Wrestling with Qilin: new computational methods of recognising Chinese characters
Throughout 2018, Ya-Wen, Sydney, and Wai-te-ata Press’ technical lead Rhys Owen supervised a third-year Engineering project with six students.
“Wrestling with Qilin” focused on new computational methods of recognising characters in the digitised Chinese Growers’ newspapers. Having access to the original types and the foundry catalogue from which they were ordered made for an exciting, though challenging, project that was presented at EuropeanaTech in Rotterdam, the National Digital Forum in Wellington, and later published in Europeana’s Insight international journal.