The European network 'DIGFORASP' participates in the 'Forensics Europe Expo' in London

27/09/2021

The Forensics Europe Expo has taken place at the ExCeL Conference Center in London on September 14-16, and the DIGFORASP network has had the opportunity to actively participate, contributing novel perspectives from Artificial Intelligence.

Members of the COST Action DIGFORASP, chaired by Professor Jesús Medina of the University of Cádiz, have taken part in Europe’s leading forensics exhibition and conference, the Forensics Europe Expo (FEE). The EU-funded COST network explores the potential of the application of Artificial Intelligence and Automated Reasoning in the Digital Forensics field to create synergies between these fields.

FEE has been held this year in London (UK) from September 14 to September 16, jointly with the Counter-Terror Expo (CTX) and Defense and Security Equipment International (DSEI) events. Forensics Europe Expo represents the primary meeting place for forensic solution providers who will be able to explore synergies between these sectors.

In addition, it has had a range of innovative exhibitors and a program of educational seminars where a current key topic has been examined: the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the future of forensic science.

The main objective of the meeting in London during the FEE event was to show the potential of the scientific research done by DIGFORASP members to the most important companies and personalities in the field of forensic analysis. A further objective was to strengthen cooperation for the constitution and design of new, more autonomous, and more powerful tools, which can respond to current problems faced by law enforcement professionals across Europe.

DIGFORASP has played an active role in the official programme of the FEE event, with a total of seven talks distributed throughout the three days of the event.

Dr Francesca Alessandra Lisi, associate professor at the University of Bari in Italy and science communication manager of DIGFORASP network, has introduced the Action. She then focused on some crucial requirements for trustworthy AI applications to the forensic domain.

Francesca A. Lisi (University of Bari, IT) during her talk on Trustworthy AI in Digital Forensics

Following her introductory talk, there were the contributions from 6 other members of the project: Aleksander Jevremovic, from the University of Informatics and Computing of Serbia, Ivana Stajner-Papua, from the Department of Mathematics and Informatics of the University of Novi Sad in Serbia, Marko Krstic PhD, from the School of Electrical Engineering (ETF) of the University of Belgrade, Raffaele Olivieri, from Grimaldi Group in Italy, Stefania Costantini (Vice-chair of the Action) from the University of L’Aquila in Italy and Zeno Geradts, from the Netherlands Forensic Institute.

In particular, it is worth to mention the participation of Zeno Geradts in a keynote panel with other experts to discuss emerging technologies for forensic science and criminal justice, and the talk given by Raffaele Olivieri, who has illustrated the importance of digital forensic analysis in the maritime environment and shipping.


Zeno Gerardts (Netherlands Forensic Institute) at the center of the in-person participants to the panel

Raffaele Olivieri (Grimaldi Group, IT) talks about digital forensics in the maritime environment and shipping

Additional information

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