Computational Forensics: Third International Workshop, Iwcf 2009, the Hague, the Netherlands, August 13-14, 2009, Proceedings

ISBN-13: 9783642035203 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 181 str.

Zeno J. M. H. Geradts

Opis

ThisLectureNotesinComputerScience(LNCS)volumecontainsthepapersp- sentedatthe ThirdInternationalWorkshoponComputationalForensics(IWCF 2009), held August 13-14, 2009 at The Netherlands Forensic Institute in The Hague, The Netherlands. Computational forensics is a research domain focusing on the investigation of forensic problems using computational methods. Its primary goal is the d- covery and advancement of forensic knowledge involving modeling, computer simulation, and computer-based analysis and recognition in studying and so- ing forensic problems. The Computational Forensics Workshop series is intended as a forum for researchers and practicioners in all areas of computational and forensic s- ences. This forum discusses current challenges in computer-assisted forensics and presents recent progress and advances. IWCF addressesa broadspectrum of forensicdisciplines fromcriminal inv- tigation. The NAS report "Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward," published in 2009, already concluded that: "With the exc- tion of nuclear DNA analysis, no forensic method has been rigorously shown to havethecapacitytoconsistentlyandwithahighdegreeofcertaintydemonstrate aconnectionbetweenevidenceandspeci?cindividualorsource."Computational methods can assist with statistical methods using, for example, likelihood ratios to strengthen the di?erent ?elds of forensic science. The organization of such an event is not possible without the e?ort and the enthousiasm of everyone involved. We thank all the members of the P- gram Committee for the timely reviewing process and the adherence to high standards. June 2009 Zeno J.M.H. Geradts Katrin Y. Franke Cor J. Veenman IWCF2009 Organization IWCF2009 was jointly organized by The Netherlands Forensic Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands and the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Spis treści

Speech and Linguistics.- Statistical Evaluation of Biometric Evidence in Forensic Automatic Speaker Recognition.- Forensic Authorship Attribution Using Compression Distances to Prototypes.- Printers.- Estimation of Inkjet Printer Spur Gear Teeth Number from Pitch Data String of Limited Length.- Detecting the Spur Marks of Ink-Jet Printed Documents Using a Multiband Scanner in NIR Mode and Image Restoration.- Fingerprints.- A Computational Discriminability Analysis on Twin Fingerprints.- Probability of Random Correspondence for Fingerprints.- Visualisation.- A New Computational Methodology for the Construction of Forensic, Facial Composites.- Geovisualization Approaches for Spatio-temporal Crime Scene Analysis – Towards 4D Crime Mapping.- Multimedia.- Multimedia Forensics Is Not Computer Forensics.- Using Sensor Noise to Identify Low Resolution Compressed Videos from YouTube.- Using the ENF Criterion for Determining the Time of Recording of Short Digital Audio Recordings.- Handwriting.- A Machine Learning Approach to Off-Line Signature Verification Using Bayesian Inference.- Computer-Assisted Handwriting Analysis: Interaction with Legal Issues in U.S. Courts.- Analysis of Authentic Signatures and Forgeries.- Documents.- Automatic Line Orientation Measurement for Questioned Document Examination.- Color Deconvolution and Support Vector Machines.

Blurb

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Workshop, IWCF 2009, held in The Hague, The Netherlands, August 13-14, 2009.

The 16 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and are organized in topical sections on speech and linguistics, fingerprints, handwriting, documents, printers, multimedia and visualization.

This volume is interesting to researchers and professionals who deal with forensic problems using computational methods. Its primary goal is the discovery and advancement of forensic knowledge involving modeling, computer simulation, and computer-based analysis and recognition in studying and solving forensic problems.