The number of ‘cold cases’ in the Netherlands is rising every year, with more than 1700 cases currently open. To gather new evidence Swikar Bhandari (EEMCS - DMB group, co-supervised by UT philosophy professor Dina Babushkina) is researching the capabilities of open-source intelligence at the Centre for Security and Digitalisation (CVD). “The proposed system will incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) and citizen science-based approaches to derive actionable intelligence.”
The use of open-source intelligence (OSINT) in high-risk domains is becoming more common, including in sectors such as law enforcement and the military for applications like identifying terrorist threats and detecting fraud. "The full potential of OSINT for homicide investigations, particularly cold cases, is still an unexplored territory", says Swikar Bhandari. "However, some successful examples in applications already exist."
To learn more: https://www.utwente.nl/en/service-portal/news-events/news/2024/10/1819164/actionable-open-source-intelligence-for-cold-cases
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