Abstract
The 8th International Workshop on Digital Watermarking (IWDW 2009) was hosted by the University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK, during August 24– 26, 2009. As with previous workshops, IWDW 2009 aimed to provide a balanced program covering the latest state-of-the-art theoretical and practical developments in digital watermarking, steganography and steganalysis, and the emerging area of image forensics. The selection of the program was a challenging task for the Technical Programme Committee members and reviewers, who ensured the highest quality and reputation of the workshop. From around 50 submissions received from authors in 14 countries, the committee selected 26 regular papers (22 oral and 4 poster presentations). In addition to the contributed papers, the workshop featured three keynote lectures on watermarking, cryptography and forensics kindly delivered by internationally renowned experts, Ingemar Cox, Fred Piper and Ed Delp, respectively. The regular papers and keynote lectures can be found in this proceedings volume. First of all, we would like to thank all the authors, speakers, reviewers and participants for their significant contributions to the success of IWDW 2009. Our sincere gratitude goes to all the Technical Programme Committee, International Publicity Liaison and Local Committee Members for their enthusiasm, hard work and effort in the organization of this workshop. We greatly appreciate the generous support from all of our sponsors, particularly Korea Institute of Information Security and Cryptography (KIISC), MarkAny, DataMark Technologies, IET, Cyber Security KTN, and the University of Surrey. Finally, we hope that you will enjoy reading this volume and that it will provide inspiration and opportunities for your future research.