| Multimedia security : the good, the bad, and the ugly | p. 1 |
| Generation and evaluation of brute-force signature forgeries | p. 2 |
| The quality of fingerprint scanners and its impact on the accuracy of fingerprint recognition algorithms | p. 10 |
| Correlation-based similarity between signals for speaker verification with limited amount of speech data | p. 17 |
| Human face identification from video based on frequency domain asymmetry representation using hidden Markov models | p. 26 |
| Utilizing independence of multimodal biometric matchers | p. 34 |
| Discreet signaling : from the Chinese emperors to the Internet | p. 42 |
| Real-time steganography in compressed video | p. 43 |
| A feature selection methodology for steganalysis | p. 49 |
| Multiple message embedding using DCT-based Mod4 steganographic method | p. 57 |
| SVD adapted DCT domain DC subband image watermarking against watermark ambiguity | p. 66 |
| 3D animation watermarking using PositionInterpolator | p. 74 |
| Color images watermarking based on minimization of color differences | p. 82 |
| Improved pixel-wise masking for image watermarking | p. 90 |
| Additive vs. image dependent DWT-DCT based watermarking | p. 98 |
| A robust blind audio watermarking using distribution of sub-band signals | p. 106 |
| Dirty-paper writing based on LDPC codes for data hiding | p. 114 |
| Key agreement protocols based on the center weighted jacket matrix as a symmetric co-cyclic matrix | p. 121 |
| A hardware-implemented truly random key generator for secure biometric authentication systems | p. 128 |
| Kernel fisher LPP for face recognition | p. 136 |
| Tensor factorization by simultaneous estimation of mixing factors for robust face recognition and synthesis | p. 143 |
| A modified large margin classifier in hidden space for face recognition | p. 151 |
| Recognizing two handed gestures with generative, discriminative and ensemble methods via Fisher kernels | p. 159 |
| 3D head position estimation using a single omnidirectional camera for non-intrusive Iris recognition | p. 167 |
| A fast and robust personal identification approach using handprint | p. 175 |
| Active appearance model-based facial composite generation with interactive nature-inspired heuristics | p. 183 |
| Template matching approach for pose problem in face verification | p. 191 |
| PCA and LDA based face recognition using feedforward neural network classifier | p. 199 |
| Online writer verification using kanji handwriting | p. 207 |
| Image quality measures for fingerprint image enhancement | p. 215 |
| A watermarking framework for subdivision surfaces | p. 223 |
| Naive Bayes classifier based watermark detection in wavelet transform | p. 232 |
| A statistical framework for audio watermark detection and decoding | p. 241 |
| Resampling operations as features for detecting LSB replacement and LSB matching in color images | p. 249 |
| A blind watermarking for 3-D dynamic mesh model using distribution of temporal wavelet coefficients | p. 257 |
| Secure data-hiding in multimedia using NMF | p. 265 |
| Unsupervised news video segmentation by combined audio-video analysis | p. 273 |
| Coarse-to-fine textures retrieval in the JPEG 2000 compressed domain for fast browsing of large image databases | p. 282 |
| Labeling complementary local descriptors behavior for video copy detection | p. 290 |
| Motion-based segmentation of transparent layers in video sequences | p. 298 |
| From partition trees to semantic trees | p. 306 |
| A comparison framework for 3D object classification methods | p. 314 |
| Density-based shape descriptors for 3D object retrieval | p. 322 |
| ICA based normalization of 3D objects | p. 330 |
| 3D facial feature localization for registration | p. 338 |
| Paper retrieval based on specific paper features : chain and laid lines | p. 346 |
| Feature selection for paintings classification by optimal tree pruning | p. 354 |
| 3D data retrieval for pottery documentation | p. 362 |
| Multimedia content-based indexing and search : challenges and research directions | p. 370 |
| A framework for dialogue detection in movies | p. 371 |
| Music driven real-time 3D concert simulation | p. 379 |
| High-level description tools for humanoids | p. 387 |
| Content adaptation capabilities description tool for supporting extensibility in the CAIN framework | p. 395 |
| Automatic cartoon image re-authoring using SOFM | p. 403 |
| JPEG-2000 compressed image retrieval using partial entropy decoding | p. 410 |
| Galois' lattice for video navigation in a DBMS | p. 418 |
| MPEG-7 based music metadata extensions for traditional Greek music retrieval | p. 426 |
| Recognizing events in an automated surveillance system | p. 434 |
| Support vector regression for surveillance purposes | p. 442 |
| An area-based decision rule for people-counting systems | p. 450 |
| Human action classification using SVMö2K classifier on motion features | p. 458 |
| Robust feature extraction of speech via noise reduction in autocorrelation domain | p. 466 |
| Musical sound recognition by active learning PNN | p. 474 |
| Post-processing for enhancing target signal in frequency domain blind source separation | p. 482 |
| Role of statistical dependence between classifier scores in determining the best decision fusion rule for improved biometric verification | p. 489 |
| A novel 2D Gabor wavelets window method for face recognition | p. 497 |
| An extraction technique of optimal interest points for shape-based image classification | p. 505 |
| Affine invariant gradient based shape descriptor | p. 514 |
| Spatial morphological covariance applied to texture classification | p. 522 |
| Emotion assessment : arousal evaluation using EEG's and peripheral physiological signals | p. 530 |
| Learning multi-modal dictionaries : application to audiovisual data | p. 538 |
| Semantic fusion for biometric user authentication as multimodal signal processing | p. 546 |
| Study of applicability of virtual users in evaluating mutlimodal biometrics | p. 554 |
| Accelerating depth image-based rendering using GPU | p. 562 |
| A surface deformation framework for 3D shape recovery | p. 570 |
| Fast outlier rejection by using parallax-based rigidity constraint for epipolar geometry estimation | p. 578 |
| Interactive multi-view video delivery with view-point tracking and fast stream switching | p. 586 |
| A multi-imager camera for variable-definition video (XDTV) | p. 594 |
| On semi-supervised learning | p. 602 |
| Secure transmission of video on an end system multicast using public key cryptography | p. 603 |
| DRM architecture for mobile VOD services | p. 611 |
| An information filtering approach for the page zero problem | p. 619 |
| A novel model for the print-and-capture channel in 2D bar codes | p. 627 |
| On feature extraction for spam e-mail detection | p. 635 |
| Symmetric interplatory framelets and their erasure recovery properties | p. 643 |
| A scalable presentation format for multichannel publishing based on MPEG-21 digital items | p. 650 |
| X3D Web service using 3D image mosaicing and location-based image indexing | p. 658 |
| Adaptive hybrid data broadcast for wireless converged networks | p. 667 |
| Multimedia annotation of geo-referenced information sources | p. 675 |
| Video synthesis with high spatio-temporal resolution using spectral fusion | p. 683 |
| Content-aware bit allocation in scalable multi-view video coding | p. 691 |
| Disparity-compensated picture prediction for multi-view video coding | p. 699 |
| Reconstruction of computer generated holograms by spatial light modulators | p. 706 |
| Iterative super-resolution reconstruction using modified subgradient method | p. 714 |
| A comparison on textured motion classification | p. 722 |
| Schemes for multiple description coding of stereoscopic video | p. 730 |
| Fast hole-filling in image via fast comparison on incomplete patches | p. 738 |
| Range image registration with edge detection in spherical coordinates | p. 745 |
| Confidence based active learning for whole object image segmentation | p. 753 |
| Segment-based stereo matching using energy-based regularization | p. 761 |
| Head tracked 3D displays | p. 769 |
| Low level analysis of video using spatiotemporal pixel blocks | p. 777 |
| Content-based retrieval of video surveillance scenes | p. 785 |
| Stream-based classification and segmentation of speech events in meeting recordings | p. 793 |
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