[CFP] ICDF2C Submission date extended!

ICDF2C 2016 in New York has extended its call for papers until April 25th!

Call for papers for the 8th International Conference on Digital

Forensics and Cyber Crime (ICDF2C)

Conference Dates: September 28 - 30, 2016

Location: Manhattan, New York

*Paper Submission: Monday April 25th, 2016 (any time zone)* EXTENDED!

Website: http://www.d-forensics.org

The International Conference on Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime

(ICDF2C) brings together leading researchers, practitioners, and

educators from around the world to advance the state of the art in

digital forensic and cyber crime investigation. ICDF2C 2016 will be held

September 28 - 30, 2016 in Manhattan, New York. We invite contributions

for completed research papers, research-in-progress papers, industrial

talks, panel and tutorial proposals, and round table discussions.

Research papers are evaluated through a double-blind, peer-reviewing

process and accepted research papers will be published in a special

issue of the Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law (JDFSL).

JDFSL is an open access journal with a solid indexing including Thomson

Reuters ISI Web of Science. Accepted papers will be indexed in: a)

Google Scholar b) DBLP c) ProQuest d) EBSCO Host to name a few. Articles

will be available for readers online at no cost given the open access

nature of the journal. To learn more about JDFSL you can visit:

http://www.jdfsl.org/.

SPECIAL THEMES

This year, we have two themes that we intend to embrace. Authors are

encouraged to submit papers relating to these themes:

• Usage and implications of machine learning in digital forensics

• Big data and digital forensics

SCOPE

The Internet has made it easier to perpetrate crimes by providing

criminals an avenue for launching attacks with relative anonymity. The

increased complexity of global communication and networking

infrastructure and devices makes investigation of cybercrimes difficult.

Clues of illegal activities are often buried in large volumes of data

that need to be sifted through in order to detect crimes and collect

evidence. The field of digital forensics and cybercrime investigation

has become very important for law enforcement, national security, and

information assurance. Digital forensics and cybercrime investigations

are multidisciplinary areas that encompass law, computer science,

finance, telecommunications, data analytics, policing and more. ICDF2C

brings together practitioners and researchers from diverse fields

providing opportunities for business and intellectual engagement among

attendees.

The following topics highlight the conference's theme:

• Anti Forensics and Anti-Anti Forensics

• Big Data and Digital Forensics

• Business Applications of Digital Forensics

• Civil Litigation Support

• Cloud Forensics

• Cyber Crime Investigations

• Cyber Criminal Psychology and Profiling

• Cyber Culture & Cyber Terrorism

• Data hiding and steganography

• Database Forensics

• Digital Forensic Science

• Digital Forensic Tool Testing and validation

• Digital Forensic Trends

• Digital Forensics & Law

• Digital Forensics and Error rates

• Digital Forensics novel algorithms

• Digital Forensics Process & Procedures

• Digital Forensics Standardization & Accreditation

• Digital Forensics Techniques and Tools

• Digital Forensics Triage

• e-Discovery

• Hacking

• Incident Response

• Information Warfare & Critical Infrastructure Protection

• Law Enforcement and Digital Forensics

• Machine learning and Digital Forensics

• Malware & Botnets

• Mobile / Handheld Device & Multimedia Forensics

• Money Laundering

• Network forensics

• New chip-off techniques

• Novel Digital Forensics Training programs

• Online Fraud

• Programming Languages and Digital Forensics

• SCADA Forensics

• Sexual Abuse of Children on Internet

• Software & Media Piracy

• Theoretical Foundations of Digital Forensics

• Traditional Criminology applied to Digital Forensics

• Philosophical accounts for Cyber Crime and Digital Forensics

IMPORTANT DATES

_Research papers & presentation proposals:_

Submission deadline: Monday, 25 April, 2016 (any time zone) *extended*

Notification of Acceptance: Friday, 1 July, 2016

Camera-ready Version: Monday, 1 August, 2014

_Other Submissions (industry talks, panel discussion or workshops): _

Submission deadline: Friday, 1 July 2016

Notification of Acceptance: Friday, 15 July 2016

RESEARCH PAPERS & PRESENTATION PROPOSALS

Papers describing original unpublished research are solicited. Submissions must not be concurrently under review by a conference, journal or any other venue that has proceedings. Papers in the topic areas discussed are preferred, although contributions outside those topics may also be of interest. Please feel free at any time to contact the conference general chair if you have questions regarding your submission.

• Completed Research Papers: No longer than 14 pages (including abstract, figures, tables and references) must be formatted using JDFSL template (see Formatting / Templates on http://www.jdfsl.org/for-authors).
• Presentation Proposals (e.g., to present work in progress): No longer than 1 page (12pt, any format). Accepted proposals will get a 15min presentation slot as well as the chance to present work during the poster session.
• Papers / proposals must be submitted only through Easychair.org by going to: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icdf2c2016.

All submitted research papers will be judged based on their quality through double-blind reviewing. Authors' names must not appear in the paper. All other submissions should be sent via email to the conference general chairs ({FBreitinger, IBaggili} at newhaven.edu).

PUBLICATIONS

Accepted papers will be published in a special issue of the Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law (http://www.jdfsl.org).

OTHER SUBMISSION CATEGORIES

Submissions can be made in a number of categories: industrial talks, panel and tutorial proposals, workshops and round table discussions. Please follow the following guidelines in preparing your submission.

• Industrial Talk: Typically a 1,000 word description of the proposed talk. All talks must be vendor neutral.
• Round Table Discussion: Typically a 1,000 word synopsis of the topic area.
• Panel Proposals: Typically a 1,000 word description, identifying the panelists to be involved.
• Workshop Proposal: Typically a 1,000 word synopsis about the content of the workshop.
• Tutorial Proposals: Typically a 1,000 word description of topic(s), potential speakers, program length, and potential audience. Also, include proposer resume(s).

All proposals should be submitted to the general chairs ({FBreitinger, IBaggili} at newhaven.edu).

CURRENT TPC MEMBERS

Timothy Vidas, Carnegie Mellon University

Ping Ji, CUNY - John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Spiridon Bakers, Michigan Technological University

Ibrahim Baggili, University of New Haven

Neil Rowe, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School

Kim-Kwong Raymond Choo, University of South Australia

Irfan Ahmed, University of New Orleans

Nation Agarwal, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Long Guan, Iowa State University

Martin Olivier, University of Pretoria

Michael Losavio, University of Louisville

David Dampier, Mississippi State University

Chien An Le Khac, University College Dublin

Honggang Zhang, University of Massachusetts Boston

K P Chow, University of Hong Kong

AndrewMarrington, Zayed University

Nicole Beebe, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Joshua I. James, Digital Forensic Investigation Research Laboratory

Pavel Gladyshev, University College Dublin

Petr Matousek, Brno University of Technology

Ahmed F.Shosha,  University College Dublin

Christian Winter, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft

Martin Schmiedecker, SBA Research

Farmhand Iqbal, Zayed University

Mark Scanlon, University College Dublin

ThomasKemmerich, University of Bremen, IS-Bremen

KathrynSeigfried-Spellar, Purdue University

Sting Mjolsnes, Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology NTNU

Michał Rzepka, MSH Consulting

Vassal Roussev, University of New Orleans

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DFRWS EU Early Registration open till end of February

The DFRWS EU 2016 conference will be hosted by the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, at the end of March 2016. Ever since the first open workshop in 2001, DFRWS continues to bring leading researchers, developers, practitioners, and educators from around the world together in an informal collaborative environment. DFRWS conferences publicize and discuss high quality research outcomes selected in a thorough peer review process. DFRWS is dedicated to the advancement of digital forensics research through open sharing of knowledge and ideas.

The conference program is now online: http://www.dfrws.org/2016eu/program.shtml

Registration is still open with early bird rates running until the end of February: http://www.dfrws.org/2016eu/register.shtml

Lodging information with special discounts can be found at http://www.dfrws.org/2016eu/location.shtml

In order to take advantage of the special rates that we have negotiated with the hotels, you should reserve your room as soon as possible (special rates expiration dates are in February and depend on the hotel). For your information, the gala dinner will take place at the Starling Hotel Lausanne, right on the campus. The conference venue is the Amphimax on the campus of the University of Lausanne.


OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM: (full program at http://www.dfrws.org/2016eu/program.shtml)

March 29 is reserved for pre-conference practical workshops. On Tuesday evening, we will visit the Olympic Museum (included in the registration fee).

The official 2-day conference goes from March 30 to March 31. The gala dinner will take place at the Starling Hotel Lausanne, on the campus, on Wednesday evening (March 30) and is included in the registration fee.

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[CFP] DFRWS EU 2016

The DFRWS EU 2016 conference will be held in Lausanne, Switzerland from March 30th to April 1st, 2016.

http://www.dfrws.org/2016eu

The DFRWS is dedicated to the advancement of digital forensics research through open sharing of knowledge and ideas. Ever since it organized the first open workshop in 2001, the DFRWS continues to bring leading researchers, developers, practitioners, and educators from around the world together in an informal collaborative environment. DFRWS conferences publicize and discuss high quality research outcomes selected in a thorough peer review process.

The DFRWS EU 2016 conference extends the 15-year tradition of research conferences organized by DFRWS.org, including the DFRWS US 2015 conference from August 9 to 13, 2015 in Philadelphia. Information on the upcoming USA the program and how to register can be found at http://dfrws.org/2015

The continued expansion of DFRWS EU conferences is intended as a focal point for the European digital forensic community, allowing participants to meet and exchange ideas without the need for transatlantic travel. The proceedings of DFRWS EU 2016 will be published in a special issue of Elsevier's Digital Investigation journal, and will be freely available on the DFRWS website.

NOTE: Immediately before the conference, on March 29, rooms are available at the venue to be booked by research consortia to have meetings. If you are interested in reserving one of these meeting rooms, please contact us at eu-sponsorship <at> dfrws <dot> org.

Possibilities to contribute

In recent years, DFRWS 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 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, presentation proposals, panel proposals, tutorial/workshop proposals, and demo or poster proposals on the following topics:

TOPICS OF INTEREST:

• "Big data" approaches to forensics, including data collection, data mining, and large scale visualization
• Addressing forensic challenges of Systems-on-a-chip
• Anti-forensics and anti-anti-forensics
• Bridging the gap between analog and digital traces/evidences/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
• Event reconstruction methods and tools
• Impact of digital forensics on forensic science
• Incident response and live analysis
• Interpersonal communications and social network analysis
• Malware and targeted attacks: analysis, attribution
• Memory analysis and snapshot acquisition
• Mobile and embedded device forensics
• Multimedia 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 5, 2015
• Author notification: December 14, 2015
• Final draft papers due and presenter registration(*): January 25, 2016
• (* Papers for which no author has registered by this date may be dropped from the program.)
• Workshop/Tutorial Submission Deadline: October 26, 2015
• Demo & Poster Proposals: January 18, 2016
• Conference Dates: March 30 - April 1, 2016

The FULL CFP with details about submissions is located at: http://dfrws.org/2016eu/cfp.shtml

SUBMISSIONS

Research papers and presentation proposals must be submitted through the EasyChair site at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dfrws2016eu.
Submissions must be in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Send any questions about research paper / presentation proposal submissions to: eu-papers (at) dfrws (dot) org.

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

To submit a tutorial/workshop proposal please visit the Call for Workshop Proposals page at http://dfrws.org/2016eu/cfw.shtml.

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 2016 homepage at: http://www.dfrws.org/2016eu

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