personal-journal/app/views/admin/journal_papers/_author_autocomplete.html.erb

  <script type="text/javascript">
  var map = {},
      members = [],
      data = <%= raw @members_data %>;
    $.each(data, function (i, member) {
        map[member.memberName] = member;
        members.push(member.memberName);
    });
  $(document).ready(function(){    
    $('#member_autocomplete').typeahead({
      source: function (query, process) {
                return members;
             },
      updater: function (item) {
                  selectedMember = map[item].memberId;
                  $('#member_value').val(selectedMember);
                  return item;
                },
      matcher: function (item) {
                if (item.toLowerCase().indexOf(this.query.trim().toLowerCase()) != -1) {
                  return true;
                }
              },
      sorter: function (items) {
                return items.sort();
              },
      highlighter: function (item) {
                    var regex = new RegExp( '(' + this.query + ')', 'gi' );
                    return item.replace( regex, "<strong>$1</strong>" );
                  },
    });
  });
  </script>