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Session
Speaker
Title
Abstract
Slides
Video
Keynote
David Ouimette
Bridging the Generation Gap--Bringing Ancestors and Descendants Together with Technology
Session 1
Troy Walker
Automating the Extraction of Genealogical Information from the Web
Mary D. Taffet
Looking Ahead to Person Resolution
Beau Sharbrough
Identity in Census Records
John Vilburn
PAF Insight - Improvements in Record Matching
Ronald Tolley
Distance: A Survey
Session 2
Joshua Menke
Optical Character Recognition Domain Expert Approximation Through Oracle Learning
Samuel Pinson
Interactive Adaptive Text Localization and Distinction
David C. Taylor
Class Three Neurosemantics in Freeform Data Extraction
Judy Jones
British Jurisdictions Prototype
Session 3
Rick Laxman, Herb White
Preserving Digital Images and Data
Michael L. Mansfield
Book Scanning - Technologies and Techniques
Luke Hutchison
Tabular Document Image Registration Using the Fourier-Mellin Transform
Christopher Nelson
Use of Contour Compression for Document Image Compression and Progressive Transmission
Panel Session
Jake Gehring – Session Moderator, Dr. William Barrett, Dr. Dallan Quass, Alan Mann, Beau Sharbrough, Curt Witcher
Pre-Dinner Speech
Paul Allen
Disruptive Technology and Its Impact on Genealogy Business Models
Important Dates
30 January 2009
Papers Due
20 February 2009
Final Paper Submission
12 March 2009
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