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Schedule of Events

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Monday, July 11
1100Welcome
1115Keynote: Matt Mitchell (Crypto Harlem)
1215Paper Session 1: Memory forensics
Session Chair: Erika Noerenberg
Memory Analysis of .NET and .Net Core Applications Awarded Best Paper of DFRWS USA 2022Modhuparna Manna (Louisiana State University), Andrew Case (Volatility Foundation), Aisha Ali-Gombe (Towson University) and Golden Richard (Louisiana State University)
Juicing V8: A Primary Account for the Memory Forensics of the V8 JavaScript EngineEnoch Wang (University of New Haven), Samuel Zurowski (University of New Haven), Orion Duffy (University of New Haven), Tyler Thomas (University of New Haven), and Ibrahim Baggili (University of New Haven)
1315Lunch
1415Paper Session 2: Similarity Hashing
Session Chair: Frank Breitinger
FRASHER -- A Framework for Automated Evaluation of Similarity HashingThomas Göbel (Universität der Bundeswehr München), Frieder Uhlig (Technical University Darmstadt), Harald Baier (Universität der Bundeswehr München) and Frank Breitinger (University of Lausanne)
ssdeeper: Evaluating and Improving ssdeepCarlo Jakobs (Fraunhofer FKIE), Martin Lambertz (Fraunhofer FKIE), and Jan-Niclas Hilgert (Fraunhofer FKIE)
1515Break
1545Presentation Session 1
Session Chair: Madison Brumbelow
Discovery of digital forensic dataset characteristics with CASE-CorporaAlex Nelson (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
Offline iOS Tracking and Remote WipingMitch Kajzer (St. Joseph County, IN Cyber Crimes Unit)
DFIR Review Showcase: iOS Settings Display Auto-Lock & Require PasscodeScott Koenig (Nevada State Police)
1700AFTER HOURS EVENT
Pub Quiz! hosted in Gather Town
Tuesday, July 12
1100Welcome
1115Keynote: Samuel Cava (Multimedia Exploitation Unit, FBI)
1215Paper Session 3: Application Forensics
Session Chair: Wietse Venema
Alt-Tech Social Forensics: Forensic Analysis of Alternative Social Networking ApplicationsHailey Johnson (University of New Haven), Karl Volk (University of New Haven), Robert Serafin (University of New Haven), Cinthya Grajeda-Mendez and Ibrahim Baggili (University of New Haven)
Forensic Investigation of Instant Messaging Services on Linux OS: Discord and Slack as Case Studies Megan Davis (Virginia Commonwealth University), Bridget McInnes (Virginia Commonwealth University), and Irfan Ahmed (Virginia Commonwealth University)
1315Lunch
1415Paper Session 4: Live and Static System Analysis
Session Chair: Xiaodong Lin
Live System Call Trace Reconstruction on LinuxThanh Nguyen (Nvidia), Meni Orenbach (Nvidia), and Ahmad Atamli (Nvidia)
KVMIveggur: Flexible, secure, and efficient support for self-service virtual machine introspectionStewart Sentanoe (University of Passau), Thomas Dangl (University of Passau), and Hans P. Reiser (University of Passau)
LibDroid: Summarizing information flow of Android Native Libraries via Static Analysis Chen Shi (Iowa State University), Chris Chao-Chun Cheng (Iowa State University), and Yong Guan (Iowa State University)
1545Break
1600Presentation Session 2
Session Chair: Jessica Hyde
A Distributed Digital Body Farm for Collecting Deleted File Decay DataOmoche Cheche Agada (George Mason University)
Building and decaying a file corpus for sub-sector analysisDominique Calder (George Mason University)
DFIR Review Showcase: Peeking at User Notification Events in iOS 15Geraldine Blay (Seminole County Sheriff's Office / Operation Underground Railroad) and SA Alexis Brignoni (FBI)
1700AFTER HOURS EVENT
Birds of a Feather sessions
Topics Include:
1) DFIR 4 Good: What Can We Do?
2) What’s next? Advances & Challenges in Digital Forensics
3) Taking Care of Yourself: Wellness in Digital Forensics
Wednesday, July 13
1000Workshop: Leveling Up with YARA! by Tom Lancaster (3 hours)
1030Workshop: CASEWorks! by Eoghan Casey and Alex Nelson (2 hours)
1300Lunch
1400Paper Session 5: Miscellaneous
Session Chair: Michele Gilles
Explainable Digital Forensics AI: Towards Mitigating Distrust in AI-Based Digital Forensics Analysis with Interpretable ModelsAbiodun Abdullahi Solanke (University of Bologna)
Ambiguous File System PartitionsJanine Schneider (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg), Maximilian Eichhorn (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg), and Felix Freiling (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
1500BREAK
1530Paper Session 6: Multimedia Forensics
Session Chair: Kevin Fairbanks
Deepfake Noise Investigation and Detection Tianyi Wang (University of Hong Kong), Ming Liu (Qilu University of Technology), Wei Cao (Qilu University of Technology), and Kam Pui Chow (University of Hong Kong)
BlackFeather: A framework for Background Noise ForensicsQi Li (University of Guelph), Giuliano Sovernigo (University of Guelph), and Xiaodong Lin (University of Guelph)
1630Best paper announcement / closing remarks
1645Break
1800AFTER HOURS EVENT
DFRWS Forensics Rodeo
Thursday, July 14
1100Workshop: Performing Linux Forensic Analysis and Why You Should Care by Ali Hadi, Mariam Khader (4 hours)Workshop: Velociraptor - Digging deeper by Michael Cohen (4 hours)
1600DFRWS 2023 Open Planning Meeting