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Hannes Mareen - Postdoc Researcher

Hannes Mareen - Postdoc Researcher

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Dr. Hannes Mareen

Postdoc Researcher

Hannes is a Postdoctoral Researcher at IDLab-MEDIA. From 2017 until 2021, he pursued a PhD degree with the financial support of the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO).

His research interests cover multimedia compression, security, and forensics. More specifically, his PhD research focused on video watermarking to trace digital pirates. He also researched image & video forgery detection, fingerprinting, perceptual hashing, optical character recognition, dense captioning, low-delay live streaming, medical image analysis and other applications.

Moreover, Hannes is enthusiastic about science communication targeted to non-experts. He won several awards, incl. the Agoriaprijs, two best poster awards (1, 2), the #ThesisThread competition, and the bronze trophy in the Vlaamse PhD Cup.


Authored posts

Dimensionality Reduction for Real-Time Light-Field View Synthesis of Kernel-Based Models

Dimensionality Reduction for Real-Time Light-Field View Synthesis of Kernel-Based Models

Our paper on GPU-accelerated real-time 4D planar light-field rendering was accepted at MDPI Electronics.

IEEE WIFS 24 - TGIF - Text-Guided Inpainting Forgery Dataset

IEEE WIFS 24 - TGIF - Text-Guided Inpainting Forgery Dataset

TGIF - Text-Guided Inpainting Forgery Dataset was accepted at IEEE WIFS 2024.

ICSPCS - Diffusion Models to Attack Image Watermarks

ICSPCS - Diffusion Models to Attack Image Watermarks

Our paper titled Diffusion Denoising Watermark Removal Models to Attack Invisible Image Watermarks was accepted at Int. Conf. on Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ICSPCS) 2024.

Best Paper Award at IEEE GEM 2024

Best Paper Award at IEEE GEM 2024

Our paper Perceptual Hashing Using Pretrained Vision Transformers won the Best Paper Award at IEEE GEM 2024.

IEEE GEM 24 - Improved Deepfake Video Detection Using Convolutional Vision Transformer

IEEE GEM 24 - Improved Deepfake Video Detection Using Convolutional Vision Transformer

Our paper titled "Improved Deepfake Video Detection Using Convolutional Vision Transformer" was accepted at the IEEE CTSoc Conference on Gaming, Entertainment, and Media (GEM) 2024.

IEEE GEM 24 - Extended Reality and Virtual Reality for Return-to-Sports Screening

IEEE GEM 24 - Extended Reality and Virtual Reality for Return-to-Sports Screening

Exploration of the potential benefits Extended Reality and Virtual Reality technologies in enhancing movement quality during Return-to-Sport (RTS) assessments post Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction.

IEEE GEM 24 - Perceptual Hashing Using Pretrained Vision Transformers

IEEE GEM 24 - Perceptual Hashing Using Pretrained Vision Transformers

Our paper titled "Perceptual Hashing Using Pretrained Vision Transformers" was accepted at the IEEE CTSoc Conference on Gaming, Entertainment, and Media (GEM) 2024.

BITS, BOTS & BEATS - Creative with Generative AI

BITS, BOTS & BEATS - Creative with Generative AI

A STEM Workshop on Generative AI for teenagers

J. Imaging - Fusion - Image Forgery Localization and Detection

J. Imaging - Fusion - Image Forgery Localization and Detection

Our paper titled Harmonizing Image Forgery Detection & Localization - Fusion of Complementary Approaches was accepted at Journal of Imaging.

COM-PRESS - Image Manipulation Analysis Dashboard for Fact-checkers Featured

COM-PRESS - Image Manipulation Analysis Dashboard for Fact-checkers

We present the alpha version of COM-PRESS - An Image Manipulation Analysis Dashboard for Fact-checkers. This was also accepted as extended paper at MISDOOM 2023.

IEEE ICCE 24 - Blind Image Watermarking Robust Against Geometric Transformations

IEEE ICCE 24 - Blind Image Watermarking Robust Against Geometric Transformations

Our paper titled "Blind Deep-Learning-Based Image Watermarking Robust Against Geometric Transformations" was accepted at the IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE) 2024.

IEEE VCIP 23 - P-Frame Injection

IEEE VCIP 23 - P-Frame Injection

Our paper "P-Frame Injection for Efficient Packet-Loss Repair in Low-Latency Video Streaming with HESP" is submitted at the IEEE International Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP) 2023.

IEEE ISM 23 - Temporal Layer Injection

IEEE ISM 23 - Temporal Layer Injection

Our paper "Temporal Layer Injection for Fast Bitrate Ladder Creation in Live Video Streaming" was accepted at the IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM) 2023.

Factcheck - Fake ads with anti-Ukraine sentiments

Factcheck - Fake ads with anti-Ukraine sentiments

Dr. Hannes Mareen of IDLab-MEDIA was interviewed for a fact check of a fake advertisement

FWO project on Fake Video Detection accepted

FWO project on Fake Video Detection accepted

Compression History Discovery through Video Range Decoding for Fake Video Detection

IEEE ICCE - Comprint - Image Forgery Localization and Detection

IEEE ICCE - Comprint - Image Forgery Localization and Detection

Our paper titled Training Data Improvement for Image Forgery Detection using Comprint accepted at the IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE) 2023.

Hannes Mareen finishes third at Vlaamse PhD Cup 2022

Hannes Mareen finishes third at Vlaamse PhD Cup 2022

Congratulations to Hannes Mareen, Postdoc Researcher at IDLab-MEDIA, who won the bronze trophy at the Vlaamse PhD Cup 2022

COM-PRESS - Combating desinformation

COM-PRESS - Combating desinformation

Combating disinformation by equipping journalists with new image manipulation insights and detection methods

PCS 22 - Mixed-Resolution HESP

PCS 22 - Mixed-Resolution HESP

Our paper "Mixed-Resolution HESP for More Efficient Fast Channel Switching and Packet-Loss Repair" was accepted at the Picture Coding Symposium (PCS) 2022.

WSDF ARES - Fast and Blind Watermark Detection

WSDF ARES - Fast and Blind Watermark Detection

Our paper titled "Fast and Blind Detection of Rate-Distortion-Preserving Video Watermarks" was accepted for presentation at the Int. Workshop on Digital Forensics (WSDF) 2022, held in conjunction with the Int. Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES) 2022.

EUVIP - Watermarking for Large-Scale Video Distribution

EUVIP - Watermarking for Large-Scale Video Distribution

Our paper titled "Watermarking for Large-Scale Video Distribution through Out-of-the-Loop Frame Replacement" was accepted at the European Workshop on Visual Information Processing (EUVIP) 2022.

MMForWild ICPR - Comprint - Image Forgery Localization and Detection

MMForWild ICPR - Comprint - Image Forgery Localization and Detection

Our paper titled Comprint - Image Forgery Detection and Localization using Compression Fingerprints was accepted at the Workshop on MultiMedia Forensics in the WILD (MMForWILD) 2022, held in conjunction with the Int. Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR) 2022.

DCC 2022 & MTAP - Keyframe Insertion in H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, and H.266/VVC

DCC 2022 & MTAP - Keyframe Insertion in H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, and H.266/VVC

Our paper "Keyframe Insertion for Random Access and Packet-Loss Repair in H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, and H.266/VVC" was accepted at the Data Compression Conference (DCC) 2022, and our paper "A study on keyframe injection in three generations of video coding standards for fast channel switching and packet-loss repair" was accepted at Multimedia Tools and Applications.

Hannes Mareen wins ThesisThread competition

Hannes Mareen wins ThesisThread competition

Congratulations to Hannes Mareen, Postdoc Researcher at IDLab-MEDIA who won the first ThesisThread competition

MDPI Electronics - Fast Watermark Detection using Perceptual Hashes

MDPI Electronics - Fast Watermark Detection using Perceptual Hashes

Our paper titled "Fast Fallback Watermark Detection using Perceptual Hashes" was accepted for publication to the special issue "Recent Developments and Applications of Image Watermarking" of MDPI Electronics

PhD - Pirates of the Film Industry Featured

PhD - Pirates of the Film Industry

PhD - Pirates of the Film Industry - The Curse of the Forensic Watermark

Why is this A.I.? - Urgent.fm radiospecial

Why is this A.I.? - Urgent.fm radiospecial

Featured on Urgent.fm radiospecial 'Why is this A.I.?', regarding deepfakes and deepfake detection

ICICT 2021 - Implementation-Free Forensic Watermarking

ICICT 2021 - Implementation-Free Forensic Watermarking

Paper presented at ICICT 2021 - Implementation-Free Forensic Watermarking

MDPI Electronics - Keyframe Insertion Enabling Low-Latency Random Access and Packet Loss Repair

MDPI Electronics - Keyframe Insertion Enabling Low-Latency Random Access and Packet Loss Repair

Paper accepted in MDPI Electronics - Keyframe Insertion - Enabling Low-Latency Random Access and Packet Loss Repair

IEEE TCSVT - Forensic Watermarking Fallback System

IEEE TCSVT - Forensic Watermarking Fallback System

Paper accepted in IEEE TCSVT - Forensic Watermarking Fallback System

Funding granted for imec.icon LIVE-G

Funding granted for imec.icon LIVE-G

The objective of this project is to investigate low-delay end-to-end contribution and distribution for live-event broadcasting over mobile 5G networks

IEEE Access - Rate-Distortion-Preserving Forensic Video Watermarking

IEEE Access - Rate-Distortion-Preserving Forensic Video Watermarking

Paper accepted in IEEE Access - Rate-Distortion-Preserving Forensic Video Watermarking

Telenet's .comdom app - safe sexting in a world of AI?

Telenet's .comdom app - safe sexting in a world of AI?

Telenet's .comdom app - safe sexting in a world of AI?

Funding granted for imec.icon RHETORiC

Funding granted for imec.icon RHETORiC

The RHETORiC project will therefore design interface elements and machine learning approaches to create semi-automated tools for news editors and media audiences to identify and counter polarization and contribute constuctively to online debates.

One year after winning the Agoria Prize 2017

One year after winning the Agoria Prize 2017

One year after winning the Agoria Prize 2017

IEEE TIFS - Fast Encoding of Watermarked Videos

IEEE TIFS - Fast Encoding of Watermarked Videos

Paper accepted in IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (TIFS) - Fast Encoding of Watermarked Videos

IWDW 2018 - Traitor Tracing After Visible Watermark Removal

IWDW 2018 - Traitor Tracing After Visible Watermark Removal

Paper accepted at IWDW 2018 - Traitor Tracing After Visible Watermark Removal

Best Poster Award at IEEE-EURASIP Summer School on Signal Processing (S3P) 2018

Best Poster Award at IEEE-EURASIP Summer School on Signal Processing (S3P) 2018

Best Poster Award at IEEE-EURASIP Summer School on Signal Processing (S3P) 2018

IEEE TCE - Video Watermarking

IEEE TCE - Video Watermarking

Paper accepted in IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics - Video Watermarking

Best Poster Award at FEARS 2018

Best Poster Award at FEARS 2018

Best Poster Award at FEARS 2018

Hannes Mareen won the Agoria Prize 2017

Hannes Mareen won the Agoria Prize 2017

Hannes Mareen won the Agoria Prize 2017

ICCE 2018 - Video watermarking

ICCE 2018 - Video watermarking

Paper accepted at ICCE 2018 - Video watermarking