O NIT Metrologia e Qualidade na Agropecuária – CENA/USP tem a honra de convidá-los para participar de curso sobre metrologia na ciência forense, a ser ministrado pelo Prof. Dr. Peter Bode, da TU Delft – Delft University of Technology, Holanda, especialista em metrologia e qualidade.
Curso: “Metrology for Forensic Measurements”
Datas e horários:
27 e 28/09/2022 – 09h00 às 12h00 e 14h00 às 17h00
Local:
Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura – CENA
Anfiteatro Prof. Admar Cervellini (Prédio Principal)
Avenida Centenário, 303 – Bairro São Dimas – Piracicaba/SP
(19) 3429-4829
crm.agro@cena.usp.br
No curso serão apresentados os conceitos harmonizados e internacionalmente aceitos de metrologia, e serão dados exemplos de suas implicações para medições relacionadas a casos jurídicos.
O público alvo é formado por docentes, pesquisadores, técnicos e alunos de instituições de ensino e pesquisa.
Não será cobrada taxa de inscrição e as vagas são limitadas, sendo a data de envio da ficha de inscrição o critério para a seleção dos participantes.
Além da opção de participação presencial, o curso também poderá ser acessado via internet, porém, a inscrição é obrigatória, tanto para os participantes presenciais quanto para aqueles que irão assistir ao curso à distância.
O certificado de participação será fornecido apenas na modalidade presencial, para os inscritos que tiverem, no mínimo, 75% de frequência.
Para fazer a inscrição é necessário preencher corretamente o formulário de inscrição, principalmente com respeito à forma de participação (presencial ou via internet) através do link https://forms.gle/WTrJa9swhESTXitQ6
Após recebermos a inscrição, será enviado para o interessado um e-mail de confirmação.
As inscrições estarão abertas no período de 14 a 22/09/2022.
Ementa
Metrology for forensic measurements
Forensic science is “the application of scientific or technical practices to the recognition, collection, analysis, and interpretation of evidence for criminal and civil law or regulatory issues”. Cases may encompass, e.g., blood alcohol testing, environmental pollution, forgery with authenticity and/or composition of commodities, arson, illegal trafficking and murder. Measurements play a prominent role in the juridical system, obviously.
In many cases, judges, juries and lawyers rely on measurement results as a basis for their opinions. Historically, measurement results have often been poorly understood and misrepresented by forensic and legal professionals alike. It undermines the ability of fact finders to properly weigh evidence and the public’s confidence. In the past, forensic scientists, testifying about such measurements, have often presented the court with a single point value.
Moreover, popular series such as Crime Scene Investigation contributes to the belief that any result can be linked to a unique unknown source. It has led to a deep-rooted misconception in court cases, amongst lawyers and amongst the public. The problem is that there is an unavoidable and an inherent element of uncertainty in every measurement, irrespective if this is quantitative or qualitative. The assessment of this uncertainty is one of the concepts of metrology, the science of measurement. Metrology further encompasses approaches for objective assurance of the validity of measurement results and the concept of metrological traceability, the assurance that measurements are equivalent, irrespective when (in the past, today and in the future) and where on the globe they have been made.
Given a familiarity with metrology, scientists and police officers can better perform and communicate the results of the forensic measurements they perform. Testifying experts can put the trier in a much better position to determine the appropriate evidentiary weight of the measurement. Lawyers can better understand, present and cross-examine the results of forensic measurements intended to be used as evidence. Judges will be better able to subject testimony or evidence based on forensic measurements to the appropriate gatekeeping analysis. Each of the above mentioned categories will be better prepared to play their role in ensuring that the misuse of science doesn’t undermine the search for truth in the courtroom.
The truth about any scientific measurement is that it can never reveal what a quantity’s true value is. The power of metrology lies in the fact that it provides the framework by which we can determine what conclusions about that value are supported by measured results.
In this course we will visit the harmonized and internationally accepted concepts of metrology, and examples will be given of their implications for measurements related to juridical cases.