23-Nov-2016

Cybergenetics addresses PCAST in Washington

Cybergenetics Dr. Mark Perlin attended a closed discussion of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) in the White House Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) on Friday, November 18^th.

Dr. Perlin's short talk on "Transparency in DNA Evidence" responded to the PCAST report Forensic Science in Criminal Courts: Ensuring Scientific Validity of Feature-Comparison Methods, identifying errors in facts and findings. In the discussion, he disagreed with a proposed project, scientifically rejecting it as unnecessary and wasteful.