College of Arts and Sciences - Department of Computer Science and Statistics - Digital Forensics
Digital Forensics Primary Faculty
Victor Fay-Wolfe - Director
Dr. Fay-Wolfe is a Professor of Computer Science and Director of URI's Digital Forensics Program. He has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania and has been on the Computer Science Faculty at the University of Rhode Island for 18 years. He has published over 100 books, journal, and conference articles in computer science and has obtained over ten million dollars in federal research grants including four current grants from the U.S. Department of Justice in the field Digital Forensics. Dr. Fay-Wolfe is a court-certified expert in Computer Forensics and has been instructing Computer Forensics courses for six years.
Daniel Dickerman - Adjunct Professor
Professor Dickerman is a US federal agent with 10 years of experience as a computer forensic examiner. He has had extensive training that includes digital evidence recovery, networks, computer security, and intrusion investigations. Prof. Dickerman has been teaching computer forensics to federal, state, and local law enforcement for over 10 years and has been an adjunct professor at URI since 2004, where he developed and teaches the core URI computer forensic courses.
From 2000 through 2002, Prof. Dickerman was a lead instructor for the U.S. Treasury Computer Forensic Training Program (TCFTP) at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), where he developed several of the forensic analysis procedures now used by SCERS/CIS from DHS and US Treasury law enforcement agencies. Prof. Dickerman continues to develop most of the advanced training provided by the DHS/Treasury joint CFTP and has trained hundreds of Federal, State and Local law enforcement officers in basic and advanced computer forensics. As the lead technical investigator for a major US federal law enforcement agency, his responsibilities also include providing support to other SCERS/CIS in the field, conducting research and keeping the agency up-to-date on technological advances and issues that affect computer forensics, developing computer forensic training and acting as a consultant on cases involving complex computer systems.
Prof. Dickerman is also an active member of the New England Electronic Crimes Task Force, RI Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA) and on the Board of Directors for the Institute for Computer Forensic Professionals (ICFP). He is a regular speaker at many digital forensics conferences and frequent contributor to various digital forensics listservs.
Jimmie Oxley - Professor
Dr. Oxley leads the University of Rhode Island's Forensic Science Partnership and is director of URI's new multi-million dollar U.S. Dept of Homeland Security Center of Excellence in forensics. She teaches URI's criminology courses and coordinates its weekly forensic science seminar series.
Leo Caroll - Professor
Dr. Caroll is Coordinator of URI's Criminal Justice program which includes courses in law, crime and delinquency, and criminal justice.
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Coming Soon
Starting in Spring 2010 URI will be offering a full course in EnCase Forensics Software. This course will be eligible to any student who is currently enrolled in one of the degree or certificate programs and has successfully completed CSC485 or CSC585. Enroll now to be one of the first students eligible. Students who complete the course will be eligible to take their EnCe certification test.
