[DFSci] JOINT DFRWS EU / IMF 2017 CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION

Tue Aug 2 05:38:22 PDT 2016

DFRWS-EU and IMF 2017 Joint Conference
March 21st - 23rd, 2017
Lake Constance, Germany
http://www.dfrws.org/conferences/dfrws-eu-2017
http://www.imf-conference.org/

This year two premier research conferences in Europe, the DFRWS digital 
forensics conference (DFRWS EU 2017) and the International Conference on IT 
Security Incident Management & IT Forensics (IMF 2017) are brought together.

Established in 2001, DFRWS has become the premier digital forensics 
conference, dedicated to solving real world challenges, and pushing the 
envelope of what is currently possible in digital forensics.

Since 2003, IMF has established itself as one of the premier venues for 
presenting research on IT security incident response and management and IT 
forensics. While the first IMF conference was organized to establish a 
research forum for German speaking researchers and practitioners from the 
field, it soon became an International conference attracting many experts 
across Europe. IMF 2017, being the 10th Conference, is also an important 
milestone in bringing the two worlds of IT security incident response and 
management and forensics together.

Both DFRWS and IMF organize informal collaborative environments each year 
that bring together leading researchers, practitioners, industry, tool 
developers, academics, law enforcement, and other government bodies from 
around the globe to tackle current and emerging challenges in their fields. 

The co-hosting of the two events will help generate new discussions and 
ideas by bringing together two strong research communities: DFRWS's 
community encompassing a broad range of topics in digital forensics, and 
IMF's community focusing on IT security incident response and management.

The proceedings of DFRWS EU / IMF 2017 will be published in a special 
open-access issue of Elsevier's Digital Investigation journal, and will be 
freely available on the DFRWS website.

The DFRWS EU / IMF 2017 conference extends the 17-year tradition of 
research conferences organized by DFRWS <http://dfrws.org/>, including the
DFRWS US 2016 conference from August 7 to 10, 2016 in Seattle. The 
information on the upcoming DFRWS USA, the program and how to register can
be found at http://dfrws.org/2016/  

Possibilities to contribute:

In recent years, DFRWS and IMF 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 / 
IMF 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, non-research 
practitioner presentations, tutorials/workshops, panels, demos, and posters 
on the following topics in digital forensics and IT security incident 
response and management:

IT Security Incident Management
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* Incident management standardization, metrics and life cycle
* Incident management formats and protocols
* Incident response and/or Vulnerability response workflows, procedures 
  and tools
* Incident analysis including live analysis
* Research in incident management and related processes
* Development of tools supporting incident management processes
* Exchange of cyber threat intelligence
* Sharing of data/information about threats, attacks, incidents, etc.
* Setup of cyber defense entities including but not limited to: CSIRTs, 
  PSIRTs, ISACs, SOCs and any other organization specializing in (some) IT 
  security incident management processes
* Maturity of such cyber defense entities
* Warning of large scale communities about upcoming threats or detected 
  vulnerabilities
* Ensuring situational awareness and early warning
* Mandatory vs. discretionary attack / incident / vulnerability reporting
* Non-traditional incident management scenarios and approaches
  (e.g. vehicles, control systems, and SCADA)

Digital Forensics
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* "Big data" approaches to forensics, including data collection, data 
  mining, and large scale visualization
* Research and development of tools supporting digital forensics
* Digital forensic laboratories and other organizations specializing in
  digital forensic science
* 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
* Digital evidence and open source intelligence analysis
* Event reconstruction methods and tools
* Impact of digital forensics on forensic science
* Interpersonal communications and social network analysis
* Malware and targeted attacks: analysis, attribution
* Memory analysis and snapshot acquisition
* Mobile and embedded device forensics
* Multimedia forensic 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 3, 2016
- Author notification: December 19, 2016
- Final draft papers due & presenter registration(*): January 23, 2017 
 (* Papers for which no author has registered by this date may be  dropped 
  from the program.)
- Workshop/Tutorial Submission Deadline: October 24, 2016
- Demo & Poster Proposals: January 16, 2017
- Conference Dates: March 21 - March 23, 2017

SUBMISSIONS

RESEARCH PAPERS: Research papers must be original contributions, not 
duplicate previous work (including the authors' own), and must not be 
under simultaneous publication review elsewhere. The review process will 
be "double-blind" (reviewers will not know who the authors are, and 
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. Papers should be 
submitted as PDF files. Accepted papers will be required to utilize the 
provided Microsoft Word template or Elsevier's LaTeX template (elsarticle 
class with the "5p" option). Authors are encouraged to use these templates
for the submission version as well. After using the templates, do not 
forget to remove authors' names and other revealing information for 
double-blind submission. 

Authors are expected to present their work in person at the conference. At 
least one registration per paper is required in order to be included in 
the proceedings. Authors shall register for the conference prior to 
submitting their final draft for publication. At the conference, authors 
of accepted papers will be given 25 minutes to present their work, followed
by 5 minutes of questions.

Research papers must be submitted through the EasyChair site at
  https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dfrwseu2017 

Submissions must be in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Send any questions about 
research paper submissions to:
  eu-papers (at) dfrws (dot) org. 

PANEL PROPOSALS: These 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. Panel proposals must be emailed to:
  eu-panels (at) dfrws (dot) org 
in PDF or plain text format.

NON-RESEARCH PRACTITIONER PRESENTATIONS: DFRWS EU / IMF 2017 is soliciting
proposals for 15-minute presentations that showcase forensics experiences 
of interest to DFRWS attendees, including (but not limited to) case 
studies and advances in user interface, real-time analysis, and triage. 
Presentation proposals are not included in the printed proceedings and 
should not be anonymized. Presentation proposals only undergo a light 
reviewing process to make sure they are of interest to the community. Sales 
pitches will not be accepted. Presentation proposals are in the form of an 
abstract (150-300 words) in PDF format. At least one author is expected to 
register and present their work in person at the conference. Presenters 
will be given 15 minutes, followed by 5 minutes of questions. Presentation 
duration will be strictly enforced. 

Presentation proposals must be submitted through the EasyChair site at
   https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dfrwseu2017   

Submissions must be in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Send any questions about 
presentation proposal submissions to:
  eu-papers (at) dfrws (dot) org.

DEMO OR POSTER PROPOSALS: DFRWS EU / IMF 2017  welcomes demonstrations or 
posters of proof of concept and research-based tools. Proposals should 
describe the tool, its relevance to the forensics field, and space/equipment
needs (e.g., table size, power, networking, etc.).

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

WORKSHOP PROPOSALS: DFRWS EU / IMF 2017 offers an expanded opportunity to 
present half-day or full-day workshops and vendor-agnostic tutorial sessions.
Tutorial/workshop proposals must be emailed to:
  eu-workshops (at) dfrws (dot) org 
in PDF or plain text format.

LIGHTNING TALKS: Conference attendees are invited to present parts of their
 ongoing work or open research questions for 5 minutes. Registration for 
lightning talks is possible at the conference.

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 2017 homepage at:
 http://www.dfrws.org/conferences-dfrws-eu-2017  

Sincerely,
DFRWS-EU / IMF Organizing Committee