[DFSci] CALL FOR PAPERS - DFRWS-EU-2016 - Lausanne, Switzerland

[Baker, Dave]

The DFRWS EU 2016 conference will be held in Lausanne, Switzerland 
from March 30th to April 1st, 2016. 

http://www.dfrws.org/2016eu

The DFRWS is dedicated to the advancement of digital forensics research
through open sharing of knowledge and ideas. Ever since it organized 
the first open workshop in 2001, the DFRWS continues to bring leading 
researchers, developers, practitioners, and educators from around the 
world together in an informal collaborative environment. DFRWS 
conferences publicize and discuss high quality research outcomes 
selected in a thorough peer review process.  

The DFRWS EU 2016 conference extends the 15-year tradition of research 
conferences organized by DFRWS.org, including the DFRWS US 2015 
conference from August 9 to 13, 2015 in Philadelphia. Information on 
the upcoming USA the program and how to register can be found at 
http://dfrws.org/2015

The continued expansion of DFRWS EU conferences is intended as a focal 
point for the European digital forensic community, allowing participants 
to meet and exchange ideas without the need for transatlantic travel. 
The proceedings of DFRWS EU 2016 will be published in a special issue
of Elsevier's Digital Investigation journal, and will be freely 
available on the DFRWS website. 

NOTE: Immediately before the conference, on March 29, rooms are 
available at the venue to be booked by research consortia to have 
meetings. If you are interested in reserving one of these meeting 
rooms, please contact us at eu-sponsorship <at> dfrws <dot> org.

Possibilities to contribute
In recent years, DFRWS conferences have added practitioner 
presentations and hands-on tutorials/workshops taught by leading 
experts in the fields. Presentations are opportunities for industry 
researchers and practitioners who do not have the time to write a 
paper, but who have forensics information and experiences that would 
be of interest to DFRWS attendees. Presentation proposals undergo a 
light reviewing process to filter out sales pitches and ensure the 
topic is relevant to our audience.

We invite original contributions as research papers, presentation 
proposals, panel proposals, tutorial/workshop proposals, and demo 
or poster proposals on the following topics:

TOPICS OF INTEREST:
* "Big data" approaches to forensics, including data collection, 
  data mining, and large scale visualization
* Addressing forensic challenges of Systems-on-a-chip
* Anti-forensics and anti-anti-forensics
* Bridging the gap between analog and digital traces/evidence/investigators
* Case studies and trend reports
* Data hiding and discovery
* Data recovery and reconstruction
* Database forensics
* Digital evidence and the law
* Digital evidence storage and preservation
* Event reconstruction methods and tools
* Impact of digital forensics on forensic science
* Incident response and live analysis
* Interpersonal communications and social network analysis
* Malware and targeted attacks: analysis, attribution
* Memory analysis and snapshot acquisition
* Mobile and embedded device forensics
* Multimedia analysis
* Network and distributed system forensics
* Non-traditional forensic scenarios and approaches (e.g. vehicles,
  control systems, and SCADA)
* Storage forensics, including file system and Flash
* Tool testing and development
* Triage, Prioritization, Automation: Efficiently processing large
  amounts of data in digital forensics
* Typology of digital traces
* Virtualized environment forensics, with specific attention to the
  cloud and virtual machine introspection

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: eu-papers <at> dfrws <dot> org 

IMPORTANT DATES - Please note that all deadlines are firm.
- Papers & Presentation/Panel Proposals: October 5, 2015
- Author notification: December 14, 2015
- Final draft papers due & presenter registration(*): January 25, 2016
  (* Papers for which no author has registered by this date may be 
   dropped from the program.)
- Workshop/Tutorial Submission Deadline: October 26, 2015
- Demo & Poster Proposals: January 18, 2016
- Conference Dates: March 30 - April 1, 2016

The FULL CFP with details about submissions is located at:
http://dfrws.org/2016eu/cfp.shtml

SUBMISSIONS
Research papers and presentation proposals must be submitted through 
the EasyChair site at
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dfrws2016eu. 
Submissions must be in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Send any questions 
about research paper / presentation proposal submissions to:
eu-papers (at) dfrws (dot) org.

Panel proposals must be emailed to eu-panels (at) dfrws (dot) org 
in PDF or plain text format.
Demo proposals must be emailed to eu-demos (at) dfrws (dot) org in 
PDF or plain text format.

To submit a tutorial/workshop proposal please visit the Call for 
Workshop Proposals page at http://dfrws.org/2016eu/cfw.shtml.

STUDENT AWARD and STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
DFRWS continues its outreach to students studying digital forensics.
This year DFRWS will be offering an award with a cash prize to the 
best student paper. A student paper is any paper in which the 
majority of the work was performed and the paper written by full-time
students at an accredited university, college, or high school.

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. For more information, see the DFRWS EU 2016 homepage 
at: http://www.dfrws.org/2016eu

Sincerely,
DFRWS-EU Organizing Committee