About the research
Imagine a centuries-old university library. Damp air, insects, and books full of tiny holes caused by the ravages of time 🐛📖 It sounds harmless, but for text recognition software it’s a disaster: a tiny hole just before the word ‘book’ and suddenly the computer reads ‘oboek’ 😅
Fortunately, there’s… maths! VUB researcher Quinten Van Boxstael has developed a method, based on wavelets – a kind of mathematical microscope – to detect those holes in advance. The result: digitising thousands of old books more quickly and accurately, ensuring that knowledge is preserved for the future.
Quinten explains it all with infectious enthusiasm in the video.
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