About Me
I am is born in Fribourg, Switzerland. After a classical education (Latin / Philosophy), I graduated as a criminalist and criminologist (1993) and received his PhD (2000), both at the School of Forensic Science (Ecole de Sciences Criminelles) of the University of Lausanne. I share my time between The Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI), an agency of the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security, where I am a principal scientist, and the University of Twente, where I hold the chair of Forensic Biometrics.
I was previously responsible for the fingerprint section within the NFI and the leader of a project about the probabilistic evaluation of fingerprint evidence. From 2002 to 2004 I worked as a senior forensic scientist at the R&D department of the Forensic Science Service (UK-FSS), then an executive agency of the British Ministry of the Interior.
I serve as an associate editor for Forensic Science International (FSI) and is a member of the R&D standing committee of the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI-RDSC). I am is also a member of the ISO Technical Committee 272 Forensic Science, developing the ISO standard 21043.
I was previously responsible for the fingerprint section within the NFI and the leader of a project about the probabilistic evaluation of fingerprint evidence. From 2002 to 2004 I worked as a senior forensic scientist at the R&D department of the Forensic Science Service (UK-FSS), then an executive agency of the British Ministry of the Interior.
I serve as an associate editor for Forensic Science International (FSI) and is a member of the R&D standing committee of the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI-RDSC). I am is also a member of the ISO Technical Committee 272 Forensic Science, developing the ISO standard 21043.
Expertise
Engineering & Materials Science
# Biometrics
# Cameras
# Closed Circuit Television Systems
# Face Recognition
Mathematics
# Classifier
# Performance Assessment
Social Sciences
# Evidence
# Surveillance
Organisations
Research
I specialises in the automation and validation of the probabilistic evaluation of forensic evidence, and more specifically from biometric traces.
Publications
Recent
Seckiner, D., Mallett, X., Maynard, P.
, Meuwly, D., & Roux, C. (2019).
Forensic gait analysis — Morphometric assessment from surveillance footage.
Forensic science international,
296, 57-66.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.01.007
Zeinstra, C.
, Meuwly, D.
, Veldhuis, R.
, & Spreeuwers, L. (2019).
Mind the Gap: A practical framework for classifiers in a forensic context. In
2018 IEEE 9th International Conference on Biometrics Theory, Applications and Systems, BTAS 2018 [8698583] (IEEE nternational Conference on Biometrics Theory, Applications and Systems (BTAS); Vol. 2018). IEEE.
https://doi.org/10.1109/BTAS.2018.8698583
Zeinstra, C. G.
, Meuwly, D., Ruifrok, A. C. C.
, Veldhuis, R. N. J.
, & Spreeuwers, L. J. (2018).
Forensic face recognition as a means to determine strength of evidence: A survey.
Forensic Science Review,
30(1), 21-32.
http://forensicsciencereview.com/content.htm#v30
Seckiner, D., Mallett, X., Roux, C.
, Meuwly, D., & Maynard, P. (2018).
Forensic image analysis - CCTV distortion and artefacts.
Forensic science international,
285, 77-85. [285].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2018.01.024
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Education
Course Introduction to Biometrics
Forensic biometrics - the use of biometric data in forensic applications
Master course Cybercrime, Cybersecurity & Risk Management
Case Assessment and Interpretation in digital forensic science
Courses Academic Year 2022/2023
Contact Details
Visiting Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
Zilverling
(building no. 11), room 4090
Hallenweg 19
7522NH Enschede
The Netherlands
Mailing Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
Zilverling
4090
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands