CSAFE 2020 All Hands Meeting
The 2020 All Hands Meeting was held May 12 and 13, 2020 and served as the closing to the last 5 years of CSAFE research and focused on kicking off new initiatives for the next phase of the [...]
Education Center
CSAFE Forensic Learning Opportunities
Harness tools and training that will help improve your accuracy, objectivity and communication as a forensic scientist or stakeholder.
In a joint collaboration between CSAFE researchers and forensic scientists, we are developing publicly available webinars that touch on a variety of topics relevant to the diverse forensic and applied forensic sciences communities. Our webinars address basic topics in human factors that influence forensic science, statistical foundations that can be applied to forensic science, and training and education for forensic scientists and other stakeholders. Check back regularly for new webinars, and please contact us with any interest in educational collaborations or with questions.
Available Webinars
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Crime Lab Proficiency Testing and Quality Management
In the wake of recent reports documenting the vulnerability of forensic science methodologies to human error (e.g., NAS, 2009; PCAST, 2016), the field has sometimes pointed to proficiency testing [...]
DNA Mixture Interpretation: Thoughts and Lessons Learned from a NIST Scientific Foundation Review
In the process of working on a NIST Scientific Foundation Review on DNA mixture interpretation over the past two years, our team has gathered and studied the scientific literature on the topic [...]
An Overview of CSAFE’s Publically Available Datasets
Forensic scientists and researchers can now directly implement CSAFE data into their laboratory work. CSAFE forensic databases are publically available and can be utilized to test current [...]
Feature-based analysis of bloodstain patterns
A key task in the analysis of bloodstain pattern analysis is to identify the mechanism by which the stains were created.  Examples include impact, gunshot, castoff, and expiration. This webinar [...]
Pattern Evidence Research in CSAFE-An Update
CSAFE is a NIST Center of Excellence in Forensic Science. A large portion of CSAFE’s research portfolio is on what is known as pattern evidence, which encompasses any evidence that can be [...]
Implementing Blind Proficiency Testing
This CSAFE Center Wide webinar was presented on July 18, 2019 by Dr. Robin Mejia, CSAFE researcher at Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Mejia provided presentation slides. Presentation Description: [...]
Identifying Digital Evidence from Android Devices via Static and Dynamic Analysis
This CSAFE Center Wide webinar was presented on June 25, 2019 by Dr. Yong Guan, CSAFE researcher at Iowa State University. Presentation Description: The over 50 app stores across the world [...]
How Jurors Evaluate Fingerprint Evidence
This CSAFE Center Wide webinar was presented on April 2, 2019 by Brandon Garrett, CSAFE researcher and the L. Neil Williams Professor of Law at Duke University. Brandon Garrett has provided [...]
Similarity of Two-Dimensional Images: An application to the forensic comparison of shoe outsole impressions
This CSAFE Center Wide webinar was presented on March 11, 2019 by Dr. Soyoung Park, CSAFE Post Doctoral researcher at Iowa State University. Dr. Park has provided presentation slides. [...]
Covering the Basic Concepts Surrounding the Weight and Strength of Evidence
This CSAFE Center Wide webinar was presented on January 7, 2019 by Dr. Danica Ommen, CSAFE researcher and Assistant Professor at Iowa State University. Dr. Ommen has provided presentation slides [...]
Research and Crime Scene Reconstruction: What should it look like?
This CSAFE Center Wide webinar was presented on December 13, 2018 by Professor Keith Inman, CSAFE colleague and Associate Professor at California State University East Bay. Professor Inman has [...]
Probabilistic Reporting in American Criminal Cases: A Baseline Study
This CSAFE Center Wide webinar was presented on November 28, 2018 by Dr. Simon Cole, Dr. Simon Cole, CSAFE researcher and professor of criminology, law and society at University of California, [...]
Learning Algorithms for Evaluating Forensic Glass Evidence
This CSAFE Center Wide webinar was presented on October 24, 2018 by Dr. Alicia Carriquiry, CSAFE Director and Distinguished Professor of Statistics at Iowa State University. Dr. Carriquiry has [...]
Statistical and Computational Tools for Automated Matching of Footwear Class Characteristics
This CSAFE Center Wide webinar was presented on April 27, 2018 by Dr. Charless Fowlkes, CSAFE researcher and associate professor of computer science at University of California, Irvine. [...]
Footwear Impression Evidence Examination: Overview, challenges, research and the future
This CSAFE Center Wide Webinar was presented on March 5, 2018 by Lesley Hammer, (MA, MSc) forensic consultant at Hammer Forensics. Presentation description:Â This presentation will provide an [...]
A panel discussion with NIST researchers and the CSAFE team on the likelihood ratio
This CSAFE Center Wide Webinar was presented on March 1, 2018 by a panel of speakers who examine the impact of the likelihood ratio in a legal context, how to communicate the likelihood ratio to [...]
Comparing Cartridge Breechface Marks: 2D versus 3D
This CSAFE Center Wide Webinar was presented by Xiao Hui Tai from Carnegie Mellon University on January 31, 2018. Description: We will describe work that we have done on an automated method to [...]
Statistical Methods for Analyzing Event Time-Series Data in Digital Forensics
This CSAFE webinar was presented by Dr. Padhraic Smyth from University of California, Irvine on September 28, 2017. Description: Time-series of user-generated events are routinely captured and [...]
Explaining Source Conclusions to a Lay Audience
This CSAFE Center Wide Meeting Webinar was presented by Dr. William (Bill) Thompson from University of California, Irvine on November 30, 2017. Description: Forensic scientists are often asked to [...]
Forensic Pattern Recognition Evidence-An Educational Module
This learning module (and associated instructor’s guide) was developed by CSAFE researcher and criminology, law, and society professor from University of California, Irvine Dr. Simon Cole. [...]
Forensic Statistics for Lawyers Part III: Comparison/Identification
CSAFE researcher and faculty member at the University of California, Irvine Bill Thompson has developed a series of videos as a Lawyer’s Guide to Probability and Statistics in Forensic [...]
Forensic Statistics for Lawyers Part II: Classification
CSAFE researcher and faculty member at the University of California, Irvine Bill Thompson has developed a series of videos as a Lawyer’s Guide to Probability and Statistics in Forensic [...]
Forensic Statistics for Lawyers Part I: Quantification
CSAFE researcher and faculty member at the University of California, Irvine Bill Thompson has developed a series of videos as a Lawyer’s Guide to Probability and Statistics in Forensic [...]
Statistical and Algorithmic Approaches to Matching Bullets
This CSAFE Center Wide Meeting Webinar was presented by Eric Hare from Iowa State University on April 14, 2017. Description: CSAFE researchers at Iowa State University will discuss the advances [...]
Case Processing and Human Factors at Crime Laboratories
This CSAFE Center Wide Meeting Webinar was presented by Dr. Daniel Murrie and Dr. Sharon Kelley from University of Virginia on May 4, 2017. Description: Examining case processing to gauge the [...]
A Generative Approach to Forensic Shoeprint Recognition
This CSAFE Center Wide Meeting Webinar was presented by Adam Kortylewski from the University of Basel in Switzerland on February 10, 2017. Description: The forensic analysis of impression [...]
Thinking About Likelihood Ratios for Pattern Evidence
This CSAFE Center Wide Meeting webinar was presented by Hal Stern from University of California on January 19, 2017. Description: The likelihood ratio has been proposed as a logical way to [...]
Tri-County Regional Forensic Laboratory
Anoka County, Minnesota Audience of about 18-20 forensic practitioners from five crime laboratories in the region
Introduction to Statistical Thinking for Forensic Practitioners Presentation
All forensic practitioners, laboratory staff and crime lab guests are invited to take a mini-course on statistical thinking for forensic practitioners from CSAFE experts. West Palm Beach | May 5, 2016
