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CSAFE Student Researcher Named Fall 2022 Outstanding Senior in Computer Engineering at Iowa State University

March 8, 2023

During the fall 2022 semester, Tyler Rebischke was named an outstanding senior in computer engineering at Iowa State University. Rebischke …

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CSAFE Researchers Develop Framework for Using Score-based Likelihood Ratios for Camera Device Identification

July 29, 2022

Recently published research from the Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence (CSAFE) investigates the use of score-based likelihood …

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Jennifer Newman Honored for Outstanding Research in Discrete Mathematics Applied to the Field of Forensic Steganography

February 16, 2022

This article was first published Feb. 10, 2022, by the Iowa State University Department of Liberal Arts and Sciences and …

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CSAFE Researchers Explore Statistical Methods for Forensic Analysis of Geolocated Event Data

March 31, 2021

Results from a recently published Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence (CSAFE) study may provide a valuable starting …

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Pierre Receives Best Presentation Award at ICFIS 2021

February 25, 2021

Seth Pierre Seth Pierre, an undergraduate student in electrical engineering at Iowa State University, received a Best Presentation Award at …

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Upcoming CSAFE Symposium Focuses on Source Code in Criminal Trials

February 11, 2021

The Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence (CSAFE) is hosting the Source Code on Trial Symposium that will …

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Team Member Spotlight: Dr. Newman’s Adventures in Steganography

May 25, 2020

Exploring how mathematics, statistics and digital evidence analysis intersect is Jennifer Newman’s specialty. The CSAFE researcher and associate professor of …

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Digital Evidence Collection Tool Featured in ACM Conference Proceedings

January 25, 2019

The Association for Computing Machinery recently published proceedings from the 2018 Conference on Computer and Communications Security featuring CSAFE research …

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Overwhelmed by Analyzing Mobile Apps? CSAFE Simplifies Process with New Automated Tool

June 29, 2018

Forensic Investigators lack the tools they need to analyze the 1.4 million apps available. A new CSAFE automated tool and …

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CSAFE Sponsors Digital Evidence Workshop

May 12, 2017

On May 8 and 9, 2017 individuals from all CSAFE partner institutions as well as practitioners from NIST, the FBI …

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Presenters sought for NIST 2017 Technical Colloquium on the Weight of Evidence (WoE)

January 5, 2017

January 5, 2017 The NIST 2017 Technical Colloquium on the Weight of Evidence (WoE) will be held June 27-29, 2017 at …

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CSAFE Research featured at Forensics@NIST2016 Event

December 1, 2016

December 1, 2016 CSAFE researchers were invited to participate in the Forensics@NIST2016 event which takes place every two years. This …

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