[CSEE Talk] talk: Eoghan Casey on Digital Forensics, 12-1pm 9/20, ITE229, UMBC

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         UMBC Center for Information Security and Assurance

          COMPUTER-ASSISTED REASONING IN DIGITAL FORENSICS

                          Dr. Eoghan Casey

               Noon-1:00 Friday, 20 September 2013, 229 ITE
				
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 (http://bit.ly/Eoghan) 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.

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

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