Looking to the Future
Posted: February 9, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Looking to the Future 2025 and Beyond CSAFE is updating and expanding research areas to continue to meet the needs of the forensic science community.
Looking to the Future
Renewal of NIST Partnership
Posted: February 9, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Renewal of NIST Partnership Renewal of the CSAFE partnership with NIST for a second five-year term featured new initiatives in research and training designed to move research from CSAFE laboratories into forensic laboratories and courtrooms. With a reasserted focus on probability and statistics for pattern digital evidence and a new academic partner, CSAFE 2.0 transferred … [Read More]
The ASA Issues Guidance
Posted: February 9, 2026 at 11:19 AM
The ASA Issues Guidance In response to concerns that the use of forensic evidence such as shoe prints, fingerprints, bite marks, fibers, or hairs has contributed to wrongful convictions, the American Statistical Association (ASA) has released a document with guidelines for discussing forensic evidence.
Spreading Learning Opportunities
Posted: February 9, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Spreading Learning Opportunities 2017 – 2019 CSAFE scientists and graduate students have presented their work at all major national and international conferences in forensic science and statistics, and have led multiple training or educational sessions.
CSAFE Progress
Posted: February 9, 2026 at 11:18 AM
CSAFE Progress 2016 – 2019 Research products, including novel statistical methods, algorithms and other software, and large, well-designed, curated and documented databases have been published in peer-reviewed outlets or placed in the public domain.
CSAFE Forms
Posted: February 9, 2026 at 11:17 AM
CSAFE Forms The creation of CSAFE in 2015 was one result of the government’s initiatives responding to the 2009 NRC report. It was a significant milestone in the national effort to infuse statistical thinking and rigorous, science-based standards into forensic practice.
A Follow-up
Posted: February 9, 2026 at 11:10 AM
A Follow-up A subsequent report published in 2016 by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST, 2016) confirmed many of the findings in the 2009 NRC report. PCAST expressed concern about the lack of data and of foundational studies for most pattern comparison disciplines, calling for well-designed, scientifically valid studies to assess the reliability … [Read More]
A Nation’s Call to Action
Posted: February 9, 2026 at 11:03 AM
A Nation’s Call to Action Pattern evidence received criticism in the 2009 report by the NRC entitled “Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward” (NRC 2009). That report highlighted significant issues with forensic disciplines previously identified by many. It called for a national commitment aimed at promoting and funding forensic science research … [Read More]