Forensics in the COMPSCI classroom: keynote address
Rebecca T. Mercuri · Journal of computing sciences in colleges · 2010
Although forensics is a well-established discipline in biology, medicine, physics, materials and other sciences, its applications to computing are still relatively new. The television shows, NUMB3RS and CSI, have helped popularize the field by providing insight into algorithmic methods used to solve crimes. As it happens, forensic techniques are also useful in the exploration of a broad range of computational topics within a learning experience that emphasizes creativity in problem-solving. For example, simple, public-domain tools can be used to recover deleted data on USB thumbdrives, a process that demonstrates how different operating systems may deal with files, directories and storage media. This talk will overview the fundamentals of computer forensics, while providing a slew of examples (along with software references) that can be easily adapted to the study of Computer Science and Information systems.