Catalin Grigoras, Ph.D., Director
As Director of the National Center for Media Forensics, Grigoras has the
privilege to coordinate the Center’s activity, including education and
scientific projects. His research encompasses digital signal processing in
forensic multimedia, including digital recording authentication, audio/image
analysis, enhancement, and automatic speaker recognition. His research into
digital signal processing has resulted in advanced methods to authenticate
digital audio/video recordings and semiautomatic systems for forensic speaker
recognition. Grigoras was chairman of the European Network of Forensic Science
Institutes - Forensic Speech and Audio Analysis Working Group between 2007-2009.
He is a member of the Audio Engineering Society Subcommittee on Forensic Audio
and the International Association of Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics. He has
published numerous forensic audio/video articles and is a co-author of Best
Practice Guidelines for ENF Analysis in Forensic Authentication of Digital
Evidence (2009).
catalin.grigoras@ucdenver.edu
Jeff M. Smith, M.S., Associate
Director
As
Associate Director of the National Center for Media Forensics, Smith has the
pleasure of helping build the foundation for strengthening forensic sciences in
the U.S. through the Center’s education and research programs. Smith’s research
areas include the forensic authentication of recorded media, forensic speaker
recognition, and the evolving synergy that exists amongst the Digital and
Multimedia Evidence disciplines. He is a member of the Audio Engineering
Society (AES) as Chair of the Technical Committee on Audio Forensics and Chair
of the Colorado Section of the AES. He also sits on the Program Committee of the
American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) and is a member of the Law
Enforcement and Emergency Services Video Association International (LEVA). He
works closely with law enforcement as an associate member of the Scientific
Working Group on Digital Evidence (SWGDE) and a member of the Audio Committee.
Smith is an alumnus of UC Denver.