Digital Content Forensics

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Laboratory exercises

Course Description

The purpose of this course is to give student basic grasp of the techniques used in digital document forensics. Topics that will be covered include techniques related to text author detection, detection of automated translation, face detection in video files, detection of deep-fake videos, methods to determine authenticity and possible manipulation in audio files, detection of image manipulation, and object detection in images.

Study Programmes

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Learning Outcomes

  1. Analyze authenticity and integrity of audio
  2. Analyze authenticity and integrity of video
  3. Analyze authenticity and integrity of photography
  4. Analyze authenticity and integrity of text

Forms of Teaching

Lectures

Lectures are held weekly. Lecture captures are made available to student.

Seminars and workshops

The course includes making a seminar, presenting it and making a video presentation of the conducted work.

Laboratory

Students acquire practical experience with course topics in laboratory exercises. Laboratory exercises can be done at any location.

Grading Method

Continuous Assessment Exam
Type Threshold Percent of Grade Threshold Percent of Grade
Laboratory Exercises 50 % 35 % 0 % 0 %
Class participation 50 % 10 % 0 % 0 %
Seminar/Project 50 % 20 % 50 % 20 %
Mid Term Exam: Written 0 % 1 % 0 %
Final Exam: Written 50 % 34 %
Exam: Written 50 % 80 %
Comment:

Seminar/Project is a course completion requirement. It can be prepared and submitted when the completing the course through continuous assessments and/or exams period.

Week by Week Schedule

  1. Introduction to digital content forensics
  2. Forensic analysis of textual documents - Introduction and authorship attribution
  3. Forensic analysis of textual documents - Machine-generated text and watermarking
  4. Entropy analysis of digital content
  5. Forensic analysis of audio - Introduction
  6. Forensic analysis of audio - Audio integrity and authenticity
  7. Forensic analysis of images - Introduction
  8. Midterm exam
  9. Forensic analysis of images - Encoding and compression
  10. Forensic analysis of images - Image tampering detection
  11. Forensic analysis of images - Object detection
  12. Forensic analysis of video - Introduction
  13. Forensic analysis of video - Increasing video quality and antiforensics
  14. Project presentations
  15. Final exam

Literature

Max M. Houck (2018.), Digital and Document Examination, Elsevier
Anthony T. S. Ho, Shujun Li (2015.), Handbook of Digital Forensics of Multimedia Data and Devices, John Wiley & Sons

For students

General

ID 252383
  Summer semester
5 ECTS
L1 English Level
L2 e-Learning
30 Lectures
0 Seminar
0 Exercises
15 Laboratory exercises
0 Project laboratory
0 Physical education excercises

Grading System

90 Excellent
80 Very Good
70 Good
60 Sufficient