Archived Content for FHTW 2002
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Abstracts
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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of a Historical Document Images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
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Session 2 - Demo Session I (HBLL Auditorium
1080)
· Results of Just-in-Time Browsing
for Digital Microfilm
Douglas Kennard and William Barrett
· Zoning Tabular Documents
Heath E. Nielson and William Barrett
· Hyperwebs: A Peer to Peer Topology
for Distributed Genealogical Databases
Scott Woodfield
· Visualizing Large Pedigree Charts
in 3-D Space
Thomas Sederberg and G. Thomas Finnigan
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Session 3 - Storing, Retrieving, Sharing,
and Visualizing Information (HBLL Auditorium 1080)
· Technology-Independent Information
Storage
Steven H. McCown and Michael Leonhardt
· An Area-Based Encoding Scheme
for Place Names
Kirk Duffin
· An Interactive Natural-Language
Genealogy Quiz Engine
Aric Bills, Rebecca Rees, Merrill Hutchinson, Deryle Lonsdale, et al.
· DNA Analysis Techniques for Molecular
Genealogy
Luke Hutchison and Scott Woodward
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Session 4 - Demo Session II
· Family Maps
Richard Washburn
· PhotoDoc: Batch Processing and
Image Enhancement for the Genealogy World
Jeremy Wendt
· Handwriting Recognition for Genealogical
Records
Luke Hutchison and Tom Sederberg
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Session 5 - Information Extraction and Evidence
- Based Genealogy (HBLL Auditorium 1080)
· Building Databases from Unstructed Original Records Using
Off-site Volunteer Readers/Extractors and the Internet
Ray Wright, Joerg Bachmann, Noemi Gergely, JC Avena
Also: Overview of Center for Family History and Genealogy's Activities
Ray Wright
· Efficiently Querying Contradictory
and Uncertain Genealogical Data
Lars E. Olson and David Embley
· Bidirectional Source Linking:
Doing Genealogy "Once" and "For All"
Randall Wilson
· System for Identity Linking and
Research Collaboration
Bill Harten
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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.
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Powerpoint Presentations
Efficiently
Querying Contradictory and Uncertain Genealogical Data
Lars E. Olson and David W. Embley DEG Lab
BYU Computer Science Dept.
Results of Just-In-Time
Browsing for Digital Microfilm
Douglas J. Kennard and William A. Barrett
BYU Computer Science Dept.
Management
and Distribution of Historical Document Images
Stephen W. Liddle, Rayman D. Meservy
School of Accountancy and Information Systems
John W. Welch
BYU Studies
Brigham Young University
Handwriting
Recognition for Genealogical Records
Luke Hutchison (lukeh@email.byu.edu)
Advisor: Dr. Tom Sederberg
DNA Analysis
Techniques for Molecular Genealogy
Luke Hutchison (lukeh@email.byu.edu)
Project Supervisor: Scott R. Woodward
Zoning Tabular Documents
Heath Nielson and William Barrett
BYU Computer Science Dept.
Bidirectional
Source Linking: Doing Genealogy 'Once and For All'
Randy Wilson
Fonix Corporation
Creating
a Digital Microfilm Library
Dan R. Olsen Jr
Computer Science Dept
Brigham Young University
Visualizing
Large Pedigree Charts in 3D Space
Thomas W. Sederberg
G. Thomas Finnigan
Computer Science Department
Brigham Young University
Identity Linking:
An Alternative to Merging
Bill Harten
UNIconnect
Application of NLP Techniques to Enhance Web-based Retrieval of Genealogical Data
Mary Taffet
Syracuse University
Probabilistic Record Linkage in Genealogical Research
John Lawson
Dave White
Brenda Price
Ryan Yamagata
Department of Statistics
Brigham Young University
Technology Indepedent
Information Storage
Steven H. McCown & Michael Leonhardt
Storage Technology Corporation
An Interactive Natural-Language Genealogy Quiz Engine
Aric Bills
Rebecca Rees
Merrill Hutchison
Clint Tustison
Nick Stetich
Mike Manookin
Hans Nelson
Deryle Lonsdale
BYU Soar Research Group
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