Alex Pearson

A world first research project led by Monash University experts is seeking perspectives from adult victims and survivors of child sexual abuse and exploitation, to inform and develop survivor-centred policy and practice. The Survivor Perspectives on Institutional use of Child Sexual Abuse Material Project is a collaboration between Monash University’s Artificial Intelligence for Law Enforcement and…

The AiLECS Lab is excited to announce that it has received generous support from the National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse to, in collaboration with Bravehearts, research survivor perspectives on the institutional use of child sexual abuse material. This project will work with victims and survivors of crimes involving child sexual abuse material to investigate…

The AiLECS Lab is thrilled to announce that world-renowned investigator Jon Rouse APM has joined us as a Professor of Practice.  Jon will spearhead our efforts to advance technology that fights against the sexual exploitation of children. Detective Jon Rouse has 38 years’ service with the Queensland Police Service in Australia. During his career…

Monash University experts are calling for people to contribute to a world first ethically-sourced and managed image bank for research to combat child exploitation. The project is an initiative of the AiLECS Lab – a collaboration between Monash University’s Faculty of Information Technology and the Australian Federal Police – which develops artificial intelligence (AI) technologies that…

The AiLECS Lab is proud to present a screening of the documentary film The Children in the Pictures at Monash University on Thursday 2 June. The film goes inside the world-renowned Taskforce Argos, exploring their work in rescuing children from online sexual exploitation.   The film will be introduced by its co-director Simon Nasht, one of Australia’s…

The Minister for Home Affairs Karen Andrews announced on March 22, 2022 that $4.4 million from the Proceeds of Crime Confiscated Assets Account will be allocated to the Australian Federal Police, in order to enhance and expand the AiLECS Lab. This will enable us to further our research and development work into the next…

A new technical report, The Data Airlock is available in the resource centre. This report describes a range of causes and risks associated with restricted data along with the social, environmental, data, and cryptographic measures that may be used to mitigate such issues. These are generally inadequate for restricted data contexts. We introduce the ’Data Airlock’, secure…