2009 Program

Keynote Dr. Bertrand Desjardins, Senior Researcher, Université de Montréal

Session #1: Handwritten Records: Reading & Recognition

  1. Interactive Smoothing of Handwritten Text Images Using a Bilateral Filter, Oliver A. Nina and Bryan S. Morse, Brigham Young UniversityPaperPresentation

  2. Word-Spotting for Automatic Tag Suggestion in the BYU Historic Journals Project, Douglas J. Kennard and Bryan S. Morse, Brigham Young UniversityPaperPresentation

  3. Deciphering Old German Documents Using the Online German Script Tutorial, Bradley Jay York, Brigham Young UniversityPaperPresentation

  4. Using a Hidden-Markov Model in Semi-Automatic Indexing of Historical Handwritten Records, Thomas Packer, Oliver A. Nina and Ilya Raykhel, Brigham Young UniversityPaperPresentation

Session #2: Data Extraction & Organization

  1. The New Immigrant Ancestors Project Software: A Web-Based Approach to Data Extraction and Retrieval, Mark WitmerPaper

  2. Domain-Independent Data Extraction: Person Names, Carl Christensen, Deryle Lonsdale, Brigham Young UniversityPaperPresentation

  3. Name, Date, and Place Recognition in Unstructured Text, David G. Wiggins III, Scott N. Woodfield, Brigham Young UniversityPaperPresentation

  4. Implementing a Surname-Study Website with Drupal, Degory Valentine, Denise Mortorff, and Christophe Giraud-Carrier, Brigham Young University and KendallAncestry.comPaperPresentation

Lunch Speaker The 20-Minute Genealogist: A Context-Preservation Metaphor for Assisted Family History Research, Charles Knutson and Jonathan Krein, Brigham Young UniversityPaper

Session #3: Record Digitization & Application Interfaces

  1. Low-Cost, On-Demand Film Digitization and the Online Delivery, Matt Garner, Find My PastPaperPresentationVideo

  2. Digitizing Records, Richard Ivie and Evan Ivie, GeneSysPaper

  3. Lineage Linked Cousins and Social Networking with the FamilySearch API, Peter Ivie, GeneSysPaperPresentation

  4. Mobility and Accessibility: The Rosetta Stone Approach to Genealogical Web Design, Anne RoachPaper