Keynote Dr. Bertrand Desjardins, Senior Researcher, Université de Montréal
Session #1: Handwritten Records: Reading & Recognition
Interactive Smoothing of Handwritten Text Images Using a Bilateral Filter, Oliver A. Nina and Bryan S. Morse, Brigham Young UniversityPaperPresentation
Word-Spotting for Automatic Tag Suggestion in the BYU Historic Journals Project, Douglas J. Kennard and Bryan S. Morse, Brigham Young UniversityPaperPresentation
Deciphering Old German Documents Using the Online German Script Tutorial, Bradley Jay York, Brigham Young UniversityPaperPresentation
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
The New Immigrant Ancestors Project Software: A Web-Based Approach to Data Extraction and Retrieval, Mark WitmerPaper
Domain-Independent Data Extraction: Person Names, Carl Christensen, Deryle Lonsdale, Brigham Young UniversityPaperPresentation
Name, Date, and Place Recognition in Unstructured Text, David G. Wiggins III, Scott N. Woodfield, Brigham Young UniversityPaperPresentation
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
Low-Cost, On-Demand Film Digitization and the Online Delivery, Matt Garner, Find My PastPaperPresentationVideo
Digitizing Records, Richard Ivie and Evan Ivie, GeneSysPaper
Lineage Linked Cousins and Social Networking with the FamilySearch API, Peter Ivie, GeneSysPaperPresentation
Mobility and Accessibility: The Rosetta Stone Approach to Genealogical Web Design, Anne RoachPaper