In the information era, multimedia content, including audio, image, video and 3D computer graphics models, in digital form is being used in a wide range of applications. However, at the same time, an increasing number of security problems, such as illegal copying and distribution, plagiarism and misappropriation, have been revealed, thus creating a strong need for schemes that can efficiently cope with multimedia security and privacy. As opposed to conventional cryptography which aims at making the meaning of information obscure to a person who is intercepting it, information hiding is considered as a very promising solution to security issue of multimedia content by embedding a watermark into a host signal and making the hidden watermark robust/fragile and imperceptible. The goal of this special issue is to provide the readers of the International Journal of Image and Graphics (IJIG) with an overview of the most recent developments and the current state of the art of multimedia watermarking and security techniques. We welcome original research papers, review articles and brief communications on topics that include, but are not limited to:

Multimedia watermarking and security
Steganography and steganalysis
Theoretical aspects of information hiding and detection
Applications of information hiding
Integrity verification of digital content
Digital forensics
Biometrics and their applications
Robust/perceptual hashing for multimedia identification
Important Dates:

Manuscript submission: July 1, 2015
Acceptance notification: September 30, 2015
Final manuscripts: November 15, 2015
Publication: TBA 2016
Submission:
Prospective authors should submit their manuscripts online via Editorial Manager (EM) following the IJIG Submission Guidelines (http://www.worldscientific.com/page/ijig/submission-guidelines). On the first page of the manuscript, the author(s) should clearly indicate that the submission is for the Special Issue on Multimedia Watermarking and Security. All submissions will be peer reviewed.

Guest Editors:
Dr. Ying Yang
Department of Computer Science, Yale University
New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
Tel: +1 203 432 1215
Email: ying.yang.yy368@yale.edu
URL: http://graphics.cs.yale.edu/site/people/ying-yang

Dr. Ioannis Ivrissimtzis
School of Engineering and Computing Sciences, Durham University
Science Laboratories, South Road
Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
Tel: +44 191 3344288
Email: ioannis.ivrissimtzis@durham.ac.uk
URL: https://community.dur.ac.uk/ioannis.ivrissimtzis

Prof. Holly Rushmeier
Department of Computer Science, Yale University
New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
Email: holly.rushmeier@yale.edu
URL: http://graphics.cs.yale.edu/site/people/holly-rushmeier