AFDE's association with the International Graphonomics Society [IGS] provides a valuable resource for research. IGS and the members of IGS are internationally recognized in academia for valuable contributions to the knowledge of graphic behavior and motor control as it is applied to forensic science, biophysics, education, neuropsychology, experimental psychology, paleography, pattern recognition and other facets of handwriting and drawing. Conferences of AFDE and IGS were held concurrently in London, Ontario [Canada] in 1995 and in Scottsdale, AZ in 2003.
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At the 2009 IGS Conference, AFDE first offered a $500 "Best Paper Award" for a student presentation in the area of Forensic Sciences as selected by an IGS review board. AFDE President, Bonnie Schwid congratulates Emmanuelle Sciacca, who received the award as first author and presenter of THE RANGE OF HANDWRITING VARIABILITY UNDER DIFFERENT WRITING CONDITIONS by Emmanuelle Sciacca, Marie-Blanche Langlois-Peters, Jean-Claude Gilhodes, Pierre Margot, Jean-Luc Velay.
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The 2011 "Best Paper Award" went to Avni Pepe for his work on the paper, “A COGNITIVE LOOK INTO SIMULATIONS OF HIGH AND LOW COMPLEXITY SIGNATURES,” coauthored with Douglas K. Rogers and Jodi C. Sita - all from the Handwriting Analysis and Research Laboratory, School of Human Biosciences, La Trobe University.
Avni Pepe is a graduate student studying with Drs. Bryan Found and Doug Rogers. Here he receives his prize certificate from AFDE President, Emily Will.
- Photo by Patti Fisher
AFDE is pleased to announce that Best Student Paper Award will be presented again at the 2013 IGS Conference.