ISR network

Closed weights Stanford University October 1990

No estimate

No hardware requirements for this model

The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.

On record

Full specification

Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.

Origin

Who built this model, where, and when it was published.

Organisation
Stanford University
Organisation type
Academia
Country
United States of America
Published
1 October 1990
Authors
James Keeler, David Rumelhart, Wee Leow

What it does

The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.

Domain
Vision
Task
Character recognition (OCR)

Size

How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.

Training data
600,000 tokens

“We used a training and test set of about 9,000 and 1,800 characters respectively. “

How it is classified

Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.

Why it is tracked
Historical significance
Record confidence
Confident

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference
Integrated Segmentation and Recognition of Hand-Printed Numerals
Last updated
28 November 2025

What the numbers mean

Where it came from

ISR network was published by Stanford University, in United States of America, in October 1990. academia is the category the publisher falls under.

It works in Vision, and is recorded as doing character recognition (OCR).

Because the weights are not available, none of the hardware figures elsewhere on this site apply to it.

Training and provenance

Around 600,000 tokens went into training it.

The reason it appears in this catalogue at all is historical significance.

Answers

ISR network — common questions

01

When was ISR network released?

ISR network was published in October 1990. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

02

What is ISR network used for?

ISR network works in Vision, and is recorded as handling character recognition (OCR). Models frequently carry more than one of each, and the tags describe purpose rather than capability limits.

03

What GPU do I need to run ISR network?

None. ISR network is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

04

Is ISR network open source?

The licensing for ISR network was never recorded in our source data. We treat unstated licensing as closed, because an unrecorded licence is not one to rely on.

05

How many parameters does ISR network have?

No parameter count has been published for ISR network, which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.

06

Who created ISR network?

ISR network was published by Stanford University, based in United States of America, categorised as academia.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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