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Read the Latest Publications from CSAFE Researchers

June 23, 2025

Researchers from the Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence (CSAFE) continually publish new research for the forensic and …

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CSAFE Graduate Student Invited to Present at the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners Conference

August 3, 2023

Alexandra Arabio, an Iowa State University statistics graduate student, was invited to present a poster at the American Society of …

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New Study Uses a Score-based Likelihood Ratio System for Handwriting Identification

October 3, 2022

Researchers from the Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence (CSAFE) developed and tested a statistical method for handwriting …

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CSAFE Study Explores Clustering Method for Handwriting Components and Writership Analysis

February 25, 2021

Three graph whose assignment will contribute to characterizing a writer’s style.D is deterministic group assignment.C is cluster group assignment. Recently …

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Real or Fake? Handwritten Signatures and the Document Examiner

November 15, 2018

Picture a name quickly scribbled on a piece of paper. How often is it seemingly unrecognizable? And yet to the …

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Building Relationships with the Forensic Science Practitioner Community- CSAFE Consults on Los Angeles Handwriting Study

March 26, 2018

A central priority of CSAFE is cultivating relationships with key organizations in the forensic science community to evaluate current practices …

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