On October 15 – 17, 2024, the annual meeting of the Digital Imaging Working Group (DIWG) of the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI) was held in The Hague (the Netherlands).

The experts of the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise made a presentation “On Recent Cases in Ukraine” – Ruslan Demianenko, Deputy Head of the Phonoscopic, Computer and Telecommunications Research Department of the Criminalistics Laboratory reported on the peculiarities of conducting examinations to identify missing military personnel in war conditions; and Vladyslav Smirnov, Senior Forensic Expert of the Phonoscopic, Computer and Telecommunications Research Department of the Criminalistics Laboratory presented several cases on conducting examinations based on digital video and photo images.

The following topics were also discussed: analysis of human behavior and gait from video recordings; new tools in Amped FIVE for determining license plates with the creation of databases; examples of crime scene identification examinations; 3D scanning of large areas to search for objects and items after disasters (LIDAR drone); artificial intelligence in video and photo images; methods for comparing firearms images at the crime scene and in the laboratory; video in motion: collecting and restoring video data from trams and trains; Snapchat deformable lens reconstruction and PRNU-based image clustering tool; use cases (new tools) and approaches to detecting artificial images and videos; image-based 3D pose estimation; 3D tools for face reconstruction from photos and measurement of 3D objects in photos; face comparison and image analysis, etc.

During the visit, the participants exchanged experience with representatives of forensic institutions and other government agencies from Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Slovakia, Estonia, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, and Australia.