[DFSci] WSDF 2021: CFP (deadline: 07 May)

[Virginia Franqueira]

[Call for Papers]
The 14th International Workshop on Digital Forensics (WSDF 2021)
https://www.ares-conference.eu/conference/workshops/wsdf-2021/
to be held in conjunction with the 16th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2020 - http://www.ares-conference.eu)
August 17 - August 20, 2021 (Vienna, Austria)

Workshop Description
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Digital forensics is a rapidly evolving field primarily focused on the extraction, preservation and analysis of digital evidence obtained from electronic devices in a manner that is legally acceptable. Research into new methodologies tools and techniques within this domain is necessitated by an ever-increasing dependency on tightly interconnected, complex and pervasive computer systems and networks. The ubiquitous nature of digital devices in modern life presents many avenues for the potential misuse of these devices in crimes that directly involve, or are facilitated by, these technologies. The aim of digital forensics is to produce outputs that can help investigators ascertain the overall state of a system. This includes any events that have occurred within the system and entities that have interacted with that system. Due care has to be taken in the identification, collection, archiving, maintenance, handling and analysis of digital evidence in order to prevent damage to data integrity. Such issues combined with the constant evolution of technology provide a large scope of digital forensic research.
WSDF aims to bring together experts from academia, industry, government and law enforcement who are interested in advancing the state of the art in digital forensics by exchanging their knowledge, results, ideas and experiences. The aim of the workshop is to provide a relaxed atmosphere that promotes discussion and free exchange of ideas while providing a sound academic backing. The focus of this workshop is not only restricted to digital forensics in the investigation of crime. It also addresses security applications such as automated log analysis, forensic aspects of fraud prevention and investigation, policy and governance.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Digital Evidence Extraction and Analysis
- Network Forensics
- Anti-Forensics Techniques
- Physical Memory Acquisition and Analysis
- Digital Forensic Information Visualisation
- Fraud Investigations Involving Technology
- Portable Device
- Cyber Terrorism and Warfare
- Log Analysis
- Incident Response and Management
- Investigative Case Studies
- Artificial Intelligence in Digital Forensics
- Best Practices and Case Studies
- Malware Analysis
- Novel Data Recovery Techniques
- Cyber Criminal Profiling
- Big Data in Digital Forensics
- Cyber Crime investigation
- Triage
- Cloud Forensics
- Mobile & Drones Forensics
- Investigative Methodologies and Procedures
- Internet of Things (IoT) Forensics
- Emerging challenges in Digital Forensics
- eDiscovery
- Investigative OSINT
Important Dates
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Submission Deadline: May 07, 2021
Author Notification: May 28, 2021
Proceedings Version: June 13, 2021

Program Chair/ Workshop Chair
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Richard Overill
King's College London, UK

Virginia N. L. Franqueira
University of Kent, UK

Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo
University of Texas at San Antonio, US
Andrew Marrington
Zayed University, UAE

Andrew Jones
University of Hertfordshire, UK
Program Committee
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Olga Angelopoulou, University of Warwick, UK
Sandra Avila, University of Campinas (Unicamp), BR
Frank Breitinger, University of Liechtenstein, DE
Aniello Castiglione, University of Naples Parthenope, IT
Kam-Pui Chow, The University of Hong Kong, HK
Jan Collie, The Open University, UK
David Dampier, University of Texas at San Antonio, US
William Glisson, Sam Houston State University, US
Oren Halvani, Fraunhofer Institute, DE
Chris Hargreaves, University of Oxford, UK
Joshua James, Hallym University, KR
Erisa Karafili, University of Southampton, UK
Simon Lang, Coalfire, UK
Reza Parizi, Kennesaw State University, US
Kiran-Kumar Muniswamy-Reddy, Oracle, US
Chiara Pero, University of Salerno, IT
Simon Tjoa, St. Polten University of Applied Sciences, AT
Benjamin Turnbull, The University of New South Wales, UK
Inna Vogel, Fraunhofer Institute, DE
Adrian Winckles, Anglia Ruskin University, UK
Stefano Zanero, Politecnico di Milano, IT
Jeroen van den Bos, Netherlands Forensic Institute, NL

Submission Guidelines
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The submission guidelines can be found at https://www.ares-conference.eu/conference/submission/ (6-8 pages, a maximum of 10 pages is tolerated).
Double blind review: All papers submitted to EasyChair should be anonymized (no names or affiliations of authors should be visible in the paper) with no obvious self-references.
Submission of a paper implies that should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and present the paper in the workshop.
Proceedings will be published by ACM.