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Inconclusive Decisions and Error Rates in Forensic Science

The treatment of inconclusive decisions and calculation of error rates have become controversial topics in forensic science. This presentation will provide a brief summary of the challenges, highlight prior viewpoints and suggestions that have been proposed to address the issues, and recommend a path forward for the forensic science community.

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Bayes' Rule Stats Starter

This beginner level Stats Starter introduces Bayes' Rule, or Bayes' Theorem, and how it applies to forensic evidence.

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What do we mean by 'Statistics'? Stats Starter

This beginner level Stats Starter helps define the term "statistics" and how it is used.

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Algorithmic Assessment of Striation Similarity between Wire Cuts

There is no systematic algorithm to inspect striations on wires without manual extraction. A new, reproducible, automatic algorithm is proposed to analyze the similarity between wires. Interpreting the result correctly promises a consistent way of using wires as forensic evidence in the future.

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Likelihood Ratio Stats Starter

This beginner level Stats Starter introduces learners to the likelihood ratio and its growing application to forensic evidence.

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Classification Stats Starter

This beginner level Stats Starter discusses the concept of classifying objects based on shared qualities or characteristics and how that applies to forensic evidence.

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Discrete vs Continuous Probability Stats Starter

This beginner level Stats Starter focuses on the similarities and differences between discrete and continuous probability.

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Algorithms for Forensic Science

Learn more about the key components of the use of and barriers to implementation of algorithms in forensic science.

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Multi-Camera Smartphone Image Identification

Source camera identification uses small imperfections in a camera’s sensor array, called a camera fingerprint. We introduce the new CSAFE multi-camera smartphone image database and discuss how we adapt traditional camera identification methods to work on multi-camera smartphones.

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Combining Kinematic and Visual Data to Implement Various Twin Convolutional Neural Networks to Classify Writers

This research poster was presented at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences annual conference in 2023. An interactive poster is available for your viewing.