[DFSci] Women in Forensic Computing 2023 - Call for Participation

[Katerina Kanta]

Women in Forensic Computing (WinFC)
Digital Forensics Workshop and Bootcamp
held in in cooperation with DFRWS EU 2023
March 20, 2023 in Bonn, Germany and online (hybrid)

https://www.cybercrime.fau.de/winfc2023/

Call for Participation

This bootcamp/workshop will be held physically and virtually on Monday,
March 20, 2023, and is associated with the Digital Forensic Research
Conference Europe (DFRWS EU), an academic conference in the area of digital
forensic science which begins on March 21 and ends on March 24, 2023. The
workshop is part of a workshop series that started in 2019.


Background

Digital forensic science is the application of scientific methods of
computing in order to recover and investigate evidence found in digital
devices, often in relation to computer crime. Digital evidence is
increasingly important in almost all types of juridical proceedings, mainly
due to the increasing volume and quality of digital evidence.

The objective of this workshop is to increase the interest of students and
academically young researchers in digital forensic science as a career
field or a research field. Another aim of this workshop is to increase
awareness and appreciation of the achievements of women in the area of
forensic computing/digital forensics and therefore this workshop wishes to
be a forum to help women build their technical confidence and thereby
attract more female researchers to the field. This workshop is aimed to
introduce new people to the area. Talks will be technical but are aimed at
novices in the area.

The workshop will include a sequence of presentations by women that
introduce some fundamental and current topics of the field and allow for
first-hand hands-on experience. Attendees may also present own work in
short presentations.

Confirmed speakers:

- Margarita Louca (Europol)
- Antje Raab-Düsterhöft (Wismar University of Applied Sciences, Germany)
- Mariya Shafat (University of Kashmir, India)
- Amber Schroader (Paraben Corporation)

Participation

Participation in the workshop is limited but it is free of charge and open
to both male and female participants.

To participate, send a one-page letter describing your current affiliation,
your research interests, why the workshop is interesting to you and whether
you wish to participate in-person or online via email to <
women-in-forensic-computing at lists.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> by February
6, 2023. Applications after that date are also possible but will be handled
on a first-come first-serve basis. Please also consider to submit a
presentation proposal and apply for a travel scholarship.

Participant Presentations

Participants of the workshop also have the opportunity to apply for a slot
to present their current research or insights into the profession in the
field of digital forensics in a 5-10-minute talk at the workshop. If you
are interested, please send the title and an abstract of the presentation
proposal together with the registration (see above) by February 6, 2023.
There will be a lightweight selection process on presentations by the
organizing committee. Presentations can be delivered on-site or online.
Presentations should include one slide to motivate why digital forensics is
an interesting field.

Travel Scholarship

We also offer several scholarships (sponsored by FAU) for female students
who wish to participate in the workshop: The scholarship will cover part of
your travel costs and the attendance fee for the DFRWS EU 2023 conference.
For applicants from Europe, we support travel costs up to 500 EUR. For
applicants from outside Europe, please give an estimate for the expected
travel costs in your registration (see above) by February 6, 2023.

Travel scholarships will be awarded on a rolling basis, so if you need more
than 6 weeks to organize your travel you can also apply earlier than
February 6, 2023.

Organizing Committee

Felix Freiling
Katerina Kanta
Yasin Köse
Daryl Pfeif
Svenja Mischur
Mamoqenelo Morolong
Theresa Müller
Maike Raphael
Sophia Seubert
Mariya Shafat
Radina Stoykova
Lena Voigt

Contact

Contact the organizers via email at <
women-in-forensic-computing at lists.cs.fau.de>
Current information always available at
https://www.cybercrime.fau.de/winfc2023/

This workshop series is supported by the office of Gender and Diversity of
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) and by Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) as part of the
Research and Training Group 2475 "Cybercrime and Forensic Computing" (grant
number 393541319/GRK2475/1-2019).