, 2026. Submitted to CONCUR 2026. arXiv

A. Schlapbach: The Convergence of SGD and MCP: A New Paradigm for Agentic Interoperability. arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.18764, 2026. Under review. arXiv

A. Schlapbach: Co-linearity and Cluster Stability in Transport Economics: Evidence from Aviation and Rail, 2026. Submitted to Transportation Research Part B.

Books, Chapters & Journals

7 publications

A. Schlapbach: Writer Identification and Verification. IOS Press, DISKI series, ISBN: 978-1-58603-825-0, 2008.

A. Schlapbach (ed.): Machine Learning in Document Analysis and Recognition. Book, 2007. PDF

M. Liwicki, A. Schlapbach, and H. Bunke: Automatic Gender Detection Using On-line and Off-line Information. Pattern Analysis and Applications, vol. 14(1), pp. 87–92, Springer, 2011. PDF

A. Schlapbach, M. Liwicki, and H. Bunke: Automatic Gender Detection — Combining On-Line and Off-Line Systems. International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, 2008. PDF

A. Schlapbach, M. Liwicki, and H. Bunke: A Writer Identification System for On-line Whiteboard Data. Pattern Recognition, vol. 41(7), pp. 2381–2397, Elsevier, 2008. PDF

A. Schlapbach and H. Bunke: A Writer Identification and Verification System Using HMM Based Recognizers. Pattern Analysis & Applications, vol. 10(1), pp. 33–43, Springer, 2007. PDF

A. Schlapbach and H. Bunke: Off-line Writer Identification and Verification Using Gaussian Mixture Models. In Machine Learning in Document Analysis and Recognition, vol. 11, pp. 409–428, Springer, 2007. PDF

Conference Papers

13 papers

A. Schlapbach, F. Wettstein, and H. Bunke: Automatic Estimation of the Readability of Handwritten Text. Proc. 16th European Signal Processing Conference, pp. 1–5, 2008. PDF

A. Schlapbach, F. Wettstein, and H. Bunke: Estimating the Readability of Handwritten Text — A Support Vector Regression Based Approach. Nominated for best paper award. Proc. 19th Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition, pp. 1–4, 2008. PDF

A. Schlapbach, F. Wettstein, and H. Bunke: Estimating the Readability of Handwritten Text — A Support Vector Regression Based Approach. Proc. 11th Int. Conf. on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition, 2008. PDF

M. Liwicki, A. Schlapbach, and H. Bunke: Writer-Dependent Recognition of Handwritten Whiteboard Notes in Smart Meeting Room Environments. Proc. 8th IAPR Workshop on Document Analysis Systems, 2008. PDF

A. Schlapbach and H. Bunke: Fusing Asynchronous Feature Streams for On-line Writer Identification. Proc. 9th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition, pp. 103–107, 2007. PDF

A. Schlapbach, M. Liwicki, P. Loretan, and H. Bunke: Automatic Detection of Gender and Handedness from On-Line Handwriting. Proc. 13th Conf. Int. Graphonomics Society, 2007. PDF

M. Liwicki, A. Schlapbach, H. Bunke, S. Bengio, J. Mariéthoz, and J. Richiardi: Writer Identification for Smart Meeting Room Systems. Proc. 7th IAPR Workshop on Document Analysis Systems (DAS 2006), pp. 186–195, 2006. PDF

A. Schlapbach and H. Bunke: Off-line Writer Identification Using Gaussian Mixture Models. Proc. 18th Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition, pp. 992–995, 2006. PDF

A. Schlapbach and H. Bunke: Off-line Writer Verification: A Comparison of an HMM and a GMM Based System. Proc. 10th Int. Workshop on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition, pp. 275–280, 2006. PDF

A. Schlapbach, V. Kilchherr, and H. Bunke: Improving Writer Identification by Means of Feature Selection and Extraction. Proc. 8th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition, pp. 131–135, 2005. PDF

A. Schlapbach and H. Bunke: Writer Identification Using an HMM-Based Handwriting Recognition System. Proc. 12th Conf. Int. Graphonomics Society, pp. 138–142, 2005. PDF

A. Schlapbach and H. Bunke: Off-line Handwriting Identification Using HMM Based Recognizers. Proc. 17th Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition, pp. 654–658, 2004. PDF

A. Schlapbach and H. Bunke: Using HMM Based Recognizers for Writer Identification and Verification. Proc. 9th Int. Workshop on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition, pp. 167–172, 2004. PDF

Theses

3 theses

A. Schlapbach: Writer Identification and Verification. PhD thesis, Universität Bern, 2008. Published as a book by IOS Press (DISKI series, ISBN: 978-1-58603-825-0).

A. Schlapbach: Enabling White-Box Reuse in a Pure Composition Language. Diplomarbeit, University of Bern, 2002. PDF

A. Schlapbach: Generic XMI Support for the MOOSE Reengineering Environment. Bachelor thesis, University of Bern, 2001. PDF