[DFSci] CFP Deadline for AAFS

[Baker, Dave]

Colleagues,

This is a reminder that abstracts for papers and all workshop proposals for the AAFS Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA (February 22-27, 2010) are due August 1, 2009, without exception.  Submissions for papers and pre-conference workshops are submitted online, via the AAFS website: http://www.aafs.org/pms/submission/abstractstartpage.aspx

The overarching theme of the 2010 annual conference is "Putting Our Forensic House In Order: Examining Validation and Expelling Incompetence."  In keeping with the theme, we encourage people to draw inspiration for paper topic submissions from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report titled "Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward" that was released on February 18, 2009.

Any relevant paper will be considered, and the following topics of interest pertaining to Digital & Multimedia forensics include:
*	Meeting the challenges set forth by the NAS report;
*	Recent scientific advances in digital forensics; 
*	Case studies demonstrating novel solutions; 
*	Developments in processes and practices; 
*	What will digital forensics look like in 5 years; 
*	How digital forensics can support other forensic disciplines; 
*	How to deal with large data sets in any forensic discipline; 
*	Quality assurance and control in digital forensics; 
*	Management of digital forensic units/labs.

You do not have to be a member of the AAFS to present at the conference. However, if you wish to join, we encourage you to apply soon since membership applications are only considered once a year, and the application deadline this year is October 1, 2009. 

Papers can be specialized and highly technical, since these are directed at your peers. Pre-conference workshops, on the other hand, are aimed at the entire AAFS membership, and the AAFS Program Committee will only select 1 or 2 workshops from our section. The AAFS Program Committee generally looks for workshops that will benefit the most people, so pre-conference workshops should have broad appeal not just to practitioners in digital forensics, but other forensic disciplines as well. 

Please contribute to the development of the field by submitting papers for the upcoming annual meeting, and encourage your colleagues to participate as well. 

Thank you,
Eoghan Casey
Program Committee Chair
Digital and Multimedia Sciences Section
AAFS

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