Topics of Interest

The Doctoral Symposium is open to fresh insights that challenge the current boundaries of digital forensics. The submissions can cover a broad range of topics related to digital forensics, including, but not limited to:

Anti-forensics and anti-anti-forensics
AI-assisted digital forensics
Case studies and trend reports
Cloud and virtualized environment forensics
Covert channels (e.g., TOR, VPN)
Cryptocurrency investigation
Development of digital forensic infrastructures
Digital evidence sharing and exchange
Digital evidence and the law
Digital forensic analysis of AI models
Digital forensic preparedness / readiness
Digital investigation case management
Digital forensic tool validation
Digital forensic triage / survey
Event reconstruction methods and tools
Forensics analysis and visualization of Big Data
Forensic analysis of anonymous networks
Forensic analysis of databases
Implanted medical devices
Incident response on malware and targeted attacks
Machine learning and data mining for digital evidence extraction/query
Memory acquisition and analysis
Methodology for digital forensic processes
Mobile and embedded device forensics
Multimedia (image, audio, video) data analysis
Network and distributed system forensics
Non-traditional forensic scenarios / contexts
SCADA / industrial control systems
Smart power grid forensics
Steganography and steganalysis
Smart building forensics
Vehicle forensics (e.g., drones, cars)
Visualization methods and tools for forensic analysis