Just Facial Recognition for Forensic Investigations
November 2023
Series
On episode six of our case study season. Just Science sat down with Dr. Richard Vorder Bruegge, senior physical scientist at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to discuss how facial recognition technology was used to help identify individuals in photographs and two landmark cases. Many individuals encounter facial recognition technology in their everyday lives, like when they unlock their phones. The same technology can significantly speed up and improve forensic investigations. Listen, along is Dr. Vorder Bruegge describes how pattern based matching is used to compare faces and images.
