Forensic Metrology: An Introduction to the Fundamentals of Metrology for Judges, Lawyers and Forensic Scientists

Author:   Alessandro Ferrero ,  Veronica Scotti
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
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Pages:   206
Publication Date:   23 October 2023
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Author:   Alessandro Ferrero ,  Veronica Scotti
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
Weight:   0.343kg
ISBN:  

9783031146213


ISBN 10:   3031146212
Pages:   206
Publication Date:   23 October 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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1 Introduction.- 2 A short historical survey on forensic sciences.- 3 The role of science and technical experts in courts.- 4 Is scientific evidence always correct beyond any reasonable doubt?.- 5 Metrology and its principles.- 6 Decisions in the presence of uncertainty.- 7 Case studies.- References.

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Alessandro Ferrero has been a full professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy, since 1994. He chaired the Italian Association of Electrical and Electronic Measurements (GMEE) from 2004 to 2007 and served as President of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society for the 2008–2009 term. He was Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement from 2012 to 2016. In 2006, he received the IEEE Joseph F. Keithley Technical Field Award in Instrumentation and Measurement, “For advancing the measurement of electrical quantities in electric power systems under non-sinusoidal conditions”. Since 2011 he has been Foreign Member of the Class of Technical Sciences of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts. In 2014, he was awarded Doctor Honoris Causa degree from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania. He has authored more than 250 papers in scientific journals and conferenceproceedings and is the author/editor of two books. He is an IEEE Fellow and a Fellow of the AAFS. Veronica Scotti is a lawyer in Milan, Italy, and, since 2007, also a contract professor in the legal implications of engineer–professional liability at Politecnico di Milano. Her practice focuses on commercial contracts, energy provision contracts, construction and engineering, environment, and quality insurance. Her research interests are related to the analysis of the relationship between measurement activities and metrology and the regulation field, with particular regard to the legal implications of incorrect specification of measurement uncertainty. The results of her research activity have been published in more than 30 papers in journals and conference proceedings. She has been responsible for columns on legal metrology in the journal of the Italian Association of Electrical and Electronic Measurements (GMEE) and IEEE Instrumentation & MeasurementMagazine. She is a member of the AAFS.      

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