Maazen Alsabaan¹, Zaid Bin Faheem², Yuanyuan Zhu², Jehad Ali^3,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.84, No.1, pp. 491-512, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.064971 - 09 June 2025

Abstract Image watermarking is a powerful tool for media protection and can provide promising results when combined with other defense mechanisms. Image watermarking can be used to protect the copyright of digital media by embedding a unique identifier that identifies the owner of the content. Image watermarking can also be used to verify the authenticity of digital media, such as images or videos, by ascertaining the watermark information. In this paper, a mathematical chaos-based image watermarking technique is proposed using discrete wavelet transform (DWT), chaotic map, and Laplacian operator. The DWT can be used to decompose… More >

Conghuan Ye^1,*, Shenglong Tan¹, Shi Li¹, Jun Wang¹, Qiankun Zuo¹, Bing Xiong²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.83, No.2, pp. 2927-2946, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.062051 - 16 April 2025

Abstract With the fast development of multimedia social platforms, content dissemination on social media platforms is becoming more popular. Social image sharing can also raise privacy concerns. Image encryption can protect social images. However, most existing image protection methods cannot be applied to multimedia social platforms because of encryption in the spatial domain. In this work, the authors propose a secure social image-sharing method with watermarking/fingerprinting and encryption. First, the fingerprint code with a hierarchical community structure is designed based on social network analysis. Then, discrete wavelet transform (DWT) from block discrete cosine transform (DCT) directly… More >

Amjad Khan¹, Rahim Khan^1,*, Fahad Alturise^2,*, Tamim Alkhalifah³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.82, No.2, pp. 3161-3178, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.060372 - 17 February 2025

Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) and edge-assisted networking infrastructures are capable of bringing data processing and accessibility services locally at the respective edge rather than at a centralized module. These infrastructures are very effective in providing a fast response to the respective queries of the requesting modules, but their distributed nature has introduced other problems such as security and privacy. To address these problems, various security-assisted communication mechanisms have been developed to safeguard every active module, i.e., devices and edges, from every possible vulnerability in the IoT. However, these methodologies have neglected one of the… More >

Stephen Afrifa^1,2,*, Vijayakumar Varadarajan^3,4,5,*, Peter Appiahene², Tao Zhang¹, Richmond Afrifa⁶

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.48, No.6, pp. 1625-1639, 2024, DOI:10.32604/csse.2024.055084 - 22 November 2024

Abstract Users of social networks can readily express their thoughts on websites like Twitter (now X), Facebook, and Instagram. The volume of textual data flowing from users has greatly increased with the advent of social media in comparison to traditional media. For instance, using natural language processing (NLP) methods, social media can be leveraged to obtain crucial information on the present situation during disasters. In this work, tweets on the Uttarakhand flash flood are analyzed using a hybrid NLP model. This investigation employed sentiment analysis (SA) to determine the people’s expressed negative attitudes regarding the disaster. More >

Yuanjing Luo, Xichen Tan, Zhiping Cai^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.81, No.1, pp. 133-160, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.055150 - 15 October 2024

Abstract In the era of internet proliferation, safeguarding digital media copyright and integrity, especially for images, is imperative. Digital watermarking stands out as a pivotal solution for image security. With the advent of deep learning, watermarking has seen significant advancements. Our review focuses on the innovative deep watermarking approaches that employ neural networks to identify robust embedding spaces, resilient to various attacks. These methods, characterized by a streamlined encoder-decoder architecture, have shown enhanced performance through the incorporation of novel training modules. This article offers an in-depth analysis of deep watermarking’s core technologies, current status, and prospective More >

Osama S. Younes^1,2,*, Abdulmohsen Alharbi¹, Ali Yasseen¹, Faisal Alshareef¹, Faisal Albalawi¹, Umar A. Albalawi^1,3

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.47, No.3, pp. 2895-2920, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.040162 - 09 November 2023

Abstract Due to their significant correlation and redundancy, conventional block cipher cryptosystems are not efficient in encrypting multimedia data. Stream ciphers based on Cellular Automata (CA) can provide a more effective solution. The CA have recently gained recognition as a robust cryptographic primitive, being used as pseudorandom number generators in hash functions, block ciphers and stream ciphers. CA have the ability to perform parallel transformations, resulting in high throughput performance. Additionally, they exhibit a natural tendency to resist fault attacks. Few stream cipher schemes based on CA have been proposed in the literature. Though, their encryption/decryption… More >

Jiaao Cui¹, Sixian Chan^1,2,*, Pan Mu¹, Tinglong Tang², Xiaolong Zhou³

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.37, No.2, pp. 2263-2277, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.039894 - 21 June 2023

Abstract Cross-modality pedestrian re-identification has important applications in the field of surveillance. Due to variations in posture, camera perspective, and camera modality, some salient pedestrian features are difficult to provide effective retrieval cues. Therefore, it becomes a challenge to design an effective strategy to extract more discriminative pedestrian detail. Although many effective methods for detailed feature extraction are proposed, there are still some shortcomings in filtering background and modality noise. To further purify the features, a pure detail feature extraction network (PDFENet) is proposed for VI-ReID. PDFENet includes three modules, adaptive detail mask generation module (ADMG),… More >

Waleed Akbar, Afaq Muhammad, Wang-Cheol Song^*

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.36, No.3, pp. 3743-3759, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.036440 - 15 March 2023

Abstract Data is growing quickly due to a significant increase in social media applications. Today, billions of people use an enormous amount of data to access the Internet. The backbone network experiences a substantial load as a result of an increase in users. Users in the same region or company frequently ask for similar material, especially on social media platforms. The subsequent request for the same content can be satisfied from the edge if stored in proximity to the user. Applications that require relatively low latency can use Content Delivery Network (CDN) technology to meet their… More >

Muhammad Rizwan Rashid Rana^1,*, Saif Ur Rehman¹, Asif Nawaz¹, Tariq Ali¹, Azhar Imran², Abdulkareem Alzahrani³, Abdullah Almuhaimeed^4,*

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.46, No.2, pp. 2415-2428, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.035149 - 09 February 2023

Abstract People utilize microblogs and other social media platforms to express their thoughts and feelings regarding current events, public products and the latest affairs. People share their thoughts and feelings about various topics, including products, news, blogs, etc. In user reviews and tweets, sentiment analysis is used to discover opinions and feelings. Sentiment polarity is a term used to describe how sentiment is represented. Positive, neutral and negative are all examples of it. This area is still in its infancy and needs several critical upgrades. Slang and hidden emotions can detract from the accuracy of traditional… More >

Dur-e-Jabeen^1,*, Tahmina Khan², Rumaisa Iftikhar¹, Ali Akbar Siddique¹, Samiya Asghar¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.1, pp. 539-557, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.032393 - 22 September 2022

Abstract In recent years, it has been evident that internet is the most effective means of transmitting information in the form of documents, photographs, or videos around the world. The purpose of an image compression method is to encode a picture with fewer bits while retaining the decompressed image’s visual quality. During transmission, this massive data necessitates a lot of channel space. In order to overcome this problem, an effective visual compression approach is required to resize this large amount of data. This work is based on lossy image compression and is offered for static color… More >