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Methods, Applications and Challenges in Computer-Assisted Criminal Investigations

Computational Forensics is the research field in the joint arena of computer science and forensics. Research in this area is dedicated to the development and validation of computational applications for forensic problems and to the support of various forensic processes from investigation to evidence evaluation.

The workshop addresses a broad spectrum of forensic disciplines that apply computational methods as statistical pattern recognition, modeling and simulation. These disciplines include pathology, biology, drugs, ballistics, and anthropology among others. Subjects of study range from tool marks, shoeprints, questioned documents, physiological and behavioral patterns, to the reconstruction of crime scenes and body parts.

Special Sessions

This year at IWCF09, a number of topics have been selected that have our special interest. Five specialists each organize a special session focused on the computational and forensic aspects of their respective field of expertise:

  • Sensor Forensics, chaired by Edward Delp, Purdue University, USA
  • 3-D Modeling for Forensic Reconstruction, chaired by Dirk Vandermeulen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
  • Forensic DNA Analysis, chaired by Peter Gill, Strathclyde University, Scotland
  • Forensic Biometrics, chaired by Didier Meuwly, Netherlands Forensic Institute, The Netherlands
  • Forensic Document Analysis, chaired by Yoshinori Akao, National Research Institute of Police Science, Japan

Topics of Interest

Besides the subjects covered by the special sessions, topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to, computational methods for the following forensic disciplines:

Anthropology, Ballistics, Biology, Fiber Analysis, Fire Debris, Pathology, Physiological and Behavioral Patterns, Prints, Questioned Documents, Ridge Skin Impressions, Tire Impressions, Tool marks, Trace, Shoeprints, Vehicles.

Format

IWCF 2009 will be a 100% participation, single-track workshop with invited speakers and oral sessions. The workshop proceedings, published by Springer-Verlag in the LNCS series or IEEE Computer Society Press, will be distributed at the workshop.

History

IWCF 2009 builds up on several previous events and activities.