Jewish Genealogical Society of Tampa Bay

Identify Unknown People in Photos Using Facial Recognition

Presentation by Scott Genzer

Sunday, June 11, 2023

.The Jewish Genealogical Society of Tampa Bay will hold a meeting on Sunday, June 11, 2023. Participants can choose to attend in person or watch via Zoom.

• Date:                     Sunday, June 11, 2023
• Time:                    Social with refreshments begins at 1:30 p.m.; Program – 2 p.m.
• Place:                    In Person: Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services, 14041 Icot Blvd.,                                    Clearwater, FL33760

                                         Online: Zoom (RSVP information below)

• Program:             Identify Unknown People in Photos Using Facial Recognition
• Speaker:               Scott Genzer

Photographs have always been a genealogical challenge because, unlike more conventional sources such as vital records, they do not impart clear data. Most often we simply attach the picture to our trees and then leave it there. However in early 2019, Scott Genzer developed a new technique that shows how to use facial recognition via artificial intelligence/machine learning methods to identify unknown people in photographs using large libraries of passport-like images currently available online. With facial recognition, genealogists can generate new clues with statistical probabilities from old photos that have never before been available. This video presentation will be an elaboration and detailed demonstration of this technique previously published in the Fall 2019 issue of Avotaynu.

Scott Genzer is an amateur genealogist who has spent two decades researching his family tree, particularly his paternal branch from Mielec, Poland. During the day, he is a data scientist at RapidMiner, a software company based in Boston, MA. Scott lives in Norwich, Vermont, with his wife and two daughters.

In-person attendees can socialize and use JGSTB’s library before watching Genzer together via Zoom.

Online attendees must reserve to receive sign-on instructions. You can do this on our Reservation Page. The program is free to members and $5 for non-members. Dues, which will run through 2023, are $25 for single members and $35 for couples/families and can be paid through  our Dues Payment Page.

For specific questions please contact Bruce Hadburg at 727-796-7981, or email him at bhadburg@tampabay.rr.com. For more information about the Jewish Genealogical Society of Tampa Bay, go to http://www.jgstb.org/.

 

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