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Shoeprint Alignment and Comparison using Maximum Cliques

This presentation is from the 107th International Association for Identification (IAI) Annual Educational Conference, National Harbor, Maryland, August 20-26, 2023. Posted with permission of CSAFE.
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An algorithm for source identification of footwear impressions—its application on pristine shoeprints and crime-scene like shoeprints

This presentation is from the 107th International Association for Identification (IAI) Annual Educational Conference, National Harbor, Maryland, August 20-26, 2023. Posted with permission of CSAFE.
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CSAFE Project Update & ASCLD FRC Collaboration

This presentation highlighted CSAFE’s collaboration with the ASCLD FRC Collaboration Hub.
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Source identification of shoeprints in mock crime scene using an algorithm based on automatic alignment

This presentation is from the 75th Anniversary Conference of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Orlando, Florida, February 13-18, 2023. Posted with permission of CSAFE
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Creating a Forensic Database of Shoeprints from Online Shoe-Tread Photos

Shoe-tread impressions are one of the most common types of evidence left at crime scenes. However, the utility of such evidence is limited by the lack of databases of footwear
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A Comparison of Various Score-Based Likelihood Ratio (SLR) Methods for the Quantitative Assessment of Footwear Evidence

This presentation is from the 75th Anniversary Conference of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Orlando, Florida, February 13-18, 2023. Posted with permission of CSAFE.
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A New Algorithm for Source Identification of Look-alike Footwear Impressions Based on Automatic Alignment

Presentation at the International Association for Identification
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Center for Statistics and Application in Forensic Evidence Update

The information below highlights a sample of current research initiatives led by the CSAFE team. Additional accomplishments in other forensic science disciplines will be discussed in subsequent issues of Forensic
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Automatic Class Characteristic Recognition in Shoe Tread Images

One of the fundamental problems in footwear forensics is that the distribution of class characteristics in the local population is not currently knowable. Surveillance devices for gathering this data are
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Modeling And iNventory of Tread Impression System (MANTIS): The development, deployment and application of an active footwear data collection system

This CSAFE webinar was held on March 24, 2022. Presenters: Dr. Richard Stone Iowa State University Dr. Susan Vanderplas University of Nebraska, Lincoln Presentation Description: This webinar details the development,
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