In the high-stakes world of forensic science, time is the enemy of justice. The University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) Forensic Science Institute (FSI) was looking for an innovative AI solution that could help reduce the time required to analyze complex criminal case documents and construct clear timelines. In early tests, this solution, which can typically take criminal investigators months, has been demonstrated to significantly reduce this time.
This collaboration between Google Public Sector and UCO’s technology and forensic experts establishes a path for a new standard for accelerating the pursuit of justice across the country and provides powerful efficiency gains.
A new vision for the pursuit of justice
This project, which originated in an AI hackathon sponsored by the university’s CIO Sonya Watkins, centers on Google’s NotebookLM, an AI research tool used by the university as a thinking partner for the review of complex criminal cases. Sonya Watkins, CIO, University of Central Oklahoma and I co-led the hackathon with the goal of rapidly identifying and prototyping high-impact solutions for the university, while providing the technical framework, and brought expertise in rapid prototyping to quickly translate complex criminal case requirements into a functional, evidence-backed digital application. During the hackathon, teams generated ideas, which were then stack-ranked using Gemini, based on potential impact and feasibility, quickly identifying the case timeline analysis as a high priority use case.
