January 26th, 2022

Digital Criminal Minds

Exploring the Intersection of Data Science & Criminal Law

Description

The use of data in criminal law is an emerging trend that is becoming increasingly advanced, generating new challenges in legal and technical arenas. This webinar will feature a panel to address two different elements of this topic: 1) The use of data science as evidence in criminal trials, and 2) the use of social network analysis in criminal surveillance.

Professor Fabio Bechara will explore conclusions generated by the use of data science in criminal procedural law. We’ll learn:

  • If the algorithms are “accountable”

  • How the conclusions obtained through algorithms can be controlled

  • How and if these conclusions can be evaluated as evidence

Professor Francisco Joseph Bolaños Burgos will discuss how Social Network Analysis (SNA) is applied to terrorist networks and terrorist events on Twitter. We’ll learn:

  • How centrality measures can identify leaders on a terrorist network

  • How a terrorist network is structured based on SNA

  • How the community detection algorithm helps to identify trending topics on Twitter

Our Presenters

Guest Speaker : Fabio Ramazinni Bechara (Mackenzie University – Brazil )

Fábio is a criminal law professor at the University of Mackenzie and State Prosecutor at São Paulo State, in charge of economic crimes, organized crime, corruption and money laundering. He has a PHD at the University of São Paulo. He is also a Global Felow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, Dc. His research topics are related to the use of intelligence techniques and data science in preventing and repressing corruption.

Guest Speaker : Francisco Joseph Bolaños Burgos (UEES – Ecuador)

Francisco is a system engineer with a minor in Information Systems and a master's degree in IT Security. He is the Director of the master programs IT Auditing and Business Intelligence and Data Science at UEES. His research topics are Scientometrics and Scholarly Document Processing for which he implements the newest techniques regarding Social Network Analysis(SNA) and Natural Language Processing(NLP).

Host: Pablo Iannello

Pablo Iannello is the Chair of the Museo Social Law School, the director of the Law and tech Program at UADE, and a visiting professor at University of Dayton School of Law since 2013. He has also served as a visiting Fellow at the UNIDROIT Institute, in Rome throughout 2012. Professor Iannello's main areas of research include: Comparative Law, International Economic Law, IP, Law and Tech, Antitrust, Legal Theory and Law and Economics.