Pattern Evidence Research in CSAFE-An Update

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CSAFE is a NIST Center of Excellence in Forensic Science. A large portion of CSAFE’s research portfolio is on what …

A Bayesian Hierarchical Model for Evaluating Forensic Footwear Evidence

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Footwear

Published: 2020 | By: Neil Spencer

When a latent shoeprint is discovered at a crime scene, forensic analysts inspect it for distinctive patterns of wear such …

Similarity of Two-Dimensional Images: An application to the forensic comparison of shoe outsole impressions

Type: Webinar Research Area(s): Footwear

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This CSAFE Center Wide webinar was presented on March 11, 2019 by Dr. Soyoung Park, CSAFE Post Doctoral researcher at …

Cross-Domain Image Matching with Deep Feature Maps

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Footwear

Published: 2019 | By: Bailey Kong

We investigate the problem of automatically determining what type of shoe left an impression found at a crime scene. This …

Statistical and Computational Tools for Automated Matching of Footwear Class Characteristics

Type: Webinar Research Area(s): Footwear

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This CSAFE Center Wide webinar was presented on April 27, 2018 by Dr. Charless Fowlkes, CSAFE researcher and associate professor …

Footwear Impression Evidence Examination: Overview, challenges, research and the future

Type: Webinar Research Area(s): Footwear

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This CSAFE Center Wide Webinar was presented on March 5, 2018 by Lesley Hammer, (MA, MSc) forensic consultant at Hammer …

Dependence among Randomly Acquired Characteristics on Shoeprints and their Features

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Footwear

Published: 2018 | By: Naomi Kaplan

Randomly acquired characteristics (RACs), also known as accidental marks, are random markings on a shoe sole, such as scratches or …

Cross-Domain Forensic Shoeprint Matching

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Footwear

Published: 2017 | By: Bailey Kong

We investigate the problem of automatically determining what type of shoe left an impression found at a crime scene. This …