Introduction Various Touch DNA sampling techniques have been used at the crime scene and in forensic laboratories worldwide for over a decade [1]. The recent success of using Touch DNA collection methods to obtain DNA profiles from high profile cases including the exoneration of Timothy Masters and the JonBenet Ramsey homicide investigation has created an increased interest in better understand...

Using this technique, a robot can operate in an environment without a priori knowledge of a map and its location in the world. This is a critical skill that can be utilized in a wide range of applications that require a robot to be able to explore a region and return to its starting location, learn different paths to key locations in a world, and to traverse a region completely. Such applicatio...

This paper presents a novel approach towards training with game elements in an interactive environment by means of OpenCrimeScene, a virtual 3D training system for crime scene investigation (CSI). The application is designed to supplement the curriculum for self-study and as a basis for group discussion. To facilitate curriculum integration, the interactive environment has been made suitable fo...

Using this technique, a robot can operate in an environment without a priori knowledge of a map and its location in the world. This is a critical skill that can be utilized in a wide range of applications that require a robot to be able to explore a region and return to its starting location, learn different paths to key locations in a world, and to traverse a region completely. Such applicatio...

The question “how to improve the interest of students to study physics” has been discussed in the author’s previous papers too. Within the framework of the project, the author prepared various new interdisciplinary projects to demonstrate how inventions in physics are used in everyday life. Now, about one year later, the author found out that students were most addressed with the modules physic...

This paper presents a computational framework for identity and is particularly focused on identifying the culprit in a crime-scene investigation. A case is conceptualized as a constellation of situations in the sense of Barwise’s situation theory. Data on a case is stored as RDF triples in a triple store. Several relevant OWL ontologies have been developed and supplemented with SWRL rules. Unce...