Rethinking Facial Comparison in the Age of AI
Published on November 14, 2025
THE EVENT
Forensic Facial Comparison plays a crucial role in modern identification processes, yet many traditional forensic methodologies have struggled to keep pace with rapid technological advances.
💬 In this presentation, we introduce AI-driven advancements designed to overcome these challenges. We will explore automated methods for assessing the quality of facial evidence to reduce subjectivity, and present an innovative 3D–2D approach to facial superimposition that leverages recent progress in 3D scanning for greater accuracy and reproducibility.
💻 The event will conclude with an exclusive preview of a new facial comparison software tool developed by Panacea that integrates the latest advances in AI. Participants will have the unique opportunity to test the software firsthand.
The online event will take place on November 20, 2025, at 4:00 PM CET. It will be conducted in English, with all presentation slides available in both English and Spanish. Participants are welcome to ask questions in either language.
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THE SPEAKERS
Enrique Bermejo received his Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2018 from the University of Granada, Spain. He’s been a postdoctoral researcher at the second biology section of The National Research Institute of Police Science (NRIPS, Japan) and the Andalusian Research Institute in Data Science and Computational Intelligence (DaSCI). He is currently a senior AI researcher and product head at Panacea Cooperative Research
MsC. Mª Alejandra Guativonza Doctoral student in biomedicine, Master’s degree in Physical and Forensic Anthropology, Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology. Researcher in facial and craniofacial identification methods.
Andrea Valsecchi, Ph.D. Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of Oviedo. Master’s Degree in Soft Computing and Intelligent Data Analysis from the University of Oviedo. Sixteen years of research career developed between the European Center for Soft Computing, the University of Granada, and Panacea.