The DFRWS USA 2024 Conference will be held Tuesday, July 9 through Friday, July 12 as a hybrid event in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
Conference Location:
The DFRWS USA 2024 conference will be held in cooperation with Louisiana State University.
July 9, 2024 to July 12, 2024
Accomodations
DFRWS has secured a room block at the Cook Hotel. Rooms start at $107 in accordance with GSA rates. To take advantage of the DFRWS Group Rate, please book via this link which is valid no later than June, 19th 2024.
The Cook Hotel overlooks the scenic University Lake on the LSU campus and is the only independent boutique hotel in Baton Rouge. Parking is included and a shuttle service to the conference venue will be provided in the morning and evening.
For those who prefer to stay in downtown Baton Rouge, it is approx. 15 minutes drive from the LSU Campus (depending on time of day). There are several options to choose from, including Hotel Indigo and the Hampton Inn.
Transportation
For out of state visitors, Baton Rouge Airport (BTR) is the closest airport and has the best ground transportation options to reach the conference. BTR airport is served by American, Delta, and United with direct flights from Atlanta (ATL), Charlotte (CLT), Dallas-Ft. Worth (DFW), Houston Intercontinental (IAH) and Washington DC (DCA).
New Orleans Airport (MSY) has more accessibility but is about 75 minutes from Baton Rouge by car via I-10 Interstate. There are several limited ground transportation options available. There are also some train and bus options available, but they require interchanges and take a few hours.
The best option for conference attendees arriving at MSY is to take a taxi from MSY Airport to LSU in Baton Rouge.
Student Travel Grants
For this conference, student travel grants are available. Please check out the details here: https://dfrws.org/usa-2024-student-travel-grants/
Social Event
We will have an exciting tour at the LSU Tiger Stadium as one of our Social Events. Here are some aerial views of this great place. Enjoy the video below for some atmosphere…
Keynotes
Digital Forensics and Incident Response for Critical Infrastructure
Chris Sistrunk | Technical Leader, ICS/OT, MandiantChris Sistrunk is Technical Leader on the Mandiant ICS/OT Security Consulting team at Mandiant (part of Google Cloud) focusing on helping protect and secure critical infrastructure around the world for the last 10 years. As technical leader of the ICS/OT Consulting team, Chris leads ICS/OT assessment methodology development, helps clients better secure their ICS networks, analyzes client networks for threats, assists Mandiant incident response investigations involving control systems, and teaches Mandiant’s ICS security training courses.Before Mandiant, Chris was a Senior Engineer at Entergy for over 11 years where he was a subject matter expert for Transmission and Distribution SCADA and Substation Automation systems, and cyber security. Chris was awarded Energy Sector Security Professional of the Year in 2014.Chris is a Senior Member of the IEEE and is a registered Professional Engineer in Louisiana. He founded BSidesJackson, co-founded the BEER-ISAC, and helped organize the ICS Village at DEF CON 22. He holds BS electrical engineering and MS engineering and technology management degrees from Louisiana Tech University.
The View from the Edge: Detecting and Responding to Cyber Attacks Against Controllers in Critical Infrastructure
Dr. Tommy Morris | Director, Center for Cybersecurity Research and Education, Eminent Scholar and Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Alabama in HuntsvilleDr. Tommy Morris currently serves as the founding Director of the Center for Cybersecurity Research and Education (CCRE) and as an Eminent Scholar and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Dr. Morris received his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering in 2008 from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX with a research emphasis in cyber security. His primary research interests include cyber security for industrial control systems and cyber physical systems. His recent research outcomes include vulnerability and exploit taxonomies, intrusion detection systems, and modeling and simulation of cyber physical systems for cybersecurity research and education. He has authored more than 80 peer reviewed research conference and journal articles in these areas. Dr. Morris’s research projects are funded by the US Army, National Security Agency, National Science Foundation, Department of Homeland Security, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, NASA, the US Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Research Development Center (ERDC), and multiple technology companies. Prior to joining UAH, Dr. Morris served at Mississippi State University from 2008-2015 and Texas Instruments (TI) from 1991-2008. Dr. Morris is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
Participation
DFRWS invites contributions in the categories listed below. The submission details are listed below under SUBMISSION INFORMATION.
FULL RESEARCH PAPERS undergo double-blinded peer review, and the proceedings are published by Elsevier as a special issue of the Journal of Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation. We ask to submit articles according to the submission instructions.
NOTE: Deadlines have been extended!
PRESENTATIONS or DEMOS require a brief proposal (~500 words, not a full research paper). These proposals undergo a light review process to select presentations of maximal interest to DFRWS attendees and to filter out sales pitches. Accepted proposals will be given a presentation slot (~15 minutes) during the conference. Note that the presentation/demo will not be part of the published proceedings.
POSTERS allow for the presentation of current research efforts and the discussion of preliminary results with the Digital Forensics Community. Consequently, posters can include early results, a brief demonstration of a prototype, or can outline research ideas. Posters will be available on the website, and authors have the opportunity to present during breaks to receive feedback from the community. Note that posters will not be part of the published proceedings.
Note: All posters will be printed onsite.
WORKSHOPS or TUTORIALS can be 2 to 4 hours (please indicate) and ideally include hands-on participation by attendees, allowing for an in-depth, detailed exploration of tools and techniques of interest to DFRWS attendees. Workshops can cover state-of-the-art research projects, useful tips and techniques for standard tools, or almost anything that DFRWS attendees would consider beneficial. While commercial tools can be used, these workshops should NOT be thinly veiled commercial advertisements.
Note that DFRWS will provide one free conference registration for each workshop accepted.
PANEL PROPOSALS should be one to three pages long and clearly describe the topic, its relevance, and a list of potential panelists, including their biographies (short). Panels will be evaluated based on the topic relevance and diversity of the panelists.
Submission Information
We ask you to submit all contributions via EasyChair (select the appropriate track during submission). Please make sure to follow the submission guidelines on the website (https://dfrws.org/submission-criteria/). Organizers may reject work that does not follow the listed criteria.
Easychair submission: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dfrwsusa2024
Venue
The DFRWS USA organizing committee is currently planning the conference as a hybrid event, where attendees can attend virtually (via Zoom) or physically in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Note that this may change according to government regulations. Regardless of how you participate, the program will include Keynotes, Papers and Presentations, Hands-on Workshops, Poster and Demo Sessions, the Forensics Rodeo, Interactive Birds of a Feather Sessions, Lightning Talks, and, of course, Social Events.
Student Scholarship and Award Program
DFRWS continues its outreach to students studying digital forensics. DFRWS and its sponsors will award scholarships each year to students (first authors) who present their accepted research papers. One scholarship will be awarded to the Best Student Research Paper awardee. More scholarships may be awarded, depending on sponsorship funding each year. Exact award amounts will vary but usually cover at least registration expenses. DFRWS will notify the recipient of the Best Student Research Paper award on or before the conference registration deadline. Other awards (e.g., industry-sponsored awards for research in specific topic areas) may be awarded after the registration deadline and are entirely contingent on scholarship sponsorship by industry each year. Refer to the website for further details regarding eligibility, funding, and selection (Student Scholarship & Award Program).
Deadlines
We kindly ask first to register and submit the title, abstract, and author information. The full paper is then due one week later. Note that there will be two rounds of reviews; the first round is early rejections after receiving initial reviews. The papers qualifying for the second round will receive additional reviews for the final decision.
Please take a look at the DEADLINES section below for specific dates.
Contact Information
For questions related to participation (e.g., research papers, presentations, etc.), please send an email to: usa-papers (at) dfrws (dot) org
For general questions about DFRWS USA, please send an email to: usa (at) dfrws (dot) org
Topics of Interest
DFRWS welcomes new perspectives that push the envelope of what is currently possible in digital forensics. Potential topics to be addressed by submissions include, but are not limited to:
- Machine learning and data mining for digital evidence extraction/query
- Malware and targeted attacks (analysis and attribution)
- Forensics analysis and visualization of Big Data
- Non-traditional forensic scenarios/contexts
- Network and distributed system forensics
- Mobile and embedded device forensics
- Cloud and virtualized environments
- Vehicle forensics (e.g., drones, cars)
- SCADA / industrial control systems
- Covert channels (e.g., TOR, VPN)
- Additive manufacturing / 3D printers
- Medical devices
- Smart power grids
- Smart buildings
- Virtual currency
- Digital forensic preparedness/readiness
- Digital investigation case management
- Digital evidence sharing and exchange
- Digital forensic triage/survey
- Digital forensic tool validation
- Event reconstruction methods and tools
- Digital evidence and the law
- Case studies and trend reports
- Anti-forensics and anti-anti-forensics
Deadlines
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| February 5, 2024 | Full research papers: Paper Submission Deadline of Abstract & Title |
| February 5, 2024 | Full research papers: Submission update (paper upload) |
| February 15, 2024 | Panel Proposals, Workshop, Tutorial, Presentations, Demos: Submission (Round 1) |
| February 28, 2024 | Panel Proposals, Workshop, Tutorial, Presentations, Demos: Notification (Round 1) |
| March 2, 2024 | Full research papers: Early rejection |
| March 30, 2024 | Full research papers: Notification of acceptance |
| March 31, 2024 | Panel Proposals, Workshop, Tutorial, Presentations, Demos: Submission (Round 2) |
| April 10, 2024 | Panel Proposals, Workshop, Tutorial, Presentations, Demos: Notification (Round 2) |
| April 10, 2024 | Full research papers: Camera Ready Paper Submission and Presenter Registration |
| April 28, 2024 | Posters: Submission (no DOI / abstract publication) |
| May 20, 2024 | Posters: Notification |
| May 31, 2024 | Presentations: Submission (Round 3) |
| June 10, 2024 | Birds of a Feather: Submission (no DOI / abstract publication) |
| June 10, 2024 | Presentations: Notification (Round 3) |
| June 30, 2024 | Posters: Upload reviewed and unreviewed posters. All posters will be printed onsite. |
Committees
Organizing Committee
Conference Chair
Aisha Ali-Gombe
Conference Vice Chair
Ibrahim Baggili
Volunteer and Local Chair
Golden G. Richard III
Social and Local Chair
Andrew Case
Chief Organizational Officer (C.O.O.)
Daryl Pfeif
Secretary
Alex Nelson
Technical Program Chair
Irfan Ahmed
Technical Program Vice Chair
Heng Yin
Workshop Chair
Cesar Vargas
Workshop Vice Chair
Modhuparna Manna
Presentation Chair
Cheche Agada
Demo and Poster Chair
Kevin Fairbanks
Demo and Poster Vice Chair
Bhargav Rathod
WinFC Chair
Raphaela Mettig
Rodeo Chair
Madi Brumbelow
Rodeo Vice Chair
Michele Gilles
Proceeding Co-Chair
Parag Rughani
Proceeding Co-Chair
Frank Breitinger
Academic Outreach Chair
Irfan Ahmed
Academic Outreach Co-Vice Chair
Ali Hadi
Academic Outreach Co-Vice Chair
Wooyeon Jo
Industry Outreach Chair
Ibrahim Bagilli
Web Chair
Sebastian Weigmann
Web Vice Chair
David Loveall
Platform Chair
Dave Loveall
Platform Vice Chair
Kevin Fairbanks
Lightning Talks and BoF Chair
Frank Adelstein
Pre-records Chair
Alex Nelson
Sponsorship Chair
Daryl Pfeif
Sponsorship Vice Chair
TBD
Registration Chair
TBD
Keynote Chair
Golden G. Richard III
Member at large
Wietse Venema
Technical Program Committee
Aisha Ali-Gombe, Ph.D.
Louisiana State University
Alex Nelson, Ph.D.
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Andrew Case
Volatility
Brendan Saltaformaggio, Ph.D.
Georgia Institute of Technology
Changhoon Lee, Ph.D.
Seoul National University of Science and Technology
Christopher Stelly
University of New Orleans
David Loveall
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Elizabeth Schweinsberg
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Farkhund Iqbal, Ph.D.
Zayed University
Farzad Salim, Ph.D.
Splunk Inc.
Fernando Perez-Gonzalez, Ph.D.
University of Vigo
Florian Buchholz, Ph.D.
James Madison University
Frank Adelstein, Ph.D.
NFA Digital, LLC
Frank Breitinger, Ph.D.
University of Lausanne
George Grispos, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Golden Richard, Ph.D.
Louisiana State University
Huw Read, Ph.D.
Norwich University
James Wagner, Ph.D.
University of New Orleans
Karan Dwivedi
Mark Guido
The MITRE Corporation
Mark Scanlon, Ph.D.
University College Dublin
Michael Losavio
University of Louisville
Neil C Rowe, Ph.D.
Naval Postgraduate School
Parag Rughani, Ph.D.
National Forensic Sciences University, India
Paul Giura
AT&T Security Research Center
Rima Awad, Ph.D.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Saed Alrabaee, Ph.D.
United Arab Emirates University
Sharee Dorsey
Cleveland Clinic
Shiva Houshmand, Ph.D.
Santa Clara University
Stefan Axelsson, Ph.D.
Stockholm University
Sudhir Aggarwal, Ph.D.
Florida State University
Taeshik Shon, Ph.D.
Ajou University
Taesic Kim, Ph.D.
Texas A&M University
Tamas Lengyel, Ph.D.
Intel
Tu-Thach Quach, Ph.D.
Sandia National Labs
Umit Karabiyik, Ph.D.
Purdue University
Wietse Venema, Ph.D.
Xiaodong Lin, Ph.D.
University of Guelph
Xiaolu Zhang, Ph.D.
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Yin Pan, Ph.D.
Rochester Institute of Technology
Yong Guan, Ph.D.
Iowa State University
Alexander Rasin, Ph.D.
DePaul University
Zhenxiao Qi
UC Riverside
Wooyeon Jo, Ph.D.
Virginia Commonwealth University
Syed Ali Qasim, Ph.D.
Grand Valley State University
Muhammad Haris Rais, Ph.D.
Virginia State University
Adeen Ayub
Virginia Commonwealth University
Hany Atlam, Ph.D.
Warwick University UK
Gokila Dorai, Ph.D.
Augusta University
Vassil Roussev, Ph.D.
University of New Orleans
Rinku Dewri, Ph.D.
University of Denver
Ryan Maggio, Ph.D.
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Ibrahim Baggili, Ph.D.
Louisiana State University
Shinelle Hutchinson, Ph.D.
Walmart
Atefeh Ejiyeh
University of California, Santa Barbara
Jonathan Fuller, Ph.D.
United States Military Academy
Emmanuel Pilli, Ph.D.
Malaviya National Institute of Technology
Registration
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Register NowIn Person Conference Prices
| Type of Registration | Early Bird Rate | Regular Rate | Last Chance Rate |
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| Standard (Speaker) | USD 595 | USD 695 | USD 795 (last-minute) |
| Law Enforcement | USD 495 | USD 595 | USD 695 (last-minute) |
| Student | USD 395 | USD 495 | USD 595 (last-minute) |
Virtual Conference Prices
| Type of Registration | Triple - All 3 Conferences | Double - Any 2 Conferences | Single - Just DFRWS USA 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | -- | -- | USD 150 |
Sponsors
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Information about sponsorship opportunities is available at: http://www.dfrws.org/sponsorship-opportunities
Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University (LSU) is a leading academic institution, renowned for its pioneering research and expertise in cybersecurity and digital forensics. Recognized as one of the elite 22 universities designated by the National Security Agency (NSA) as a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations (CAE-CO), LSU consistently pushes the boundaries in these domains. As the proud sponsor of the DFRWS conference, LSU exemplifies dedication to advancing knowledge and fostering collaboration in digital forensics and related fields. The university's rich legacy and commitment to innovation underscore its stature as a premier hub for Cyberforensics research and education.
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