Session 1: Distributing Large Amounts of Data, Natural Language, Identity (HBLL 1080)
· Challenges in Constructing a Digital Microfilm Library
Dan R. Olsen
· Management and Distribution of a Historical Document Images
Meservy, Liddle, Welch
· Probabilistic Record Linkage for Genealogical Research
John Lawson, David White, Brenda Price, Ryan Yamagata
·Application of Natural Language Processing Techniques to Enhance Web-Based Retrieval of Genealogical Data
Mary D.Taffet

Dinner/After-Dinner Speech by Randy Bryson(Museum Of Art)

Mr. Bryson currently serves as the Manager of Planning in the Information Technology and Products Division of the Family and Church History Department. Mr. Bryson has been the Director of FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service as well as other positions within the Department. Experienced in software and hardware technology, project and product management and process development, Mr. Bryson is now involved with the planning, strategy and definition of family history products for the Family and Church History Department. A member of the IEEE for 25 years, and 7 years in the IEEE Computer Society, Mr. Bryson lives in Lehi, Utah with his wife and 17 year old daughter. He has three married children with one granddaughter, a granddaughter and grandson on the way, and a son serving in the Tennessee, Knoxville Mission. Currently serving as an Area Family History Advisor, he was recently released as the Director of the Lehi Family History Center in Lehi, Utah after serving there for the past 5 years.