The group brings together researchers in digital forensics, cybersecurity, network analysis, artificial intelligence, and forensic computing education.

Directors

Assoc. Prof. Mark Scanlon

Assoc. Prof. Mark Scanlon

School of Computer Science, University College Dublin

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Associate Professor at UCD and Founding Director of the Forensics and Security Research Group, working at the intersection of digital forensics, cybersecurity, and applied AI.

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Dr. John Sheppard

Dr. John Sheppard

South East Technological University

Director at SETU focused on intrusion detection, network forensics, and IoT and small-device forensics.

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Academics

Assoc. Prof. David Lillis

Assoc. Prof. David Lillis

University College Dublin

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Associate Professor at UCD whose work spans digital forensics, information retrieval, agent-oriented software engineering, and wireless sensor networks.

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PhD Candidates

PhD Alumni

Richard Gomm

Richard Gomm

University College Dublin

PhD alumnus focused on big data forensics for law-enforcement acquisition and examination workflows.

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Dr. Aikaterini Kanta

Dr. Aikaterini Kanta

University College Dublin

PhD alumna whose doctoral research focused on context-based password cracking for digital investigation.

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Dr. Felix Anda

Dr. Felix Anda

University College Dublin

PhD alumnus whose work explored automated, machine learning-based digital evidence classification and identification.

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Dr. Xiaoyu Du

Dr. Xiaoyu Du

University College Dublin

PhD alumna whose work targeted the digital evidence backlog through cloud-based data deduplication.

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