Brigham Young University

General Information

Scope of the Workshop

This workshop provides a forum for presenting and discussing current and emerging research work on technology that supports family history and genealogy. Results should address technology problems whose solutions have the potential to improve family-history and genealogical research work. The format of the conference will include a keynote speaker, panel discussions and technical presentations.

Who Should Attend

We invite all who enjoy presenting and learning about emerging technological research, as it applies to genealogy. We especially invite those who do research and publish in the areas of informatics and computer science.

Topics of Interest

The workshop focuses on research issues in technology that support family history and genealogy. We solicit submission of original research, as well as experience papers that address these themes. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Digitized Images of Historical Data
•Digital Photography •Scanning Technology •Image Enhancement •Record Construction •Element Classification •Segmentation •Handwritten Extraction from Forms •Handwriting Recognition •OCR for Old Type-Set Text

Digital Historical Data Sources
•Extraction for Semi-structured and Unstructured Sources •Mappings between Heterogeneous Structured Views •XML for Historical Data •Reorganizing and Updating Legacy Data

Information Integration
•Definition fo Ontological Expectations •Value Normalization •Integrating Legacy Data •User-Friendly Meta-Model Editing •Object Identity •Merging Extracted Data •Managing Uncertainty •Peer-to-Peer Information Sharing

Human Interfaces/Delivery Systems
•Indexing Original Source Information •Storage of Large Volumes of Data •Human-Computer Interfaces •Workflow for Directing Patron Efforts •Notification Systems •Distributed Storage •Browsing and Visualization

Expert and Intelligent Systems
•Speech/Interfaces •Machine Learning •Automated Guidance •Pattern Matching •Data Clustering

How to Submit

A paper should be 2 to 12 pages in length and is submitted as a PDF file. The abstract is a short paragraph summarizing the paper and is submitted as a text file.

Authors can submit their original papers and abstracts to the submission website. If you need assistance, contact the program chair.

Workshop Cost

TBA

Related Items

Family History Technology in the BYU Computer Science Department
BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy