Challenges Faced by Experts When Communicating Forensic Evidence to Triers of Fact

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) · February 17, 2026

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Speaker 1 (first introduced) summarized professional background: a PhD in statistics from Colorado State University, 30 years as a professor, and joining NIST's Statistical Engineering division in 2014; research areas include model uncertainty, measurement, and statistical forensics.

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A pair of NIST researchers presented on model uncertainty in forensic science, measurement variability across labs, and practical problems with using Bayesian likelihood ratios in court, emphasizing communication challenges for jurors and the limited opportunities to learn from judicial errors.

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