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Assoc. Prof. Mark Scanlon

School of Computer Science, University College Dublin

www.markscanlon.co

Assoc. Prof. Mark Scanlon is an Associate Professor in the UCD School of Computer Science. Dr. Scanlon is the Founding Director of the Forensics and Security Research Group, Director of UCD's law-enforcement focused Masters programme in Forensic Computing and Cybercrime Investigation, a Fulbright Scholar in Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Investigation, and a Principal Investigator with UCD's Centre for Applied Data Analytics Research (CeADAR). Both his MSc and PhD are in the field of Remote and Network Forensics, and he has a continued passion for keeping up-to-date in this fast growing area. His research interests include Remote Evidence Acquisition, Evidence Whitelisting and Data Deduplication, Cloud Forensics, File Synchronisation Service Forensics, Network Forensics, and Digital Forensics Education.

Dr. Nhien-An Le-Khac

School of Computer Science, University College Dublin

Dr. Le-Khac is a Lecturer at the School of Computer Science, University College Dublin (UCD). He is currently the Programme Co-Director of UCD's MSc programme in Forensic Computing and Cybercrime Investigation (MSc FCCI), an international programme for law enforcement officers specialising in cybercrime investigation. His research interest spans Cloud Security and Forensics, Data Privacy, Data Mining for Financial Services, and Fraud and Criminal Detection. He is the principal author or co-author of more than 70 scientific papers in international, high-ranking, peer-reviewed journals and conferences in related disciplines.

Dr. Brett Becker

University College Dublin

www.brettbecker.com

Dr. Brett Becker is an Assistant Professor at University College Dublin in the School of Computer Science where he is also a collaborator with the UCD Heterogeneous Computing Laboratory and with CeADAR, the Centre for Applied Data Analytics. He is also the chief maintainer of the Irish Supercomputer List. Brett has published numerous articles in areas of his research interests including Computer Science Education, High Performance Computing, and Digital Forensics.

Dr. David Lillis

University College Dublin

www.lill.is

Dr. David Lillis is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Science at University College Dublin (UCD). He has published peer-reviewed research papers in digital forensics, information retrieval, agent-oriented software engineering, component-based systems, and wireless sensor networks. He is affiliated to the Beijing-Dublin International College and is a collaborator in the CeADAR centre for applied data analytics.

Dr. John Sheppard

South East Technological University

John is Course Leader for the BSc (Hons) in Computer Forensics and Security at SETU. John holds a BSc and a PhD from UCD. His research focuses on data mining for intrusion detection, network forensic analysis, and IoT and small device forensics. In 2019 John was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to Georgetown University. He teaches modules in file system forensics, network and online forensics, and emerging device forensics.

Muhammad Rusyaidi Bin Zunaidi

University College Dublin

Muhammad Rusyaidi Bin Zunaidi is a PhD candidate in the School of Computer Science, UCD, under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Mark Scanlon. He graduated from University College Dublin with a Masters degree in Forensic Computing and Cybercrime Investigation. His PhD research surrounds developing approaches to breaking encryption, under warrant, for lawful digital investigation by law enforcement.

Richard Gomm

University College Dublin

Richard Gomm is a PhD candidate in the School of Computer Science, UCD, under the supervision of Dr. Nhien-An Le-Khac. He graduated from University College Dublin with a Masters degree in Forensic Computing and Cybercrime Investigation. He is an Investigation Officer of Garda Síochána Ombudsman. His PhD research surrounds Big Data Forensics for Forensic Acquisition and Examination by Law Enforcement Members.

Dr. Aikaterini Kanta

University College Dublin

Aikaterini Kanta completed her PhD, Context-Based Password Cracking for Digital Investigation, under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Mark Scanlon and Dr. Iwen Coisel.

Dr. Saad Khalid Alabdulsalam

University College Dublin

Saad Khalid Alabdulsalam completed his PhD in the School of Computer Science, UCD, under the supervision of Dr. Nhien-An Le-Khac. He graduated from Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia with a Masters degree in Information Security. His PhD research focused on developing a Deep Learning-based model for Internet of Things security and forensics.

Dr. Felix Anda

University College Dublin

Felix Anda completed his PhD in the School of Computer Science, UCD, under the co-supervision of Dr. Mark Scanlon and Dr. Nhien-An Le-Khac. His PhD research focused on automated, machine learning-based digital evidence classification and identification techniques.

Dr. Xiaoyu Du

University College Dublin

Xiaoyu Du completed her PhD in the School of Computer Science, UCD, under the supervision of Dr. Mark Scanlon. Her PhD research focused on tackling the digital evidence backlog by expediting digital evidence handling through cloud-based data deduplication.

Dr. Asanka Sayakkara

University College Dublin

Asanka Sayakkara completed his PhD in the School of Computer Science, UCD, under the co-supervision of Dr. Nhien-An Le-Khac and Dr. Mark Scanlon. He graduated from University of Colombo, Sri Lanka with a bachelors degree in Computer Science. His PhD research topic evolved around forensics in IoT big data.