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.
RESEARCH LIBRARY
Publications
RHEM Labs publications and related research by Dr Richard Matthews, with citations and links to the original work.
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.
Ghost protocol – Snapchat as a method of surveillance
A 2021 study of public Snap Map material as a source of open-source intelligence, including the limitations of relying on platform-supplied location information.
Determining Image Sensor Temperature Using Dark Current
Research on dark current and image-sensor temperature, forming part of the laboratory’s sensor-pattern research foundation.
Generative Adversarial Networks from a Cyber Intelligence perspective
A research report on applications and readiness of generative adversarial networks in cyber intelligence.
Reverse Engineering the Raspberry Pi Camera V2: A study of Pixel Non-Uniformity using a Scanning Electron Microscope
Research into pixel non-uniformity in the Raspberry Pi Camera V2, using scanning electron microscopy.
Isolating lens effects from source camera identification using sensor pattern noise
Research separating contributions from camera optics and sensor behaviour when evaluating image-source characteristics.
An analysis of optical contributions to a photo-sensor’s ballistic fingerprints
Research examining optical contributions to image-sensor fingerprints.
Towards a unified theory of sensor pattern noise
Doctoral research on dark current, lens effects and temperature bias in CMOS image sensors.