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The German-language site adopts some topics from the English-language site, yet presents unique content for users first of all from Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
Provalis Software
Provalis Software QDA Miner and WordStat are used to analyze unstructured text data. They belong to the category of CAQDAS (Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software) and provide strong text mining, content analysis as well as visualization features. Provalis Software is not built for Terabytes of data, yet, one way to analyze and select relevant […]
NUIX Proof Finder
Police around the world investigates big data digital evidence using NUIX. Proof Finder is a basic NUIX software tool released as a philanthropic project for 100 USD per year, which allows to learn main functions of NUIX with databases up to 15 GB. Proof Finder can handle data from mobile devices, hard drives, forensic images, […]
MicroStrategy
MicroStrategy Desktop is a powerful platform for forensic analysis that allows to explore large data sets e.g. from Smartphone data, telecommunication- or IP-surveillance and to build visualisations such as networks (telecommunication or social networks) or Geo-Mapping, and to quickly identify relevant patterns (criminal networks, victim-perpetrator communications) and trends. Very different data sources can be integrated […]
dtSearch
One close to perfect answer is offered by dtSearch which allows not only to integrate terrabytes of different types of data into one holistic database and to make these data quickly searchable in an easy way. dtSearch offers special functions for forensic searches, such as different options for searching emails, processing encrypted PDFs, credit card numbers, […]
Big Data, Electronic Evidence and Criminal Defence
Big Data electronic evidence predominates more and more the evidentiary procedure in serious and organised crime cases in European criminal courts. Hence, law enforcement and courtroom participants are often still in ‘analogous’ mode and just begin to understanding the nature of digital evidence, the technologies to process digital data and eventually its revolutionising impact on […]
Conference: Big Data – New Challenges for Law and Ethics
International scientific conference (see video presentations) Big Data: New Challenges for Law and Ethics, Ljubljana 22-23 May 2017 “Big Data” is a phrase that has been used pervasively by the media and the lay public in the last several years. Amongst many other fields, social control and crime control in particular have become one of […]
NEW ONLINE COURSE in computer-aided analysis for investigative journalists and analysts
Our experience with onsite trainings shows that there is significant interest in online courses at different levels for computer-aided content analysis among journalists and analysts. In a step-by-step approach the application of Provalis-Software QDA Miner and WordStat will be trained in different modules. QDA MINER & WORDSTAT WORKSHOP FOR (DATA) JOURNALISTS AND ANALYSTS. NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OR SKILLS IN EMPIRICAL RESEARCH REQUIRED – […]
Online Dispute Resolution
The European Union offers a platform for Online Dispute Resolution. The Online Dispute Resolution website is an official website managed by the European Commission dedicated to helping consumers and traders resolve their disputes out-of-court.
Global Investigative Journalism Conference 2015
Download: GIJC2015-Programme Snapshot Topics at a Glance – Go GIJC2015