Nikolaos Papadoudis
Police Lieutenant
Digital Evidence Examiner at the Hellenic Police Forensic Science Division / Digital Evidence Department.
Postgraduate Student, Department of Computer Science and Engineering - MSc in Artificial Intelligence, European University Cyprus.
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Mobile devices have become an indispensable part of modern society and are used throughout the world on a daily basis. The proliferation of such devices has rendered them as a crucial part of criminal investigations and has led to the rapid advancement of the scientific field of Mobile Forensics. The forensic examination of mobile devices provides essential information for authorities in the investigation of cases and their relative importance advances as more evidence and traces of criminal activity can be acquired through the analysis of the corresponding forensic artifacts. Big Data forensics, in particular, requires a new generation of technologies and architectures, designed to efficiently extract value from very large volumes of a wide variety of data, which can significantly contribute, with correct technical interpretation and correlation through expert analysis, to the successful completion of criminal investigations. In the age of Information, the need for advanced forensic tools that will utilize the most prominent achievements in Data Science has become critical. We will examine the current status of Mobile Forensics in relation to the field of Big Data, by exploring the most important challenges and investigating the existing Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning solutions. The utilization of these emerging technologies provides crucial tools and enhances the professional expertise of law enforcement and forensic scientists, paving the way to overcome the critical challenges of criminal investigation.