"Probability Model on Digital Evidence Interpretation."
~Michael Kwan


The proliferation of computer crime has driven the need for the analysis of digital evidence. As forensic science has long been used to resolve legal disputes regarding different branches of science, digital forensics is developed naturally in the aspects of cyber or digital crimes. Similar to other forensics taxonomies, digital forensics involves the formulating of hypotheses that are based on available evidence or facts and the assessment of their likelihood that support or refute the hypotheses. However, there is a lack of scientific approach or methodology today on the analysis of digital evidence and hence draw conclusions for the digital forensics examination. Without reliable and scientific analytical models, computer forensics analysts are facing the challenges of unjustified forensics conclusions or that their findings are speculations without well-grounded scientific support. In this talk, Michael will demonstrate the impact of this problem and his research work on this area.