The DFRWS online archives contain the papers, challenge results, final reports, photos, and more from the previous conferences and workshops.
The 8th Annual DFRWS was held from August 11 to 13, 2008 in Baltimore, MD. We received a record number of paper submissions (41) and had a record number of attendees (nearly 110). For the first time, an independent workshop (the Open Memory Forensics Workshop (OMFW)) was held on the Sunday before the DFRWS conference. We had papers on memory analysis, data recovery, cell phone analysis, and more. The annual forensics challenge focused on Linux memory analysis and correlation of data in memory, disk, and network.
The 7th Annual DFRWS was held from August 13 to 15, 2007 in Pittsburgh, PA and featured presentations and discussions on memory analysis, small scale devices, data recovery, and more. The annual forensics challenge expanded on the DFRWS 2006 forensics challenge and focused on carving more file types and more difficult fragmentation scenarios.
The 6th Annual DFRWS was held from August 14 to 16, 2006 in Lafayette, Indiana and featured presentations and discussions on new strategies to meet the accelerating challenges of digital forensics around the world. The annual forensics challenge focused on data carving fragmented files and the annual Rodeo was organized by WetStone and focused on live analysis.
The Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana was home to the fifth annual DFRWS on August 17-19, 2005. The workshop focused on digital evidence (DE) concealment and analysis techniques, DE scalability and automation, digital forensic tools and, DE legal issues. The first forensics challenge was issued before the conference and it focused on Windows memory analysis.
The fourth annual Digital Forensics Research Workshop was held August 11-13, 2004 in Baltimore, Maryland. Over 110 law enforcement practitioners, academics, scientists, industry experts, and DoD representatives participated in the expanded workshop, which included three themed days consisting of a keynote, paper presentations, panel discussions, workshops, and briefs.
Cleveland, Ohio hosted the third annual DFRWS August 6-8, 2003. The Workshop featured keynote presentations by Peter Stephenson and Troy Larson, JD and plenary presentations by Olivier de Vel, Ph.D., Sarah Mocas, Ph.D., Benjamin M. Rodriquez and Joe Sremack among others.
The second annual DFRWS was held August 6-9, 2002 in Syracuse, New York and featured important presentations on Confronting Encryption in Computer Investigations, A Lessons Learned Repository for Computer Forensics, and Defining Digital Forensic Examination and Analysis Tools.
On August 7-8, 2001, the first annual Digital Forensic Research Workshop was held in Utica, New York. Over 50 university researchers, computer forensic examiners, and analysts attended the workshop. The objectives of this first workshop were to begin forming a community of interested individuals and to start a meaningful dialog for defining the field and identifying the difficult, high-priority challenges that lie ahead. Download the DFRWS Technical Report on the Workshop, A Road Map for Digital Forensic Research to learn more about the DFRWS 2001 proceedings.
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