The Importance and Dangers of Bias

The Oxford dictionary defines Ethics as "Moral principles that govern a person's behaviour or the conducting of an activity." Many organisations have a Code of Ethics or Code of Conduct that members have to adhere to. It's time to discuss this openly.

Being an expert in forensic audio can include a specialty in Authentication, Enhancement (or Clarification), and Voice ID/Recognition/Verification. Within each of these disciplines, one has many options on where to branch out if so desired. While technology is crucial for many of these specialties, there is one thing that they all share: Critical Listening

This past April, I made a short presentation on behalf of Speech Technology Inc. at the Windsor University's (Canada) “Trends in Forensic Sciences” Symposium. The title of my presentation was: “Things I wish I knew then that I know now: Tips on how to approach what you need to know for your forensic career". Here are the highlights...

SWGDE, which stands for the Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence, is an important group in our industry. If you go to their "About Us" page, you will see that their mission is to " bring(s) together organizations actively engaged in the field of digital and multimedia evidence to foster communication and cooperation as well as ensuring quality and consistency within the forensic community."

Welcome to the Forensic Times, my Blog on the Tamar Forensics website. I will try my best to teach, discuss and enlighten you in the field of forensics. Many people are curious about what the forensic sciences can do; they have seen CSI and other television shows and are not quite sure what is fact and what is fiction. I can tell you that some of what you see is true, and some of it is wishful thinking.