[DFSci] AAFS 2017 - Call for Abstracts and Workshops

[Baker, Dave]

The 69th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic 
Sciences (AAFS) will be held February 13-18, 2017, at the Hyatt Regency, 
in New Orleans, LA.  The theme for this year's meeting is "Our Future 
Reflects Our Past: The Evolution of Forensic Science".

The AAFS Digital and Multimedia Sciences (DMS) Section program committee 
invites you to submit abstracts describing scientific research or case 
studies related to digital and multimedia forensics, or workshop proposals 
related to digital and multimedia forensics.

Abstract and workshop topics may include: 
-- Computer and/or Mobile Devices and Networks
 * Mobile and embedded-device forensics
 * Digital evidence storage and preservation
 * Storage forensics: file system and Flash
 * "Big data" solutions for forensics
 * Memory analysis and snapshot acquisition
 * Incident response and live analysis
 * Cloud and virtual machine forensics
 * Network and distributed system forensics
 * Data recovery and reconstruction

-- Multimedia
* Forensic audio, video, and image authentication
* Recorder attribution
* Studies related to enhancement or clarification of recorded audio or imagery
* Forensic identity comparisons from recorded evidence (face, voice, etc.)
* Multimedia carving and fragment repair
* Metadata analysis
* Compression level analysis and detection of recompression
* DVR analysis and recovery

-- General
* Tool testing and development
* DMME and the law
* Case studies
* Data hiding and discovery

Go to http://www.aafs.org/meetings/AAFS-abstract-submission-information/ 
to see submission info and submit your abstracts.  

Key Dates:
Submission Deadline - August 1, 2016
Author Notification - Early November 2016

You do not have to be a member of AAFS to submit an abstract. All speakers
and presenters (oral or poster) are required to register for the annual 
meeting. If your abstract is accepted for presentation, you will be 
required to pay the basic registration fee for the annual meeting.

If you have questions, ideas or proposals please contact the DMS Section 
Program Chair Jeff Smith (Jeff.Smith at ucdenver.edu) and/or Section Program
Co-Chair Mary Horvath (Mary.Horvath at ic.fbi.gov).  

Please take advantage of this valuable opportunity to share your research or 
case studies with DME colleagues in a forum designed to stimulate interaction
and strengthen the forensic science community.

Thank you!
Jeff Smith and Mary Horvath
and the DMS Section Program Committee