[DFSci] DFRWS 2011 Call for Papers

[Baker, Dave]

DFRWS brings together leading researchers, developers, practitioners,
and educators interested in advancing the state of the art in digital
forensics from around the world. As the most established venue in the
field, DFRWS is the preferred place to present both cutting-edge
research and perspectives on best practices for all aspects of digital
forensics. As an independent organization, we promote open community
discussions and disseminate the results of our work to the widest
audience.

We invite original contributions as research papers, panel proposals,
Work-in-Progress talks, workshop proposals, and demo proposals. All
papers are evaluated through a double-blind peer-review process, and
those accepted will be published in printed proceedings by Elsevier.

The 11th Annual DFRWS Conference will be held in New Orleans, LA from 
August 1 to 3, 2011. 

Topics of Interest
   * Incident response and live analysis
   * Network-based forensics, including
     network traffic analysis, traceback and attribution
   * Event reconstruction methods and tools
   * File system and memory analysis
   * Application analysis
   * Embedded systems
   * Small scale and mobile devices
   * Large-scale investigations
   * Digital evidence storage and preservation
   * Data mining and information discovery
   * Data hiding and recovery
   * Data extraction and reconstruction
   * Multimedia analysis
   * Database forensics
   * Tool testing and development
   * Digital evidence and the law
   * Anti-forensics and anti-anti-forensics
   * Case studies and trend reports
   * Malware forensics
   * Data visualization in forensic analysis
   * Forensics of virtual and cloud environments
   * Investigation of insider attacks
   * Error rates of forensic methods
   * Interpersonal communications and social network analysis
   * Non-traditional approaches to forensic analysis

The above list is only suggestive. We welcome new, original ideas from
people in academia, industry, government, and law enforcement who
are interested in sharing their results, knowledge, and experience.
Authors are encouraged to demonstrate the applicability of their work to
practical issues.  Questions about submission topics can be sent via
email to: dfrws2011-papers <at> dfrws <dot> org

Important Dates
   * Submission deadline: February 27, 2011 (any time zone)
   * Author notification: April 4, 2011
   * Final draft due: April 25, 2011
   * Pre-conference Workshops: July 31, 2011
   * Conference dates: August 1-3, 2011

Publication Criteria

Research papers must be original contributions, not substantially
duplicate previous work, and must not be under simultaneous publication
review elsewhere. The review process will be "double-blind" (the
reviewers will not know who the authors are, and the authors will not
know who the reviewers are). Therefore, the version submitted for review
should not contain the names or affiliations of the authors. When
referring to their own previous work, authors should use the third
person instead of the first person (i.e. "Smith and Jones [2] previously
determined..." instead of "We [2] previously determined..").

Papers must be written in English and should not exceed 10
single-spaced, two-column pages with 1 inch margins and 10pt font.
Authors will be given 30 minutes to present their paper.

Panel proposals should be one to three pages and clearly describe the
topic, its relevance and a list of potential panelists and their
biographies. Panels will be evaluated based on the topic relevance and
diversity of the panelists.

Proposals for workshops should be one to three pages and describe the
topic, the intended audience, what materials will be provided to
participants, and any hardware and software requirements.

Proposals for demonstrations of proof of concept and research-based
tools are also welcome. Proposals should describe the tool, its
relevance to the forensics field and space/equipment needs (e.g., power,
networking, etc.) and be submitted.

Authors are expected to present their work in person at the conference
and must have at least one registration per paper in order to be
included in the proceedings.

Submissions

Submission instructions for papers, panels, demos, workshops and WiPs
(work in progress session) will be posted at the DFRWS web site at
http://www.dfrws.org/2011/.


Student Scholarship Program

A limited number of scholarships may be awarded to students presenting a
paper at the conference. The intent is to help alleviate the financial
burden due to the cost of hotel expenses and conference registration.
Full details will be posted on the DFRWS 2011 conference website:
http://www.dfrws.org/2011/.

DFRWS on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Digital-Forensics-Research-Conference-DFRWS/146313708744501

DFRWS on Linked In:
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?&gid=1795537

Sincerely,
Dave B.
Member DFRWS 2011 Organizing Committee
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