[DFSci] CFP: WSDF 2022 (Deadline: 15 May)

[Virginia Franqueira]

[Call for Papers]
The 15th International Workshop on Digital Forensics (WSDF 2022)
https://www.ares-conference.eu/workshops/wsdf-2022/
to be held in conjunction with the 17th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2022 - http://www.ares-conference.eu)
August 23 - August 26, 2022 (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 15, 2022
Author Notification: June 01, 2022
Proceedings Version: June 19, 2022

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
Aswami Ariffin, CyberSecurity Malaysia, MY
Sandra Avila, University of Campinas (Unicamp), BR
Frank Breitinger, University of Lousanne, CH
Kam-Pui Chow, The University of Hong Kong, HK
Jan Collie, The Open University, UK
George Crispos, University of Nebraka, US
Chris Hargreaves, University of Oxford, UK
Helge Janicke, Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre, AU
Erisa Karafili, University of Southampton, UK
Simon Lang, Coalfire, UK
Liliana Pasquale, University College Dublin, IE
Chiara Pero, University of Salerno, IT
Mark Scanlon, University College Dublin, IE
Stravos Shiaeles, University of Portmouth, UK
Simon Tjoa, St. Polten University of Applied Sciences, AT
Inna Vogel, Fraunhofer Institute, DE
Harm van Beek, Netherlands Forensic Institute, NL
Jeroen van den Bos, Netherlands Forensic Institute, NL

Best Paper Award
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The best paper award will be sponsored by the Institute of Cyber Security for Society (iCSS) - www.cyber.kent.ac.uk, University of Kent, UK.

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.