August 10, 2006

Workshop to explore digital forensic research

"This workshop will bring together experts from a wide variety of areas — research, education, industry, government and law enforcement — who are interested in advancing the area of digital forensics," said Marcus Rogers, an associate professor in Purdue's Department of Computer and Information Technology.

"Purdue and the Department of Computer Information and Technology are playing a significant role in the workshop this year," he said. "About 30 percent of the reviewed presentations will be from Purdue students and faculty."

During the three-day event, participants will share their research results, knowledge and experiences, and the proceedings of the gathering will be published in a special issue of the journal Digital Investigation.

The workshop, which will be at the Holiday Inn Select City Centre in downtown Lafayette, will kick off with a keynote address at 9 a.m. Monday (Aug. 14) by the FBI's Ted Lindsey, who will discuss current cyber investigation challenges.

At 7 p.m. Tuesday (Aug. 15), there will be a "forensic rodeo," in which attendees will break into teams to tackle a digital forensic challenge.

Among other presentations will be a panel that will explore the issues in building the digital forensics bridge from computer science to judicial science, legal issues involved in digital forensics investigation, and automatic event reconstruction systems.

Digital forensics is the process of investigating data storage devices and/or data processing equipment to determine if it has been used for illegal or unauthorized purposes.

Writer: Kim Medaris, (765) 494-6998, kmedaris@purdue.edu

Source: Marcus Rogers, (765) 494-2561, rogersmk@purdue.edu

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