2nd International Conference on Reconstruction of Soft Facial Parts
When found at Winkeler Bay the woman had been dead for ten years, her body mutilated beyond recognition. In fact, no one was sure she would ever be identified. However, facial reconstruction techniques not only helped in her identification, but also prompted the hunt for her killer.
Professor Thorsten M Buzug
RSFP 2005, the 2nd International Conference on Reconstruction of Soft Facial Parts, organised by the RheinAhrCampus Remagen and Bundeskriminalamt in cooperation with Caesar Bonn, and Dusseldorf and Leuven universities, will take place on 17-18 March. In the conference chair: Professor Thorsten M Buzug of the Dept. of Mathematics and Technology, RheinAhr Campus Remagen, with key speakers including Christoph P E Zollikofer, from the Institute of Anthropology, MultiMedia Lab, Zurich University: Reconstructing Humans: Hard and Soft Evidence)’, and Jean-Noel Vignal, of the Forensic Anthropology Department, Institute of Criminal Research of the French Gendarmerie: Facial Reconstruction: Past, Present and Future.
Cooperation Partners: the Bundeskriminalamt, Caesar Bonn, University Leuven, the Landeskriminalamt Brandenburg, NEC Europe Ltd. C&C Research Lab, the Netherlands Forensic Institute (Rijswijk), Freiburg University, and the IEEE Joint Chapter EMB - German Section.
Details/registration: www.rheinahrcampus.de/RSFP2005/.
01.03.2005
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