The 22nd Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing March 11-15, 2007, Seoul, Korea Computer Forensics Track http://comp.uark.edu/~bpanda/sac-cf.htm CALL FOR PAPERS For the past twenty-one years the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC) has been a primary and international forum for applied computer scientists, computer engineers and application developers to gather, interact and present their work. SAC 2007 is sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Group on Applied Computing (SIGAPP), and is hosted by Seoul National University in Seoul and The Suwon University in Gyeonggi-do. SAC proceedings are published by ACM and are also available online through ACM's Digital Library. More information on SAC 2007 can be found at http://www.acm.org/conferences/sac/sac2007. Computer Forensics Track With the exponential growth of computer users, the number of criminal activities that involves computers has increased tremendously. The field of Computer Forensics has gained considerable attention in the past few years. It is clear that in addition to law enforcement agencies and legal personnel, the involvement of computer savvy professionals is vital for any digital incident investigation. Unfortunately, there are not many well-qualified computer crime investigators available to meet this demand. An approach to solve this problem is to develop state-of-the-art research and development tools for practitioners in addition to creating awareness among computer users. The primary goal of this track will be to provide a forum for researchers, practitioners, and educators interested in Computer Forensics in order to advance research and educational methods in this increasingly challenging field. We expect that people from academia, industry, government, and law enforcement will share their previously unpublished ideas on research, education, and practice through this track. We solicit original, previously unpublished papers in the following general (non-exhaustive) list of topics. - Incident Response and Live Data Analysis - Operating System and Application Analysis - File System Analysis - Network Evidence Collection - Forensic Profiles - Network Forensics - Data Hiding and Recovery - Event Reconstruction and Tracking - Legal, Ethical and Privacy Issues Important Dates Abstract Submission: September 9, 2006 Full Paper Submission: September 23, 2006 Author Notification: October 16, 2006 Camera-Ready Copy Due: October 30, 2006 Abstract Submission Guidelines All authors wishing to submit a full paper to the Computer Forensics track must submit an abstract of approximately 300 words on or before September 9, 2006. Only electronic submissions at the following site will be accepted: http://sac.cs.iupui.edu/SAC2007/SubmitAbstract.aspx?TrackID=81 Upon successful submission of an abstract the author(s) will be notified of the URL where the full-paper submission needs to be made. Paper Submission Guidelines All papers will be fully refereed and undergo a blind review process. All submissions should represent original and previously unpublished works that are currently not under review in any workshop, conference, or journal. Also, a paper cannot be submitted to more than one track. Both basic and applied research papers are welcome. Electronic submission in PDF format is required. Hardcopy and fax submissions will not be accepted. All submitted papers must include the paper identification number, which will be emailed to authors when the abstract is submitted, on the front page above the title of the paper. Author(s) name(s) and address(es) must not appear in the paper body. Any self-reference should be in the third person. The paper, written using 11 point font, double-spaced lines, and 1 inch margins on all four sides on letter size paper, should not be more than 15 pages long. The program committee may reject papers that exceed this length on the grounds of length alone. In addition, for each submitted paper, a separate cover page (preferably in Microsoft Word or plain ASCII) including the paper title, abstract, list of keywords, and list of authors with full names and postal address, telephone numbers, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses should be emailed to the track chairs. One of the authors must be designated as the primary contact point to receive the notification. At least one of the authors of the accepted paper must register for the conference and present the paper. The paper must be submitted electronically no later than September 23, 2006. Should you face any problem with the system during the abstract or full paper submission, please contact Jeff Allen (jallen@cs.iupui.edu). Track Chairs Brajendra Panda University of Arkansas Email: bpanda@uark.edu Kamesh Namuduri Wichita State University Email: kamesh.namuduri@wichita.edu Track Program Committee Brian Carrier (Basis Technology) Philip Craiger (University of Central Florida) Heather Dussault (SUNY Institute of Tech.) Roy George (Clark Atlanta University) Rajni Goel (Howard University) Yong Guan (Iowa State University) Warren Harrison (Portland State University) Nasir Memon (Brooklyn Poly. University) Ravi Pendse (Wichita State University) Indrajit Ray (Colorado State University) Yanjun Zuo (University of North Dakota)