[CSEE Talk] talk: Casey on Computer-Assisted Reasoning In Digital Forensics, Fri 9/20, UMBC

[Tim Finin]

        UMBC Center for Information Security and Assurance

	COMPUTER-ASSISTED REASONING IN DIGITAL FORENSICS

			Dr. Eoghan Casey

	      Noon-1:00 Friday, 20 September  2013
	      Cyber Defense Lab, room 228 ITE, UMBC

The primary challenge in digital forensics today is uncovering
not the right answer, but the right question. As in any
scientific discipline, the formation of viable hypotheses that
ultimately uncover meaning in available evidence is a central
problem in digital forensics. Such hypothesis formation, based on
intuition and experience, involves an underlying mental process
that can be substantially aided by computers. This seminar delves
into the cognitive science of investigative reasoning, and how
research in artificial intelligence can help humans find the
right questions in large quantities of data. The implications of
this work for digital identity and privacy, as well as its
potential uses in other areas, such as medical diagnosis and
virtual learning environments, are also discussed.

Eoghan Casey is an internationally recognized expert in digital
forensics and data breach investigations. For over a decade, he
has dedicated himself to advancing the field of digital
forensics. He wrote the foundational book Digital Evidence and
Computer Crime, now in its third edition, and he created advanced
smartphone forensics courses taught worldwide. He has also
coauthored several advanced technical books including Malware
Forensics, and is Editor-in-Chief of Digital Investigation: The
International Journal of Digital Forensics and Incident
Response. Dr. Casey received his Ph.D. from University College
Dublin, and has taught digital forensics at the Johns Hopkins
University Information Security Institute.

Dr. Casey has worked as R&D Team Lead at the Defense Cyber Crime
Center (DC3) helping enhance their operational capabilities and
develop new techniques and tools. He has also helped
organizations handle security breaches and analyzes digital
evidence in a wide range of investigations, including network
intrusions with international scope. He has testified in civil
and criminal cases, and has submitted expert reports and prepared
trial exhibits for computer forensic and cyber-crime cases.

Host: Dr. Alan T. Sherman, sherman at umbc.edu

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