Research Group

NTNU Digital Forensics

The research group focuses on research and development of advanced computational methods to establish and prove the scientific basis of forensic investigative procedures, with the objective to support forensic examiners in their daily casework. 

Key Academic Staff

Katrin Franke, Professor of Computer Science

+47-61135254 Department of Information Security and Communication Technology

Vinti Agarwal, Postdoctoral Researcher

+47-+4797369426 Department of Information Security and Communication Technology

Edgar Alonso Lopez Rojas, Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Information Security and Communication Technology

Andrii Shalaginov, Postdoctoral Researcher

+47-61135375 Department of Information Security and Communication Technology

Carl Stuart Leichter, Senior Researcher

Department of Information Security and Communication Technology

Part-time Academic Staff

Stefan Axelsson, Associate Professor

+47-+4748183407 Department of Information Security and Communication Technology

Geir Olav Dyrkolbotn, Associate Professor

Department of Information Security and Communication Technology

Hanno Langweg, Associate Professor

+47-61135385 +47-90566235 Department of Information Security and Communication Technology

Thomas Walmann, Affiliated

Department of Information Security and Communication Technology

Affiliated Academic Staff

Mariusz Nowostawski, Associate Professor

+47-61135365 +47-+4748342678 Department of Computer Science

Basel Katt, Associate Professor

+47-61135176 Department of Information Security and Communication Technology

Christoffer Vargtass Hallstensen, SOC Manager | Senior security analyst

+47-61135145 Digital Security Section

Inger Marie Sunde, Professor, The Norwegian Police University College (PHS)

Hallstein A. Hansen, PhD, Oslo Police District (OPD)

 

André Årnes, Adjunct Associate Professor

Jefferey D. Hamm, Lecturer, Mandiant/FireEye

Research Coordinator

Maria Henningsson, Research Coordinator

+47-+4790578914 Department of Information Security and Communication Technology

Jul Fredrik Kaltenborn, PhD Research Fellow, Department of Information Security and Communication Technology

 

Research News and Events

Projects

Current research projects

  • “ACT"
  • "Ars Forensica”, Professor Katrin Franke
  • “Blockchain Technology”, Associate Professor Mariusz Nowostawski
  • “Dark Web”, Professor Katrin Franke
  • “ESSENTIAL”, Professor Katrin Franke
  • “Forensic Methodology”, Professor Katrin Franke
  • “Hansken”, Senior Researcher, Dr. Carl Stuart Leichter
  • “Malware Analytics”, Professor Katrin Franke, Associate Professor Geir Olav Dyrkolbotn
  • Financial Fraud Forensics and Simulation, Dr. Edgar Lopez-Rojas, Post-doctoral researcher

 

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PhD Research Fellows

Gunnar Alendal, Affiliated

Department of Information Security and Communication Technology

Stig Andersen, PhD Researcher

Department of Information Security and Communication Technology

Sergii Banin, PhD Candidate

Department of Information Security and Communication Technology

Ambika Shrestha Chitrakar, PhD Candidate

+47-61135169 Department of Information Security and Communication Technology

Dincer Gultemen, PhD Candidate

Department of Information Security and Communication Technology

Steven Hardey, Marie Curie Research Fellow & PhD Candidate

Jan William Johnsen, PhD Candidate

Department of Information Security and Communication Technology

Nils Martin Mikael Karresand, PhD Candidate

Department of Information Security and Communication Technology

Dmytro Piatkivskyi, PhD Candidate

Department of Information Security and Communication Technology

Kyle Porter, PhD Candidate

Department of Information Security and Communication Technology

Jens-Petter Sandvik, Affiliated

Department of Information Security and Communication Technology

Partners

Academic partners

  • United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
  • University California Santa Cruz, USA
  • Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
  • University of Groningen, The Netherlands
  • Norwegian Computing Centre (NR) , Norway
  • Norwegian Police University College (PHS), Norway
  • University in Oslo, Norway
  • University of Malta, Malta
  • National Research Council of Italy, Italy
  • National Intelligence Academy, Romania
  • Edith Cowan University, Australia
  • Fraunhofer Society, Germany
  • Hitachi Central Research Laboratory, Japan
  • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Ellinki Aeroporiki Viomichania Anonymi Etairei, Greece
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA
  • Universität Stuttgart, Germany

User partners from public sector

  • Norwegian National Police Directorate (POD), Norway
  • Kripos, Norway
  • Økokrim, Norway
  • Oslo Police District (OPD), Norway
  • Netherlands Forensics Institute (NFI), Netherlands
  • Advance Technology Institute, Romania
  • Fraunhofer Society, Germany
  • Hitachi Central Research Laboratory, Japan
  • NorSIS – Norsk Senter for Informasjonssikring, Norway
  • Misa SA, Norway
  • Raufoss Technology AS, Norway
  • SINTEF Raufoss Manufacturing, Norway

Security-service providers

  • FinansCERT, Norway
  • mnemonic AS, Norway
  • Synergetics N.V. Group, Belgium
  • Xensics, USA
  • KraftCERT AS, Norway
  • National Sikkerhetsmyndighet (NSM), Norway
  • REALITY NET System Solutions, Italy
  • Ericsson AB, Sweden
  • C 3 M d.o.o., Slovenia
  • Promon, Norway
  • RD&T Technology AB, Sweden