Track: Software Technology
Minitrack: Digital Forensics - Pedagogy and Foundational
--------------- Research Activity

Within the field of computer science and software engineering greater attention is being given today to the broad topic of information assurance. This has been demonstrated at HICSS over the past few years by the increased attention paid to computer security topics and the addition of several minitracks within the Software Technology Track with a security focus and the presentation of security papers within other minitracks (actually a crosscutting theme). This minitrack aims to focus on the subspecialty within information assurance that is largely driven by software technology today - that of Digital Forensics.

Digital forensics involves the use of software, computer science, software engineering, and criminal justice procedures to explore and or investigate digital media with the objective of finding evidence to support a criminal or administrative case. It involves the preservation, identification, extraction, and documentation of computer or network evidence.

Topics and research areas include, but are not limited to:
* Pedagogical papers that describe digital forensics degree programs or the teaching of digital forensics within other programs internationally
* Papers that address a research agenda that considers practitioner requirements, multiple investigative environments and emphasizes real world usability
* Papers that present an experience report involving the discovery, explanation and presentation of conclusive, persuasive evidence from digital forensics investigation
* Papers that combine research and practice

Co-chairs:
Rayford Vaughn (Primary Contact)
Center for Computer Security Research
Mississippi State University
PO Box 9637, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
Phone: +1-662-325-7450
Fax: +1-662-325-8997
Email: vaughn@cse.msstate.edu
URL: http://www.cse.msstate.edu/~vaughn

David Dampier
Forensics Training Center
Mississippi State University
PO Box 9637, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
Phone: +1-662-325-2756
Fax: +1-662-325-8997
Email: dampier@cse.msstate.edu