2017 IFSEMS Presentations

Plenary Presentations

Videos of all Plenary Presentations are available on the Symposium homepage.
 

• James Doyle
  Consultant, National Institute of Justice
  Sentinel Events Reviews: Exploring Outside the Silos
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• Lynn Garcia
  Texas Forensic Science Commission
  Courage Comes First
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• Scott Shappell
  Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  Safeguarding Excellence in Forensic Science
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• Jenifer Smith
  District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences
  Seeing the Error of Our Ways: Perspectives from Department of Forensic Science, Washington DC
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• Peter Stout
  Houston Forensic Science Center
  The Recovery of Houston
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• Anthony Tessarolo
  Ontario Centre of Forensic Sciences
  Doing the Right Thing When You’re Wrong
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• Linzi Wilson-Wilde
  National Institute of Forensic Science at Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency
  The National Institute of Forensic Science
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• Panel Presentation: Overcoming the Next Crisis—Media Relations and Crisis Communications in the Forensic Services Sector (no presentation files, see video here.)

  • Moderated by Gail Porter, National Institute of Standards and Technology

  • LaShon Beamon, Washington, DC Department of Forensic Sciences & The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

  • Julie Bolcer, NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner

  • Ramit Plushnick-Masti, Houston Forensic Science Center

Breakout Session Presentations
 

• Craig Beyler
  Jensen Hughes, Inc.
  ISO 17020 is a Bad fit for Forensic Science Investigations
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• Dawn A. Boswell
  Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office: Conviction Integrity Unit 
  The Path Forward: Confronting & Resolving Disclosure Issues 
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• Mehzeb Chowdhury
  Durham University
  The Real Value of 3D & 360° Imaging in Crime Scene Investigation and the Investigative Process
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• Sarah Chu
  Innocence Project
  Assuring Quality Helps Ensure Justice
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• Sabrina Cillessen
  Virginia Department of Forensic Science
  A Novel Approach to Addressing Changes of Opinions in Latent Prints
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• Lynn Garcia (Panel)
  Texas Forensic Science Commission
  Responding to the Call for Transparency in Forensic Labs
  When Checks and Balances Fail: Lessons Learned from the Austin Police Department Crime Laboratory’s DNA Section
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• Melissa Gische
  FBI Laboratory
  Disagreements in Technical Work
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• Heike Hoffman
  Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence
  Sources of Variability in Surface Measurements NIST workshop on Error Management
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• Vici Inlow
  United States Secret Service
  Erroneous Analysis of Laterally Reversed Latent Prints Due to Development Methods
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• Amy Jeanguenat
  Mindgen, LLC
  Can Forensic Laboratories Reduce Contextual Information Bias and Increase Happiness at Work?
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  Improving Forensic Quality Through Forming a Constructive Relationship with Stress
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• Jim Jones
  George Mason University
  The Uncertain Relationship Between Residual Digital Fragments, Files, and Computer Activity
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• Karen Kafadar
  University of Virginia
  Statistical Modeling and Analysis of Trace Element Concentrations in Forensic Glass Evidence
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• Roman Karas
  FBI Laboratory
  Establishing Traceability
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• Paulo Kunii (FHE Methodology)
  Brazilian Federal Police
  Proposal for a Methodology to Manage Contextual Information in Forensic Handwriting Examination Based on Digitized Documents
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• Elizabeth Laposata
  Forensic Pathology & Legal Medicine, Inc.
  Preventing Errors in Death Investigation Using Forensic Pathology Beyond the Autopsy
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• Ranjan Maitra
  Iowa State University
  Fracture-Mechanic Quantitative Matching of Evidence Fragment
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• Marcel Matley
  Handwriting Expert Consultant
  The Central Solution to All Unreliability in Evidence
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• Ashraf Mozayani
  Texas Southern University
  Pilot Study in Latent Print Conflict Management
  Standardization of Alcohol Interpretation
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• Robert Nelms
  Failsafe Network, Inc.
  Introspection: the missing link to true root cause analysis
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• Jennifer Newman
  Iowa State University
  Can Stego Images From a Mobile Phone Stego App Be Detected?
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• Anthony Onorato
  FBI Laboratory
  Genotyping Errors in the FBI STR Allele Frequency Database Used for Estimating Match Probabilities in Forensic Investigations
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• Imani Palmer
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Towards Sound Analysis of Computer Evidence
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• Sandra Rodriguez-Cruz
  U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency
  Assessing the Uncertainty of Net Weight Measurements Throughout the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Laboratory System
  co-presented with Sandra Sachs - Drug Chemists are Getting the Right Answers: Assessing Drug Analysis Error Rates in Municipal, County and Federal Laboratories
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• Ivana Sesardic
  NSW Forensic & Analytical Science Service
  Implementation of Blind Reviewing in a Forensic Biology Laboratory
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• Carolyn R. Steffen
  National Institute of Standards and Technology
  Lessons Learned From the Characterization of a Large Set of Population Samples: Identifying and Addressing Discordance
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• Harish Swaminathan
  Boston University
  Parameterization of an In-Silico DNA Pipeline with Laboratory-Specific Experimental Data Allows for Efficient & Validation of the DNA Analysis Process
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• Nicholas Tiscione
  Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
  Mitigating Errors and Establishing Priorities Using Case Management Policies in a DUI Lab
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• Richard Torres
  The Legal Aid Society
  Is Source Code Speech under the Confrontation Clause?
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