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DONDENA Seminar - Diego Ramiro

Diego Ramiro
Room 3-B3-SR01, Building Röntgen
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“Developing Scalable and Standardized AI Tools for  Register-based Administrative Data Collection, Organization, and Analysis for the Implementation of Large Longitudinal Population Registers.” 

SPEAKER: Diego Ramiro (CSIC)

ABSTRACT:

Historical administrative and statistical sources—such as censuses, civil registers, and mortality records—represent  foundational materials for demographic research. While the value of these sources is well established, their large-scale reuse remains constrained by issues of format, legibility, and structure. Depending on the historical period, sources range from fully  handwritten and unstructured formats to semi-structured forms with pre-printed templates manually completed by census agents. Even in the latter case, variability in handwriting, ink types, and layout inconsistencies introduce significant obstacles for automated processing.
This presentation addresses these limitations through the development of scalable, AI-based tools for the transcription and structuring of register-based administrative data, aiming to support both historical reconstruction and statistical reuse for the implementation of Large Longitudinal Population based registers.

 

BIO: 

Dr. Diego Ramiro-Fariñas is a Full Professor of Demography and Director of the Institute of Economics, Geography and Demography at CSIC. He has held major leadership roles in demographic research institutions and international associations, including President of the European Society of Historical Demography. His career includes extensive involvement in European research projects, including Marie Curie and ERC programs. He has contributed to over 70 national and international research projects and supervised numerous doctoral theses. His research focuses on mortality, demographic analysis, spatial demography, longitudinal studies, and Big Data.