WSDF 2026 at the ARES conference Revised submission deadline
Andrew Marrington
Call for Papers
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19th International Workshop on Digital Forensics
(WSDF 2026)
to be held in conjunction with the 21st International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2026 – http://ares-conference.eu)
August 24-27, 2026 (Linköping University, Sweden)
Important Dates
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We have revised the WSDF submission deadline to be consistent with the majority of ARES workshops!
Revised Submission Deadline May 01, 2026
Author Notification June 01, 2026
Proceedings Version June 13, 2026
Workshop Description
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Digital forensics is a rapidly evolving field primarily focused on the extraction, preservation and analysis of digital evidence in a manner suitable for presentation in a court of law, or for other legal proceedings and formal investigations.
The ubiquitous nature of digital devices in modern life and the opportunities provided by the “cyber space” present many avenues for criminal activity that directly involve, or are facilitated by, such established technologies. On the other hand, new technologies emerge at an ever-rapid pace and become more accessible – many of which represent novel challenges for digital forensics, enlarging the scope for research and development.
WSDF aims to bring together experts from academia, industry, government and law enforcement who are interested in advancing the state of the art in digital forensics by exchanging their knowledge, results, ideas, challenges, best practices and experiences. The aim of the workshop is to provide a relaxed atmosphere that promotes discussion and free exchange of ideas while providing a sound academic backing. Its focus is not only restricted to technical digital forensics, but WSDF also welcomes investigative related topics in policing, criminology, law and behavioural sciences.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
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Digital Evidence Extraction and Analysis
Network Forensics
Anti-Forensics Techniques
Memory Forensics
Digital Forensics of immersive technologies (AR/MR/VR/XR)
Cyber Terrorism and Warfare
Log Analysis and Malware Analysis
Incident Response and Management
Best Practices and Case Studies
AI to enhance investigation capabilities (e.g., Natural Language Generation (NLG), Large Language Models (LLMs))
AI applications/benefits for policing
Digital Forensics of AI-based systems
Quality assurance in investigations
Certification of Digital Forensics labs
Multimedia Forensics
Cyber Criminal Profiling
Big Data in Digital Forensics
Digital Forensics datasets
Digital Forensics education
Cloud Forensics
Mobile & Drone Forensics
Emerging challenges in Digital Forensics
eDiscovery
Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)
Cybercrime investigations
AI-generated evidence (trends, authentication)
Evidence gathering in adversarial attacks
AI-generated child abuse material
Investigations involving Generative AI
Legal and court challenges of deepfakes
Pattern-of-life Analysis
Workshop Chairs
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Virginia N. L. Franqueira
University of Kent, UK
Andrew Marrington
Zayed University, UAE
Martin Steinebach
Fraunhofer Institute SIT, DE
Frank Breitinger
University of Augsburg, DE
Program Committee
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Arafat Aldhaqm, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, MY
Bander Alrimy, University of Portsmouth, UK
Olga Angelopoulou, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Sandra Avila, University of Campinas, BR
Ibrahim Baggilli, Louisiana State University, US
Aniello Castiglione, University of Salerno, IT
Raymond Chan, Singapore Institute of Technology, SG
Jeong-Eun Choi, Fraunhofer Institute SIT, DE
Jan Collie, The Open University, UK
Patricio Domingues, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, PT
Weihan Goh, Singapore Institute of Technology, SG
George Grispos, University of Nebraska Omaha, US
Chris Hargreaves, HARGS Solutions Ltd, UK
Katerina Kanta, University of Portsmouth, UK
Erisa Karafili, University of Southampton, UK
Aine MacDermott, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Richard Overill, King’s College London, UK
Chiara Pero, University of Salerno, IT
Mark Scanlon, University College Dublin, IE
Vincent van der Meer, APG, NL
Hudan Studiawan, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, ID
Nina Sunde, The Norwegian Police University College, NO
Benjamin Turnbull, University of New South Wales, AU
Harm Van Beek, Netherlands Forensic Institute, NL
Stefano Zanero, Politecnico di Milano, IT
Jeroen van den Bos, Inspectorate of Justice and Security, NL
Best Paper Award
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As in the past, the WSDF organisers will issue a certificate for Best Paper.
The decision criterion will consider both the paper and the oral presentation quality.
Submission Guidelines
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The submission guidelines valid for the workshop are the same as for the ARES conference; refer to https://www.ares-conference.eu/submission-guidelines
Papers accepted in workshops will be published in proceedings by Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LCNS).
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