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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
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.
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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
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
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
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
Dr. Hannes Mareen of IDLab-MEDIA was interviewed for a fact check of a fake advertisement
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
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
Congratulations to Hannes Mareen, Postdoc Researcher at IDLab-MEDIA, who won the bronze trophy at the Vlaamse PhD Cup 2022
COM-PRESS - Combating desinformation
Combating disinformation by equipping journalists with new image manipulation insights and detection methods
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
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
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
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
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
Congratulations to Hannes Mareen, Postdoc Researcher at IDLab-MEDIA who won the first ThesisThread competition
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
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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
Featured on Urgent.fm radiospecial 'Why is this A.I.?', regarding deepfakes and deepfake detection
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
Paper accepted in MDPI Electronics - Keyframe Insertion - Enabling Low-Latency Random Access and Packet Loss Repair
IEEE TCSVT - Forensic Watermarking Fallback System
Paper accepted in IEEE TCSVT - Forensic Watermarking Fallback System
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
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?
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
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
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
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
Hannes Mareen won the Agoria Prize 2017
Hannes Mareen won the Agoria Prize 2017
ICCE 2018 - Video watermarking
Paper accepted at ICCE 2018 - Video watermarking