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.

This minitrack will solicit papers in the following areas:

• 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. Many universities and community colleges have entered into digital forensics instruction and research over the past few years – not only within the United States, but internationally.

• This minitrack will afford a forum for presentation of approaches and research activity within academia and bring together the international community to address this important issue.
   

Minitrack Co-Chair

David Dampier (Primary)
Computer Science and Engineering
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9637
PO Box 9637
Phone: 662-325-2756 
Fax: 662-325-8997 
Email: dampier@cse.msstate.edu

Yogi Dandass
Computer Science and Engineering
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9637
PO Box 9637
Phone: 662-325-2756
Fax: 662-325-8997
Email: yogi@cse.msstate.edu

Kara Nance
Computer Science
University of Alaska at Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775-6670
PO Box 756670
Phone: 907-474-2777
Fax: 907-474-5030
Email: ffkln@uaf.edu