A Message from the Forensic Technology Center of Excellence 2020 was a big year for the Forensic Technology Center of Excellence. With five podcast seasons, a full research and development symposium, our first virtual conference, eight reports, and over thirty…
Category: Digital Evidence (page 6)
Just Off The Shelf Forensics
Original Release Date: December 25, 2020 In the eighth and final episode of the 2020 Case Studies season, Just Science sat down with Tim Schade and Brian Cochran to discuss off-the-shelf crime scene processing products. Budgetary concerns often plague smaller forensic labs…
Just Identifying Fingerprints Through Photographs
Original Release Date: December 11, 2020 In episode six of the 2020 Case Studies season, Just Science sat down with Karen Oswald, Senior Evidence Specialist with the Suffolk County Police Department in New York, to discuss methods for identifying fingers…
Just the Impact of Disturbing Media
Original Release Date: September 3, 2020 In episode eight of our 2020 Digital Evidence season, Just Science interviews Dr. Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar from Purdue University about the impact of disturbing media on forensic professionals. Repeated exposure to violent and graphic media can have long-term negative effects on…
Just Deepfakes
Original Release Date: August 27, 2020 In episode seven of our 2020 Digital Evidence season, Just Science interviews Dr. Catalin Grigoras and Cole Whitecotton from the National Center for Media Forensics about deepfakes. Deepfakes are a form of synthetic media…
Just NIST’s Digital Forensics Black Box Study
Original Release Date: August 20, 2020 In episode six of our 2020 Digital Evidence season, Just Science interviews Barbara Guttman from the National Institute of Standards and Technology about the first large-scale black box study to test the accuracy of…
Just Digital Evidence 101
Original Release Date: August 13, 2020 In episode five of our 2020 Digital Evidence season, Just Science interviews Matt Ruddell from Florida International University about their efforts to develop forensic education and training programs at FIU. The National Forensic Science…
Network Forensics: Challenges and Tools
This webinar originally occurred on August 12, 2020 Duration: 1 hour Overview In response to criminal investigations involving digital evidence, law enforcement needs forensically sound tools to acquire, evaluate, process, and present the data to the court. In the case…
Just Digital Evidence in the Courts of Appeals
Original Release Date: July 30, 2020 In episode three of our 2020 Digital Evidence season, Just Science interviews Martin Novak, a Computer Scientist with the National Institute of Justice, about digital evidence in the United States Court of Appeals. Digital…
Just A Public Defender’s Perspective
Original Release Date: July 23, 2020 In episode two of the 2020 Digital Evidence season, Just Science interviews Nicolas Hughes, assistant public defender with the Harris County Public Defender’s Office in Houston, TX, about the validation of tools utilized by…