Thinking forensics: Cognitive science for forensic practitioners

Bringing science to digital forensics with standardized forensic corpora

Progress in computer forensics research has been limited by the lack of a standardized data setsdcorporadthat are available for research purposes. We explain why corpora are needed to further forensic research, present a taxonomy for describing corpora, and announce the availability of several forensic data sets. a 2009 Digital Forensic Research Workshop. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights r...

Development of masters modules in computer forensics and cybercrime for computer science and forensic science students

In mid-2004, it was decided that the list of optional modules available to students taking the MSc programme in Computing, Internet Law and Management at King’s College London (KCL) should be supplemented with a module in computer forensics (CF) and cybercrime. It was proposed that this module should be delivered as a reading course to be assessed by means of a dissertation and a linked viva vo...

The Science of Thinking , and Science for Thinking : a Description of Cognitive Acceleration Throughscienceeducation ( Case )

Forensic science, genetics and wildlife biology: getting the right mix for a wildlife DNA forensics lab.

Wildlife DNA forensics is receiving increasing coverage in the popular press and has begun to appear in the scientific literature in relation to several different fields. Recognized as an applied subject, it rests on top of very diverse scientific pillars ranging from biochemistry through to evolutionary genetics, all embedded within the context of modern forensic science. This breadth of scope...

Digital Records Forensics: A New Science and Academic Program for Forensic Readiness

This paper introduces the Digital Records Forensics project, a research endeavour located at the University of British Columbia in Canada and aimed at the development of a new science resulting from the integration of digital forensics with diplomatics, archival science, information science and the law of evidence, and of an interdisciplinary graduate degree program, called Digital Records Fore...