Advisory

Advisory on real-world performance and scientific validity of systems and decisions

I advise organisations on how decisions about identity are made, whether through human expertise, biometric systems, or AI, determining how reliable those decisions are in real-world conditions, and the associated risks.

While my work draws on expertise in facial identification and biometrics, it applies more broadly to systems where accuracy, uncertainty, and interpretation directly affect outcomes.

I assess systems, understand decisions, and design how they should work, identifying where systems introduce risk, and how that risk can be understood and managed.

Where I support organisations

  • Assess whether technologies and analytical methods are reliable in practice, where performance breaks down under real-world conditions, and how this affects the interpretation of results and risks associated with their use.

  • Understand how decisions are made, where errors or inconsistencies arise, and how processes can be structured to improve accuracy, consistency, and reliability, and reduce risk.

  • Develop policies and oversight grounded in how systems actually perform, rather than how they are assumed to work, ensuring decisions are based on real-world performance and that risks are appropriately understood and managed.

Selected projects

My work addresses validity, real-world performance, risk and decision-making. I assess systems, evaluate methods and design solutions to applied problems.

Explore selected past and current projects below, or get in touch to discuss how I can support your work.

Score-based likelihood ratios for facial comparison

Score-based likelihood ratios for facial comparison
Facial identification of missing persons

Facial identification of missing persons
Synthetic data for forensic analysis

Synthetic data for forensic analysis
Real-world performance of biometric facial recognition systems

Real-world performance of biometric facial recognition systems
Centralised validation in digital forensics

Centralised validation in digital forensics
Evaluating automation in digital forensics

Evaluating automation in digital forensics
Designing facial identification systems in practice

Designing facial identification systems in practice

Get in touch

I can help your organisation evaluate systems, understand how decisions are made and develop effective policies and oversight grounded in real-world performance, ensuring decisions are reliable in practice and that associated risks are understood and managed.