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Digital/Multimedia Scientific Area Committee
The Digital/Multimedia Scientific Area Committee (SAC) provides strategic direction, serves as a platform to integrate similar standards activities across multiple forensic science disciplines, and manages the activities of the following subcommittees:
- Digital Evidence
- Facial & Iris Identification
- Speaker Recognition
- Video/Imaging Technology and Analysis
Members
Lora Sims, SAC Chair, Ideal Innovations, Inc.
William Trenkle, Ph.D., SAC Vice Chair, United States Department of Agriculture
William Eber, Digital Evidence Subcommittee Chair, Self-employed
Krystal Howard, Facial & Iris Identification Subcommittee Chair, Michigan State Police
Larry Kincaid, Speaker Recognition Subcommittee Chair, Sandia National Laboratory
Christina Malone, Video/Imaging Technology and Analysis Subcommittee Chair, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory (USACIL)
Interlaboratory Study on Image Comparison Opinions
NIST recently funded a cooperative agreement to complete an interlaboratory study to assess the practical utility, accuracy and reproducibility of OSAC 2022-S-0001, Standard Guide for Image Comparison Opinions.
Thank you to those that registered for this interlaboratory study. The project team will be in touch by mid-end May with instructions on how to complete your image comparisons.
Documents
- Guidance on Non-routine Offsite Forensic Examination of Digital/Multimedia Evidence.
- Standard Guide for Developing Discipline Specific Methodology for ACE-V (currently at an SDO).