AIPIO 2026: forensic science in support of intelligence
AIPIO Intelligence 2026 sharpened a question for RHEM Labs: can forensic information about image origin reach analysts early enough to inform a decision?
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A timestamp is not a person: digital traces and attribution
Why recording an event, identifying its cause and attributing it to a person are separate forensic questions.
Logical acquisition versus full acquisition: why completeness matters
Acquisition labels describe methods, not a guarantee that every relevant record has been preserved or decoded.
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Latest Practice Notes
Browse all practice notes ↗Reviewing a police digital-forensic report
A practical starting point for solicitors assessing the link between a technical finding and the inference advanced in a matter.
When is independent digital-evidence review warranted?
Indicators that a focused forensic review may resolve a material uncertainty before a larger examination is commissioned.
What to clarify before instructing a digital-forensic expert
Define the disputed inference, required opinion, available material and deadline before the examination begins.
Latest Research Notes
Browse all research notes ↗SPOT: from research to representative evaluation
The current stage of Sensor Pattern Origin Testing and the role of operational users, technical partners and independent evaluators.
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Browse all laboratory updates ↗AIPIO 2026: forensic science in support of intelligence
AIPIO Intelligence 2026 sharpened a question for RHEM Labs: can forensic information about image origin reach analysts early enough to inform a decision?
ADSTAR 2026: from forensic research to useful capability
ADSTAR changed how RHEM Labs understands the path from a working forensic method to useful capability: mission need, problem ownership, experimentation and operational learning.
Three RHEM Labs papers in the ANZFSS Melbourne 2025 supplement
The 2026 Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences supplement includes laboratory work on digital traces, synthetic media and 3D-printed firearm investigations.
Latest Publications
Browse all publications ↗Bits, bias, and Blackstone: When machines testify is the digital trace admissible in court?
A publication examining digital traces and their admissibility as evidence in court.
Blueprints to firearms – a practitioner’s guide to investigating clandestine 3D-printed firearm labs
A practitioner-focused publication on the forensic investigation of clandestine 3D-printed firearm laboratories.
Challenges in authenticating synthetic media: forensic insights from 6,000 DALL·E-generated images
Experimental research evaluating image-origin characteristics in camera and DALL·E-generated images.