Registration is now open for the upcoming Digital Forensics Research Workshop in Brno, Czech Republic, 1-4 April, 2025! Register here to join us at the Faculty of Information Technology campus in the historic former Carthusian monastery.
Early Bird discounts will be available until Monday, 24 February. Register before then using the discount code EarlyBird25 for a $100 per ticket discount!
A Sneak Peek at DFRWS-EU 2025 Content
The full program for DFRWS-EU is yet to be finalized, but if you’re considering joining us in Brno, we thought sharing a sneak peek of the accepted papers, presentations and workshops might help you decide:
DFRWS Workshops (included in conference registration)
This year the following DFRWS EU Workshops will be offered across multiple tracks:
- Creating holistic dataset for digital forensics with ForTrace++
- Practitioner Challenges for Academics – Discussion and Idea Generation Workshop
- Practical Malware Analysis and Memory Forensics for Incident Response
- Automatically creating high-quality datasets with Puma
- Digital Forensics Doctoral Symposium (DFDS)
- Interactive Jupyter Notebooks as friendly interface for digital forensics
Papers and Presentations offer a mix of new and ongoing research
You can check the full program here: https://dfrws.org/eu-2025-program/. Accepted talks include:
- Tumbling Down the Stairs: Exploiting a Tumbler’s Attempt to Hide with Ordinary-looking Transactions using Wallet Fingerprinting (Jan Zavřel, Vladimír Veselý and Daniel Dolejška)
- PaSSw0rdVib3s!: AI-assisted Password Recognition for Digital Forensic Investigations (Romke van Dijk, Judith van de Wetering, Ranieri Argentini, Leonie Gorka and et al.)
- A Study on the Evolution of Kernel Data Types Used in Memory Forensics and Their Dependency on Compilation Options (Andrea Oliveri, Nikola Nemes, Branislav Andelic and Davide Balzarotti)
- A Metrics-Based Look at Disk Images: Insights and Applications (Lena Lucia Voigt, Felix Freiling and Chris Hargreaves)
- ForensicLLM: A Local Large Language Model for Digital Forensics (Binaya Sharma, James Ghawaly, Kyle McCleary, Andrew Webb and Ibrahim Baggili)
- Forensic analysis of Telegram Messenger on iOS Smartphones (Lukas Jaeckel, Michael Spranger and Dirk Labudde)
- Video Capturing Device Identification through Block-based PRNU Matching (Jian Li, Fei Wang, Bin Ma,Chunpeng Wang and Xiaoming Wu)
- Beyond Hamming Distance: Exploring Spatial Encoding in Perceptual Hashes (Sean McKeown)
- Tapping .IPAs: An Automated Analysis of iPhone Applications Using Apple Silicon Macs (Steven Seiden, Andrew Webb and Ibrahim Baggili)
Poster Session
Participation in the DFRWS Poster Session is a great way for students to present work in progress, seek input on innovative ideas and collaborators on research. Submissions are open through February 28. Notifications will be made on a rolling basis until these slots are filled, so submit early for the best chance! Please follow the submission criteria and guidelines and submit through the DFRWS EasyChair site.
Digital Forensic Doctoral Symposium
This year, DFRWS EU is proud to inaugurate the Digital Forensics Doctoral Symposium (DFDS). This symposium offers a unique platform for doctoral students to share their early-stage research, engage in discussions with peers, and build meaningful connections within the digital forensics community.
By co-locating DFDS with DFRWS EU, participants also gain the opportunity to attend the main conference, interact with leading experts in the field, and engage in a vibrant exchange of ideas. We warmly invite doctoral students to join us for this enriching experience. DFDS will take place on April 1, 2025.
Collocation with the Women in Forensic Computing event
The Women in Forensic Computing Workshop and Bootcamp is returning this March! Held in cooperation with DFRWS EU 2025 in Brno, Czech Republic (and virtually) on March 31, 2025, this event is part of a workshop series that started in 2019. It is designed to:
- Introduce digital forensics to prospective researchers and practitioners.
- Increase student interest in digital forensic science as a career or research field.
- Highlight the achievements of women in digital forensics.
- Help women build their technical confidence.
As always, the WinFC workshop will be free of charge but seating is limited. It will include technical presentations and panels, delivered by women, that introduce fundamental and current topics as well as some hands-on experience. To learn more and register, read here.
About Brno
Brno is the former capital city of Moravia and the political and cultural hub of the South Moravian Region and the second-largest city in the Czech Republic. The iconic Špilberk Castle and the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul offer stunning views and a glimpse into the city’s storied past. Brno is also a significant centre of higher education, hosting over 65,000 students across 10 universities, their 30 faculties and numerous research institutes.