About ICARIS

ICARIS (International Centre for Advanced Research in Identification Science) began as 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. The Centre is the only one of its type in the world.

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.

Our Objectives

  • To develop a collaborative research network that will provide a launch pad for novel interdisciplinary research in human identification
  • to steer research toward the goals of key partners active in the Criminal Justice System
  • to target cross-disciplinary research at priority areas such as volume crime, high crime areas, secure access points, terrorism and bio terrorism, identity fraud and identity theft
  • to foster national and international collaboration with academic, public, and private partners
  • to promote the transfer of technologies to socially valuable application areas in the Prevention and Detection of Crime
 

***Breaking News***

Police review criminal DNA cases:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6381969.stm

ICARIS in the News:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6129084.stm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To download a copy of our briefing paper, click here.