ENEE739M S'02
Prof. M. Wu
 

Suggested Readings on Signal Processing Perspective
of Multimedia Communications & Security
 

1. Multimedia Data Hiding and Security
    

2. Multimedia Communications
    

Comments

• Many recent journal papers such as those by IEEE can be found through UMCP library's online E-Journal sites [http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/lpdocs/epic03/].

• Electronic versions of many papers can be found via such engines as Google and ResearchIndex.

• References marked by "^#" are suggested readings, and others are for further explorations.

 
  Multimedia Data Hiding & Security

• Textbook, Tutorials and Surveys:

1. I. Cox, M. Miller, J. Bloom: Digital Watermarking, Morgan Kaufman Publishers, 2001.
    

2. Categorized bibliography of
   M. Wu:  Multimedia Data Hiding, Ph.D. Dissertation, Princeton University, 2001.
    

3. R.J. Anderson, F.A.P. Petitcolas: ``Information Hiding: An Annotated Bibliography", http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~fapp2/steganography/bibliography/ , August 1999.
    
4. F.A.P. Petitcolas, R.J. Anderson, M.G. Kuhn: ``Information Hiding - A Survey'', Proc. of IEEE, pp.1062-1078, July, 1999. 
    
5. F. Hartung, M. Kutter: ``Multimedia Watermarking Techniques'', Proc. of IEEE, pp.1079-1107, July, 1999.
    

• Spread Spectrum Additive Embedding:

1. ^#  I. Cox, J. Kilian, T. Leighton, T. Shamoon: ``Secure Spread Spectrum Watermarking for Multimedia'', IEEE Transaction on Image Processing, vol.6, no.12, pp.1673-1687, 1997. [ http://www.neci.nj.nec.com/homepages/ingemar/papers/ip97.ps ]
    

2. ^#  C. Podilchuk and W. Zeng, “Image Adaptive Watermarking Using Visual Models,” IEEE Journal Selected Areas of Communications (JSAC), vol.16, no.4, May, 1998.
    

• Alternative Embedding Mechanisms:

1. ^#  Chapter 5 of
   I. Cox, M. Miller, J. Bloom: Digital Watermarking, Morgan Kaufman Publishers, 2001.
    

2. ^#  Section I ~ III of
   M. Wu, B. Liu: "Data Hiding in Image and Video: Part-I -- Fundamental Issues and Solutions'', submitted to IEEE Trans. on Image Proc., Jan. 2002 (preprint in pdf file 551KB).
    

3. ^#  B. Chen, G.W. Wornell: “Quantization Index Modulation: A Class of Provably Good Methods for Digital Watermarking and Information Embedding”, IEEE Trans. on Info. Theory, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 1423-1443, May 2001.
    

4. B. Chen: Design and Analysis of Digital Watermarking, Information Embedding, and Data Hiding Systems, Ph.D. Dissertation, MIT, 2000. 
    

5. J. Chou, S.S. Pradhan, L.E. Ghaoui, K. Ramchandran: “Watermarking Based on Duality With Distributed Source Coding and Robust Optimization Principles”, Inter. Conf. on Image Processing (ICIP), 2000. 
    

• Important Elements of Data Hiding (other than embedding mechanisms):

1. Chapter 4 (message coding) and Chapter 7 (perceptual models) of
   I. Cox, M. Miller, J. Bloom: Digital Watermarking, Morgan Kaufman Publishers, 2001.
    

2. Section V (embedding multiple bits) and Section VI (uneven embedding capacity) of
   M. Wu, B. Liu: "Data Hiding in Image and Video: Part-I -- Fundamental Issues and Solutions'', submitted to IEEE Trans. on Image Proc., Jan. 2002 (preprint in pdf file 551KB).
       

• Authentication:

1. ^# G. L. Friedman: “The Trustworthy Digital Camera: Restoring Credibility to the
   Photographic Image”, IEEE Trans. on Consumer Electronics, Nov. 1993.
    

2. ^# M. M. Yeung, F. Mintzer: “An Invisible Watermarking Technique for Image Verification”, Inter. Conf. on Image Processing (ICIP), 1997.
    

3. ^# Chapter 7 of 
      M. Wu:  Multimedia Data Hiding, Ph.D. Dissertation, Princeton University, 2001.
    

4. ^# E.T. Lin, E.J. Delp: “A Review of Fragile Image Watermarks”, Proc. of the Multimedia and Security Workshop (ACM Multimedia ’99), pp25-29, 1999.
    

5. ^# Chapter 10 of
   I. Cox, M. Miller, J. Bloom: Digital Watermarking, Morgan Kaufman Publishers, 2001.
    

6. M. Schneider, S-F. Chang: “A Robust Content Based Dig. Signature for Image Authentication”, Inter. Conf. on Image Processing (ICIP), 1996.
    

7. C-Y. Lin and S-F. Chang: “Semi-FragileWatermarking for Authenticating JPEG Visual Content”, SPIE International Conf. on Security and Watermarking of Multimedia Contents II (EI’00), vol. 3971, 2000.
    

8. D. Kundur, D. Hatzinakos: “Digital Watermarking for Telltale Tamper Proofing and Authentication”, Proceedings of IEEE, vol. 87, no. 7, pp.1167-1180, July 1999. 
    

9. Epson America, Inc.: http://www.epson.com/cam_scan/cam_ extras/ ias/, Image Authentication System, 1999.
    

    For fundamentals on cryptographic authentication:
    W. Trappe and L.C. Washington: Introduction to Cryptography with Coding Theory, Prentice Hall, 2001.
 

• Fingerprinting:

1. D. Boneh and J. Shaw, “Collusion-secure Fingerprinting for Digital Data,” IEEE Tran. on Information Theory, vol. 44, pp. 1897–1905, September 1998.
    

2. W. Trappe, M. Wu, K.J.R. Liu: "Anti-collusion Fingerprinting for Multimedia", submitted to IEEE Trans. on Signal Processing, Dec. 2001 (abstract).  A short version, entitled "Collusion-Resistant Fingerprinting for Multimedia," will appear in IEEE Int. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP'02), Orlando, FL, May 2002. [Contact instructor for preprint.]
    

• Data Hiding Capacity and Information Theoretic Aspects:

1. ^#  Appendix A & B of
   I. Cox, M. Miller, J. Bloom: Digital Watermarking, Morgan Kaufman Publishers, 2001.
    

2. B. Chen, G.W. Wornell: “Quantization Index Modulation: A Class of Provably Good Methods for Digital Watermarking and Information Embedding”, IEEE Trans. on Info. Theory, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 1423-1443, May 2001.
    

3. Section I ~ III of
   M. Wu, B. Liu: "Data Hiding in Image and Video: Part-I -- Fundamental Issues and Solutions'', submitted to IEEE Trans. on Image Proc., Jan. 2002 (preprint in pdf file 551KB).
    

4. P. Moulin, J.A. O’Sullivan: “Information-Theoretic Analysis of Information Hiding”, Preprint, Sept. 1999. [postscript]
    

5. M.H.M. Costa: “Writing on Dirty Paper”, IEEE Trans. on Info. Theory, vol. IT-29, no. 3, May 1983.
    

    For fundamentals on information theory:
    T.M. Cover and  J.A. Thomas: Elements of Information Theory, 2nd Ed., John-Wiley & Sons, 1991.
 

• Hiding Data in Binary Image: 

1. M. Wu, B. Liu: "Data Hiding in Binary Images'', submitted to IEEE Trans. on Multimedia, Apr. 2001, revised Jan. 2002. Click here for demo and an earlier conference paper in IEEE Conf. on Multimedia & Expo 2000.
    

2. K. Matsui, K. Tanaka: “Video-steganography: How to Secretly Embed a Signature in a Picture”, Proc. of IMA Intellectual Property Project, vol. 1, no. 1, 1994.
    

3. E. Koch, J. Zhao: “Embedding Robust Labels Into Images for Copyright Protection”, Proceedings of the International Congress on Intellectual Property Rights for Specialized Information, Knowledge & New Technologies, 1995.
    

4. S.H. Low and N.F. Maxemchuk: "Performance Comparison of Two Text Marking Methods", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 16, no.4, May 1998. See Also: N.F. Maxemchuk, S. Low: “Marking Text Documents”, Inter. Conf. on Image Processing (ICIP), 1997
    

• Hiding Data in Video:

1. F. Hartung, B. Girod: “Watermarking of Uncompressed and Compressed Video”, Signal Processing (journal), vol.66, 1998.
    

2. M. Wu, H. Yu, B. Liu: "Data Hiding in Image and Video: Part-II -- Designs and Applications'', submitted to IEEE Trans. on Image Proc., Jan. 2002 (preprint in pdf file 2.4MB).  Click here for demo and an earlier conference paper in IEEE Conf. on Multimedia & Expo 2000.
    

3. M.D. Swanson, B. Zhu, A.H. Tewfik: “Multiresolution Scene-Based Video Watermarking Using Perceptual Models”, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communication (JSAC), v.16, n.4, pp540-550, May 1998.
    

• Hiding Data in Audio:   provided by Matthew Davies.

• Attacks on Data Hiding:  provided by Hong Zhao.

• Multimedia Encryption:  provided by Yinian Mao.

• Digital Rights Management:

    [General discussions on DRM]

1. D. Kirovski, M. Peinado, F.A.P. Petitcolas: "Digital Rights Management for Digital Cinema", Inter. Symp. on Optical Science & Tech. -- Security in Imaging: Theory & Applications, San Diego, CA, July 2001. 
    

2. F. Hartung, F. Ramme: "Digital rights management and watermarking of multimedia content for m-commerce applications", IEEE Communications Magazine , vol. 38, no. 11 , Nov. 2000, pp78-84.
    

3. S.M. Cherry: "Making Music Pay", IEEE Spectrum Magazine, vol. 38, no. 10, Oct. 2001.
    

4. InterTrust:  http://www.intertrust.com/
   IDC White Paper: Understanding DRM Systems
    

    [On SDMI]

1. Chapter 10 of 
   M. Wu:  Multimedia Data Hiding, Ph.D. Dissertation, Princeton University, 2001.
    
   See also:  M. Wu, S. Craver, E. Felten, B. Liu: “Analysis of Attacks on SDMI Audio Watermarks”, IEEE Inter. Conf. on Acoustic, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP'01), May 2001 (pdf file 159KB, copyrighted IEEE).
    
2. S.A. Craver, M. Wu, B. Liu, A. Stubblefield, B. Swartzlander, D.S. Wallach, D. Dean, E.W. Felten: "Reading Between the Lines: Lessons from the SDMI Challenge'', Proc. of 10th Usenix Security Symposium, 2001. Also was accepted by Proc. of 4th Info. Hiding Workshop.
    

3. J. Boeufl, J.P. Stern: "An Analysis of One of the SDMI Candidates", Technical Report, 2001.
    

4. RIAA / SDMI FAQ:  http://www.riaa.org/Music-SDMI-1.cfm , 2000.
    

    [On MPEG IPMP]

1. MPEG-21 Intellectual Property Management and Protection ( working documents ).
   See also:  other MPEG documents at http://mpeg.telecomitalialab.com/working_documents.htm 
    

    [On new distribution forms, file sharing, P2P, etc.]

1. E. Ada and B. Huberman: "Free Riding on Gnutella", First Monday -- Peer-Reviewed Journal on the Internet, vol. 5, no. 10, Oct. 2000.
    

2. Gnutella: http://www.gnutella.com/ 
           (Gnutella info. http://www.gnutellanews.com/information/ )
   FreeNet: http://freenet.sourceforge.net/
   

3. A. Oram: "Gnutella and Freenet Represent True Technological Innovation", O'Reilly Network, 5/12/2000, http://www.openp2p.com/lpt/a//network/2000/05/12/magazine/gnutella.html 
    

4. Open P2P:  www.openp2p.com 

 

  Multimedia Communications

• Textbooks:

1. M-T. Sun and A.R. Riebman (ed.): Compressed Video over Networks, Signal Processing and Communications series,  Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2000.
    
2. Y.Wang, J.Ostermann, Y-Q.Zhang: Digital Video Processing and Communications, Prentice-Hall, 2001.
    
3. A. Puri and T. Chen (ed.): Multimedia Systems, Standards, and Networks, Signal Processing and Communications series,  Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2000.
     

• Rate-Distortion Theory:

1. ^# Special issue on "From Rate-Distortion Theory to Commercial Image and Video Compression Technology", edited by A. Ortega and K. Ramchandran, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, Nov. 1998.
     

    For fundamentals on information theory:
    T.M. Cover and  J.A. Thomas: Elements of Information Theory, 2nd Ed., John-Wiley & Sons, 1991.
 

    For detailed coverage on optimization theory and techniques:
    -- D. Bertsekas: Nonlinear Programming, Athena Scientific, 1995.
    -- S. Boyd, L. Vandenberghe: Convex Optimization, textbook preprint, Dec. 2001.
 

• Error Resilient Communications:

1. ^# Y. Wang, Q. Zhu: ``Error Control and Concealment for Video Communication: A Review'', Proc. of IEEE, v.86, pp.974-997, May, 1998.
    
2. ^# Y. Wang, S. Wenger, J. Wen, A. Katasggelos: ``Error Resilient Video Coding Techniques'', IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, July, 2000.
    
3. Y. Takishima, M. Wada, and H. Murakami: "Reversible Variable Length Codes", IEEE Trans. on Comm., vol.43, no.2/3/4, Feb.-Apr. 1995.
    
4. J. Wen and J.D. Villasenor: "A Class of Reversible Variable Length Codes for Robust Image and Video Coding", Inter. Conf. on Image Processing (ICIP), 1997.
    
5. C-W. Tasi and J-L. Wu: "Modified Symmetrical Reversible Variable-Length Code and Its Theoretical bounds", IEEE Trans. on Info. Theory, vol.47, no.6, pp2543-2548, Sept. 2001.
    
6. J. Hagenauer: "Channel Coding and Transmission Aspects for Wireless Multimedia", Proc. of IEEE, vol. 87, no. 10, Oct. 1999.
    
7. J. Hagenauer: "Rate-Compatible Punctured convolutional Codes (RCPC Codes) and Their Applications", IEEE Trans. on Communications, vol. 36, no. 4, Apr. 1988.
    
8. R.V. Cox, J. Hagenauer, N. Seshadri, C-E.W. Sundberg: "Subband Speech Coding and Matched Convolutional Channel Coding for Mobile Radio Channels", IEEE Trans. on Signal Proc., vol. 39, no. 8, Aug. 1991.
    

• Scalable Coding:

1. ^# Chapt. 11 of
   Y.Wang, J.Ostermann, Y-Q.Zhang: Digital Video Processing and Communications, Prentice-Hall, 2001.
   

• Joint Source-Channel Approaches for Multimedia Communications:

1. ^# Sec. 14.4.6 of
   Y.Wang, J.Ostermann, Y-Q.Zhang: Digital Video Processing and Communications, Prentice-Hall, 2001.
    
2. ^# K. Ramchandran, M. Vetterli: "Multiresolution Joint Source-Channel Coding", in H.V. Poor and G.W. Wornell (eds): "Wireless Communications - Signal Processing Perspectives" (Chapter 7), Prentice Hall, 1998.
    
3. I. Kozintsev, K. Ramchandran: "Multiresolution Joint Source-Channel Coding Using Embedded Constellations for Power-Constrained Time-Varying Channels", IEEE Int. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 1996.
    
4. I. Kozintsev, K. Ramchandran: "Hybrid Compressed-Uncompressed Framework for Wireless Image Transmission", Inter. Conf. on Image Processing (ICIP), 1997.
    
5. S.B. Zahir Azami, P. Duhamel, O. Rioul: "Joint Source-Channel Coding: Panorama of Methods", CNES Workshop on Data Compression, Toulouse, France, Nov. 1996.
    
6. Y. Sun, X. Wang, K.J.R. Liu: "A Joint Channel Estimation and Unequal Error Protection Scheme for Video Transmission in OFDM Systems", preprint, Jan. 2002.

 

• Rate Control, Rate Shaping, and Resource Allocations for Video Communications:

1. ^# T.V. Lakshman, A. Ortega, A.R. Reibman: "VBR Video: Tradeoffs and Potentials", Proc. of IEEE, vol.86, no.5, May 1998.
    
2. M. Wu, R. Joyce, H-S. Wong, L. Guan, S-Y. Kung: "Dynamic Resource Allocation Via Video Content and Short-term Traffic Statistics", IEEE Trans. on Multimedia, Special Issue on Multimedia over IP, June 2001.
    
3. D. Wu, Y.T. Hou, Y-Q. Zhang: "Transporting Real-time Video over the Internet: Challenges and Approaches", Proc. of IEEE, vol. 88, no.12, Dec. 2000.
    

• Video and Audio Streaming: more to be provided by Thor and Jian

1. ^# Chapt. 15 of
   Y.Wang, J.Ostermann, Y-Q.Zhang: Digital Video Processing and Communications, Prentice-Hall, 2001.
    
2. D. Wu, Y.T. Hou, W. Zhu, Y-Q. Zhang, H.M. Peha: "Streaming video over the Internet: Approaches and Directions", IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 11, no.3, Mar. 2001.
   

Last updated: Apr. 9, 2002 by M.Wu.