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Kam A. Woods

Research Assistant
Department of Computer Science
Indiana University
About
  Current Ph.D candidate in the Computer Science department at Indiana University Bloomington. My research interests include the development and evaluation of tools and techniques for long-term digital preservation. In particular, I have worked on systems for high-performance automated format migration, low-risk file format identification, and proper handling (in software) of legacy removable media.

With Dr. Geoffrey Brown I have worked on software and preservation practices to support low-risk imaging, storage, and format migration routines for legacy optical and magnetic media. Additionally, I have examined novel ways of using open source emulation platforms to quantify failure conditions when accessing executable artworks compiled for legacy hardware platforms.

My current research includes the development of risk-management tools for access, migration, and accurate rendition of outdated binary formats.

Some of my previous work focused on computational semantics and the development of semantic models for discourse analysis. If you're interested in current related work in this area at IU, a good place to start is here.

  Former M.S. Computer Science, Indiana University, 2008.
M.S. Computer Science, Baylor University, 2004. Thesis: Automatic Discovery and Classification of Discourse Contingency Relations
B.A. Special Major in Computer Science, Swarthmore College, 2002
CV / Resume
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Publications
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  2009 K. Woods and G. Brown. 2009. Assisted Emulation for Legacy Executables. To Appear in Proceedings of the 5th International Digital Curation Conference.
Paper (.pdf) Presentation (.pdf)
  2009 G. Brown and K. Woods. 2009. Born Broken - Fonts and Information Loss in Legacy Digital Documents. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects.
Paper (.pdf) Presentation (.pdf)
  2009 K. Woods and G. Brown. 2009. From Imaging to Access - Effective Preservation of Legacy Removable Media. Proceedings of Archiving 2009.
Paper (.pdf) Presentation (.pdf)
  2008 K. Woods and G. Brown. 2008. Virtualization for Preservation of Executable Art. Proceedings of the 2008 DOCAM Summit and Symposium.
Paper (.pdf) Presentation (.pdf)
  2008 K. Woods and G. Brown. 2008. Creating Virtual CD-ROM Collections. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects.
Paper (.pdf) Presentation (.pdf)
  2007 K. Woods and G. Brown. 2007. Migration Performance for Legacy Data Access. 3rd International Digital Curation Conference.
Paper (.pdf) Presentation (.pdf)
  2005 R. Girju and K. Woods. 2005. Exploring Contingency Discourse Relations. Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Computational Semantics (IWCS-6), Harry Bunt (ed.), The Netherlands.
Research
  Summer 2007 - Present Research Assistant, Dr. Geoffrey Brown
Teaching
  Spring 2007 A201: Introduction to Programming
Assistant Instructor. Course materials available via Oncourse.
  Fall 2006 A201: Introduction to Programming
Assistant Instructor. Course materials available via Oncourse.
  Summer II 2006 A202: Introduction to Programming II
Course Instructor. Course materials available via Oncourse.
  Spring 2006 A201: Introduction to Programming
Assistant Instructor. Course materials available via Oncourse.
Blog
  Website http://www.digpres.com/blog
Contact
  E-mail kamwoods at cs dot indiana dot edu
  Office hours Via email.
  Office LH328
  Address Computer Science Department
Lindley Hall
Indiana University
150 S. Woodlawn Ave.
Bloomington, IN 47405, USA