This chapter provides an accessible introduction for point processes, and especially Hawkes
processes, for modeling discrete, inter-dependent events over continuous time. We start by …

Today's digital contents are inherently multimedia: text, audio, image, video, and so on.
Video, in particular, has become a new way of communication between Internet users with …

This paper provides an overview on side-channel attacks with emphasis on vulnerabilities in
the smart home. Smart homes are enabled by the latest developments in sensors …

In this work, we unveil new privacy threats against Voice-over-IP (VoIP) communications.
Although prior work has shown that the interaction of variable bit-rate codecs and length …

This paper investigates the privacy leakage of smart speakers under an encrypted traffic
analysis attack, referred to as voice command fingerprinting. In this attack, an adversary can …

Statistics of pauses appearing in Polish as a potential source of biometry information for
automatic speaker recognition were described. The usage of three main types of acoustic …

As the mainstream encrypted protocols adopt TCP protocol to ensure lossless data
transmissions, the privacy of encrypted TCP traffic becomes a significant focus for …

Multimedia computing technology, as one of the most effective and pervasive technologies
in modern society, plays irreplaceable roles in bridging user needs with vast amounts of …

This paper describes a work in progress on a multisensor system for 3D data acquisition.
The system core structure is a 3D-range scan based on the well known active triangulation …

Web-based applications are gaining popularity as they require less client-side resources,
and are easier to deliver and maintain. On the other hand, web applications also pose new …