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Executive Summary

This deliverable describes a workshop which has been held in The Hague at 30 September 2007 in The Hague. D6.7 was continued after the University of Lausanne could contribute on forensic profiling. This meeting was in preparation for the deliverable of Forensic Profiling. 

Introduction

For the deliverable on forensic profiling a workshop was organized in The Hague at the Netherlands Forensic Institute with several FIDIS participants:  

1. Peter Sommer (LSE) p.m.sommer@lse.ac.uk  

2. Jozef Vyskoc (VAF) jozef@vaf.sk 

3. Denis Royer (GUF) denis.royer@m-lehrstuhl.de, 

4. Mathias Kirchner, Thomas Gloe (TUD) Thomas.Gloe@inf.tu-dresden.de 

5. Fanny Coendert (KU Leuven), fanny.coudert@law.kuleuven.be 

6. Olivier Ribaux (University of Lausanne) Olivier.Ribaux@unil.ch 

7. Andre Hoogstrate (NFI) andre@holmes.nl  

8. Gert Jacobusse (NFI) gert@holmes.nl 

9. Zeno Geradts (NFI) zeno@holmes.nl  

10. Gerda Edelman (NFI) Gerda@holmes.nl  

11. Katja de Vries (VUB), edevries@vub.ac.be 

12. Mireille Hildebrandt (VUB) hildebrandt@frg.eur.nl 

13. Simone van der Hof (UVT) hof@uvt.nl 

According to the agenda as as enclosed in annex 1. The presentations are included in Annex 2.  It appeared that there is no real definition of forensic profiling. After a discussion, we came to the next proposal for the deliverable :

PROPOSED DELIVERABLE CONTENTS 

Editors : Geradts / Sommer 

1. Definitions of Forensic Profiling / Risk Profiling - University of  

Lausanne 

2. Methods of Forensic Profiling 

 - data aggregation

 - data mining

 - software tools

 - 3D visualisation (NFI?)

 - Image Processing (University Dresden)

3. Examples, Cases Studies 

 All

4. Legal Implications (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) 

- Due Process

 - Due Processing

5. Applications of Data Protection / human rights legislation Leuven 

- Possible legal remedies 

- Possible technical remedies 

- Ambient Law 

(Link to other FIDIS deliverables where possible). 

The contributions could be one or several pages, depending on the  

subject. 

The deliverable should be finished in draft in January 2008. After internal review, it should be available for the review of the European Commission at April 2008. 

Annex 1

Draft AGENDA Forensic Profiling meeting at Netherlands Forensic Institute on 1st October 2007

09.30 arrival with tea/coffee 

10.00 Opening (Zeno Geradts / what is forensic profiling) 

10.15 Digital Investigation (Peter Sommer, London School of Economics) 

11.00 Forensic profiling, crime control and due process (Katja de Vries, VUB)

12.00 lunch 

13.00 Profiling from forensic perspective (Olivier Ribaux, University of Lausanne) 

13.45 Inventory of social network analysis (Gert Jacobusse, NFI) 

analysis of a database of traffic offenders and setting up a center of expertise on intelligent data analysis  (Gert Jacobusse , Andre Hoogstrate, NFI)

14.45 Data Protection Issues (Fanny Coudert KU Leuven) 

15.30 Image Forensics (Mathias Kirchner, Thomas Glue TU Dresden) 

16.00 tour through digital evidence department 

16.30 discussion and suggestion for deliverable (chapters) 

17.00 closing 

18.00 dinner at De Haagsche Kluisch  Plein 20 the Hague (social event)

20.00 end of meeting 

Annex 2