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This presentation will provide an overview of footwear impression examination, explore directions that research in this discipline. This webinar is available on YouTube. |
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We investigate the problem of automatically determining shoe outsole class characteristics from crime scene impression evidence using computer vision and machine learning techniques. This webinar is available on YouTube. |
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To date, digital forensics research has largely focused on extracting and reconstructing information from devices and the cloud. This webinar is available on YouTube. |
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The reporting of forensic results is a topic of crucial importance and increasing interest. Existing scholarship primarily addresses how forensic results should or could be reported. Our purpose is to understand empirically how forensic results are actually reported in American trials today. Given that many forensic statisticians are advocating for the greater use of probabilistic reporting, this research may allow us to establish a baseline so we can measure progress toward that goal. This webinar is available on YouTube. |
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Every stake holder claims dominion over the reconstruction of a violent event (detectives, attorneys, scientists, trier-of-fact), yet most have nothing but common (non)-sense and parochial experience to guide their efforts. This webinar is on-demand and available immediately. |
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In this two-part presentation, we will focus on aspects of the forensic identification of source problems where the main question of interest is determining the origin of evidence with unknown source. This webinar is on-demand and available on YouTube. |
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Shoe outsole prints are often found in crime scenes. If a suspect is apprehended and her shoes are potential sources of the prints in the crime scene, how might a forensic scientist go about quantifying the degree of similarity between the two? This webinar is available on YouTube. |
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The over 50 app stores across the world provides mobile phone users with access to 8 million apps, each with the potential to house important forensic evidence. This webinar is available on YouTube. |
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Blind proficiency testing is a norm or requirement in many scientific fields. However, forensic laboratories primarily rely on open proficiency tests from vendors such as Collaborative Testing Services, Inc. or Forensic Assurance. In open proficiency tests, examiners know they are being tested, and the test targets a specific step in the evidence handling and analysis pipeline. This webinar is available on YouTube. |
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We will describe two recent experiments. In the first, we conducted two studies whether knowledge of an expert’s performance on blind proficiency testing affects trust in the expert witness, the evidence (fingerprint or bitemark), and verdicts. This webinar is available on YouTube. |
