[DFSci] ACM IH&MMSec 2016 - Call for Participation

[ACM IHMMSec2016]

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Call for Participation

ACM IH&MMSec 2016
4th ACM Workshop on Information Hiding and Multimedia Security
*June 20-22, 2016*
Vigo, Galicia, Spain
http://www.ihmmsec.org/

*Early bird registration ends on **May **15**, 2016
*http://ihmmsec.org/registration/*
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*Technical Program*
ACM IH&MMSec is one of the premier conferences in the area of multimedia 
security.
This year, *21 high-quality papers* are accepted to be presented at the 
2016 edition.
These accepted papers were selected from 58 submissions from all over 
the world,
leading to a low *acceptance rate of 36.2%*.
The accepted papers represent the cutting-edge research results, both 
theoretical and
practical, in the field of multimedia security and will be regrouped in 
*5 technical sessions*
covering *Forensics, fingerprinting and reversible watermarking, 
Privacy, Steganography **
and steganalysis (2 sessions) and Information hiding and cryptography.*
For more details, please refer to the ''Program'' web page at:
http://ihmmsec.org/program/

*Keynotes*
The single-track workshop in also highlighted by 2 keynotes given by 
outstanding young
researcher and practitioner in the field.

- Keynote 1 - *Machine Learning under Attack*: Vulnerability 
Exploitation and Security Measures
Given by *Battista Biggio*, co-founder of Pluribus One and post-doctoral 
researcher at
the University of Cagliari, Italy

- Keynote 2 - *Bringing Multimedia Security from the Research Lab to the 
Forensic Lab*
Given by *Martino Jerian*, CEO and Founder, Amped Software, Italy

More information about keynotes can be found at:
http://ihmmsec.org/category/keynotes/

*Registration*
The registration to the workshop is now open. You will be able to take 
advantage of the*
reduced registration fee until May 15th 2016*. It is also important to 
note that at least
one author per accepted paper must register at the non-student rate 
before April 29th
2016 for the paper to be included in the conference proceedings.
Registration information is available at:
http://ihmmsec.org/registration/

*Venue
*The workshop will be held in *Vigo, Galicia, Spain*. Vigo is a unique 
and privileged location
in Spain, hosting some of the most important trade fairs, and featuring 
a mild climate,
modern infrastructures, and an incomparable natural environment. The 
conference venue
will be Centro Social Afundación, 24-26 Policarpo Sanz Street, downtown 
Vigo. The workshop
venue building, which hosts a non-profit foundation, was designed in 
1879 by the architect
Jenaro de la Fuente Domínguez, and it hosts a beautiful conference room 
for 120 people.
You can see some pictures at:
http://ihmmsec.org/venue/

*Social Event*
An exciting social event is scheduled starting from 2pm30 of Tuesday 
June 21st 2016. We
are happy to announce that this social event will include a boat trip to 
the beautiful Cíes
Islands (see the link below).
http://ihmmsec.org/2016/01/26/social-event-islands-of-the-gods/

*Organization*

General Chairs
- Fernando Pérez-González, University of Vigo, Spain
- Patrick Bas, CNRS, University of Lille, France

Technical Program Chairs
- Tanya Ignatenko, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
- François Cayre, Grenoble INP, University of Grenoble Alpes, France

ACM Liaison
- Jana Dittmann, University of Magdeburg, Germany

Industrial Liaison
- Daniel González-Jiménez, Gradiant, Spain

Steering Committee
- Patrizio Campisi, University of Roma TRE, Italy
- George Danezis, University College London, UK
- Jana Dittmann, University of Magdeburg, Germany
- Jessica Fridrich, SUNY Binghamton, USA
- Stefan Katzenbeisser, TU Darmstadt, Germany
- Balakrishnan Prabhakaran, University of Texas at Dallas, USA

Publication Chair
- Pedro Comesaña Alfaro, University of Vigo, Spain

Publicity Chair
- Kai Wang, CNRS, University of Grenoble Alpes, France

Local Arrangements Chair
- Juan-Ramón Troncoso-Pastoriza, University of Vigo, Spain

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