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CSAFE will be an exhibitor during the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) annual scientific conference. The conference will be held Feb. 9-14 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Posted February 3, 2026

CSAFE Team, Conferences and Events, Forensic Science

The Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence (CSAFE) researchers and staff will attend the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) annual scientific conference. The conference will be held Feb. 9-14 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
CSAFE will be in booth 712 in the Exhibit Hall starting on Wednesday, Feb. 11 through Friday, Feb. 13. During this time, attendees will be invited to participate in a survey focused on how CSAFE can better address the research needs of the community, as well as the use of artificial intelligence in forensic labs and courtrooms.

CSAFE researchers will also share the latest advancements in their research, including firearms, forensic methods for digital evidence, and the use of statistical methods in forensic science. Below is the complete list of CSAFE presentations at the AAFS conference. An asterisk (*) denotes the presenting authors. All times are Central Standard Time.

WORKSHOP

Linguistics as a Forensic Science: Methods, Software and Admissibility of Text, Speech, and Handwriting Evidence
Feb. 10, 1-5 p.m.

Speech Analysis Methods and Software
Lucky Onyekwelu-Udoka
3:05-3:35 p.m.

SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS

Digital & Multimedia Sciences

Speaker-Specific Deepfake Detection in Conversational Audio Analysis
Lucky Onyekwelu-Udoka* and Yong Guan
Feb. 12, 10:30-10:50 a.m.

 Uncovering User Behavior: AI-Based Timeline Reconstruction from Mobile Evidence
Chen Shi* and Yong Guan
Feb. 12, 3:15-3:35 p.m.

General

Quantifying and Testing the Similarity of Breach Face Impressions
Hana Lee* and Alicia Carriquiry
Feb. 13, 2-2:20 p.m.

Criminalistics

Close Non-Matches and Database Searches: Probability That a True Match Is Among the Top K Correlations After a Database Search (Poster)
Blanca Parker*, Alicia Carriquiry and Heike Hofmann
Feb. 11, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Advancing the Understanding of 3D Imaging for Firearms Identification
Melissa Nally*, Heike Hofmann*, Alicia Carriquiry, Jeffrey Salyards, Donna Eudaley* and Preshious Rearden
Feb. 12, 5-5:15 p.m.

Quantifying the Similarity of Chemical Spectra
Hana Lee and Alicia Carriquiry*
Feb. 13, 8:15-8:30 a.m.

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