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<h3> About ICARIS </h3>
<p> ICARIS (International Centre for Advanced Research in Identification Science) is funded by an EPSRC call for research into Prevention and Detection of Crime. The network's mission is to undertake internationally leading interdisciplinary research in human identification. </p>
<p> The Centre is the only one of its type in the world. </p>
<p> Its members are comprised of a wide range of experts from many fields, including: micro-reactor technology, DNA profiling, facial identification, non-facial biometrics, biometric computation, and the psychological, legal, and ethical issues related to crime. </p>
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<h3> Our Objectives </h3>
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<li> To develop a collaborative research network that will provide a launch pad for novel interdisciplinary research in human identification </li>
<li> to steer research toward the goals of key partners active in the Criminal Justice System </li>
<li> to target cross-disciplinary research at priority areas such as volume crime, high crime areas, secure access points, terrorism and bioterrorism, identity fraud and identity theft </li>
<li> to foster national and international collaboration with academic, public, and private partners </li>
<li>to promote the transfer of technologies to socially valuable application areas in the Prevention and Detection of Crime</li>
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<p> For further information or if you would like to join the network as a researcher or partner organisation please contact the network co-ordinator: </p>
<p> Dr Martin Evison </p>
<p> The University of Sheffield · Department of Forensic Pathology · The Medico-Legal Centre </p>
<p> Sheffield · S3 7ES · England </p>
<p> Tel+44 114 2738721 </p>
<p> Fax +44 114 2798942 </p>
<p> Or alternatively, contact the Project Secretary: </p>
<p> Ms Stephanie Davy </p>
<p> The University of Sheffield · Department of Forensic Pathology · The Medico-Legal Centre </p>
<p> Sheffield · S3 7ES · England </p>
<p> Tel+44 114 2738721 </p>
<p> Fax +44 114 2798942 </p>
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<td valign="top"><p><a href="mailto:M.P.Evison@sheffield.ac.uk"> M.P.Evison@sheffield.ac.uk</a></p>
<p><a href="mailto:s.davy@sheffield.ac.uk"> S.Davy@sheffield.ac.uk</a></p></td>
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<p>Keywords: automatic fingerprint detection, forensic laboratory, statistical facial identification, facial identification, bioinformatics, forensic statistics, legal reasoning, forensic imagery, biometrics, video-based threat assessment, facial recognition, facial compositing, gait recognition, forensic visualisation, forensic visualization, psychology of facial identification, psychology of eyewitness identification, suspect identification, surveillance, incident prediction, situational crime prevention, crime policy, crime prevention technology </p>
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