基于支持向量机的自同步音频水印算法*

针对如何有效抵抗去同步攻击的问题,论文提出了一种基于支持向量机的自同步音频水印新算法。该算法利用能量特性从载体音频中提取能量特征,再结合音频包络信息,利用支持向量机训练出较稳定的特征点,同时结合听觉掩蔽特性将水印信息在混合域内嵌入到数字音频中。水印检测时,利用音频的特征点实现水印的重同步,无须求助于原始音频。仿真实验结果表明,所提出的算法不仅具有较好的不可感知性,而且对音频常规处理与攻击和破坏水印检测同步特性的恶意攻击均具有较好的稳健性。     

一种基于特征点检测的音频数字水印算法

对音频数字水印系统,提出了一种基于特征点检测的水印算法.利用特征点的检测进行水印嵌入点的准确定位,应用离散余弦变换进行水印的嵌入,水印的检测过程中不需要原始信号的参与,实现了水印信号的盲检测,并较好地解决了音频数字水印检测中的同步问题.仿真实验表明该算法对低通滤波、重采样、压缩编码等信号处理和破坏水印检测同步特性的恶意攻击有较强的稳健性.     

稳健局部特征非下采样小波域数字水印

目的 基于数字水印技术的音乐作品版权保护是学术界的研究热点之一,多数数字音频水印方案仅仅能够对抗简单的常规信号处理,无法有效抵抗破坏性较强的一般性去同步攻击。为此,提出了一种基于稳健局部特征的非下采样小波域数字水印算法。方法 利用非下采样小波域平滑梯度检测算子从载体音频中提取稳定的音频特征点,结合数字音频样本响应确定局部特征音频段,采用量化调制策略将数字水印信号重复嵌入局部特征音频段中。结果 选取4段典型的采样频率为44.1 kHz、量化精度为16 bit、长度为15 s的单声道数字音频信号作为原始载体进行测试,并与经典算法在不可感知性和鲁棒性两方面进行对比。结果表明,本文算法在含水印音频与原始载体音频间的信噪比平均提升了5.7 dB,同时常规攻击和去同步攻击下的平均检测率分别保持在0.925和0.913,高于大多数传统算法,表明了本文算法具有较好的不可感知性。在常规信号处理（MP3压缩、重新量化、重新采样等）和去同步攻击（幅度缩放、随机剪切、音调伸缩、DA/AD转换、抖动等）方面均具有较好的鲁棒性。结论 本文利用描述能力强且性能稳定的平滑梯度刻画局部数字音频性质,提出一种基于平滑梯度的非下采样小波域音频特征点提取方法,有效解决了音频特征点稳定性差且分布极不均匀的缺点,提高了数字音频水印对音调伸缩、随机剪切、抖动等攻击的抵抗能力。     

基于音频统计特性的数字水印嵌入算法

结合数字音频时频域统计特性及同步码技术, 提出了一种可有效抵抗去同步攻击的混合域数字音频水印嵌入算法. 该算法首先结合数字水印与同步码(大小), 对原始音频载体进行分段处理, 并将每个音频数据段分割成两部分用于嵌入同步码与水印信息; 然后利用时间域音频样本统计特性, 将同步码信息嵌入到音频样本的统计均值上; 最后根据频率域小波系数统计特性, 将数字水印嵌入到低频小波系数的平均值内.     

基于陷阱策略的音频数字水印新方法

数字水印已经成为实现多媒体版权保护的一项重要技术.提出在嵌入鲁棒性水印的同时考虑攻击的行为特征,辅以陷阱策略抵制各种攻击.水印以量化音频DCT系数的方式嵌入,在提取时针对攻击的行为特征以不同方式提取水印.算法嵌入的水印为一幅二值图像,能抵制随机裁剪、AD及DA转换、低通滤波等去同步型攻击,提取的水印可以直接分辨.与cocktail水印方法相比,所提方法的鲁棒性高,提取水印时不需要原始音频.实验结果说明我们的音频水印方法十分有效.     

新的特征点强鲁棒音频水印技术

以均值量化索引调制（MQIM）、特征点为理论基础,提出一种新颖的强鲁棒性数字音频水印技术。该算法选取数字音频的局部能量峰值点作为特征,提取稳定的特征点;以特征点为标记,对特征点后的区域进行分段,利用均值量化索引调制将水印嵌入到原始音频的小波域中。水印提取时无需原始图像。仿真实验表明,提出的算法对常规信号处理（MP3压缩、叠加噪声、重新采样、重新量化等）和去同步攻击（随机剪切、幅度缩放、变调、抖动等）均具有较好的鲁棒性。     

数字音频信号的水印嵌入算法

文中主要研究了数字音频信号嵌入数字水印的基本原理。在此基础上应用小波变换实现数字音频信号完全可恢复数字水印算法。这种算法所隐藏的水印具有隐蔽性，基本上觉察不出对原始音频信号的影响。嵌入水印的数字音频信号经过信号处理后，仍能正确地提取数字水印。     

一种基于倒谱变换的自同步音频水印算法

本文提出了一种基于倒谱变换的自同步数字音频水印算法。算法对音频载体分段后,将同步码嵌入到时域上,将水印信息嵌入到变换域上。水印的提取不需要原始音频信号,是一种盲水印算法。实验结果表明,嵌入后的水印不仅具有很好的不可感知性,而且对添加噪声、重新采样、低通滤波、重新量化和剪切攻击也具有很好的稳健性。     

一种基于均值量化的抗去同步攻击数字水印算法

基于量化调制的音频水印方案以其原理简单、操纵灵活等特点,已引起人们广泛关注,但现有方案不同程度地存在鲁棒性较差等不足之处.结合音频统计均值稳定特性及同步码技术,提出了一种新的数字音频水印嵌入算法,该算法选取稳健的16位巴克码作为同步标记,通过量化音频样本统计均值嵌入同步码,同时结合听觉掩蔽特性量化低频小波系数平均值嵌入数字水印.仿真实验结果表明,本算法不仅具有较好的不可感知性,而且对常规信号处理(MP3压缩、低通滤波、添加噪声、均衡化等)和去同步攻击(随机剪切、幅度缩放、抖动等)均具有较好的鲁棒性.     

基于内容的自适应小波域数字音频水印算法研究

以整型提升小波变换、静态图像压缩编码、人类听觉系统（HAS）为基础，提出了一种将灰度图像（即二维数字水印）嵌入到数字音频信号的新水印算法．该算法具有以下特点：（1）应用静态图像压缩编码技术，实现了以灰度图像作为水印信号的数字音频水印算法；（2）充分利用人类听觉系统（HAS），实现了二维数字水印的自适应嵌入，增强了算法的透明性和鲁棒性，（3）二维数字水印的提取不需要原始音频信号．仿真实验表明：该自适应数字音频水印算法不仅具有较好的透明性，而且对诸如叠加噪声、有损压缩、低通滤波、重新采样、重新量化等攻击均具有较好的鲁棒性．     

Only connect: teaching, technology and telesis

Abstract This paper describes an approach to the design of interactive multimedia materials being developed in a European Community project. The developmental process is seen as a dialogue between technologists and teachers. This dialogue is often problematic because of the differences in training, experience and culture between them. Conditions needed for fruitful dialogue are described and the generic model for learning design used in the project is explained.     

European Community policy and the market

Abstract This paper starts with some reflections on the policy considerations and priorities which are shaping European Commission (EC) research programmes. Then it attempts to position the current projects which seek to capitalise on information and communications technologies for learning in relation to these priorities and the apparent realities of the marketplace. It concludes that while there are grounds to be optimistic about the contribution EC programmes can make to the efficiency and standard of education and training, they are still too technology driven.     

一种自适应子融合集成多分类器方法

融合集成方法已经广泛应用在模式识别领域,然而一些基分类器实时性能稳定性较差,导致多分类器融合性能差,针对上述问题本文提出了一种新的基于多分类器的子融合集成分类器系统。该方法考虑在度量层融合层次之上通过对各类基多分类器进行动态选择,票数最多的类别作为融合系统中对特征向量识别的类别,构成一种新的自适应子融合集成分类器方法。实验表明,该方法比传统的分类器以及分类融合方法识别准确率明显更高,具有更好的鲁棒性。     

煤矿井下安全监控分站的设计及其仿真实现

为了设计一种具有低成本、低功耗、易操作、功能强且可靠性高的煤矿井下安全分站,针对煤矿安全生产实际,文章提出了采用MCS-51系列单片机为核心、具有CAN总线通信接口的煤矿井下安全监控分站的设计方案;首先给出煤矿井下安全监控分站的整体构架设计,然后着重阐述模拟量输入信号处理系统的设计过程,最后说明单片机最小系统及其键盘、显示、报警、通信等各个组成部分的设计;为验证设计方案的可行性与有效性,使用Proteus软件对设计内容进行仿真验证,设计的煤矿井下安全监控分站具有瓦斯、温度等模拟量参数超标报警功能和电机开停、风门开闭等开关量指示功能;仿真结果表明:设计的煤矿井下安全监控分站具有一定的实际应用价值.     

Avoiding semantic and temporal gaps in developing software intensive systems

Development of software intensive systems (systems) in practice involves a series of self-contained phases for the lifecycle of a system. Semantic and temporal gaps, which occur among phases and among developer disciplines within and across phases, hinder the ongoing development of a system because of the interdependencies among phases and among disciplines. Such gaps are magnified among systems that are developed at different times by different development teams, which may limit reuse of artifacts of systems development and interoperability among the systems. This article discusses such gaps and a systems development process for avoiding them.     

Designing economic np control charts: A programmed simulation approach

This paper presents control charts models and the necessary simulation software for the location of economic values of the control parameters. The simulation program is written in FORTRAN, requires only 10K of main storage, and can run on most mini and micro computers. Two models are presented - one describes the process when it is operating at full capacity and the other when the process is operating under capacity. The models allow the product quality to deteriorate to a further level before an existing out-of-control state is detected, and they can also be used in situations where no prior knowledge exists of the out-of-control causes and the resulting proportion defectives.     

The development of robot art

Going through a few examples of robot artists who are recognized worldwide, we try to analyze the deepest meaning of what is called “robot art” and the related art field definition. We also try to highlight its well-marked borders, such as kinetic sculptures, kinetic art, cyber art, and cyberpunk. A brief excursion into the importance of the context, the message, and its semiotics is also provided, case by case, together with a few hints on the history of this discipline in the light of an artistic perspective. Therefore, the aim of this article is to try to summarize the main characteristics that might classify robot art as a unique and innovative discipline, and to track down some of the principles by which a robotic artifact can or cannot be considered an art piece in terms of social, cultural, and strictly artistic interest. This work was presented in part at the 13th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, Oita, Japan, January 31–February 2, 2008     

View-based model-driven architecture for enhancing maintainability of data access services

In modern service-oriented architectures, database access is done by a special type of services, the so-called data access services (DAS). Though, particularly in data-intensive applications, using and developing DAS are very common today, the link between the DAS and their implementation, e.g. a layer of data access objects (DAOs) encapsulating the database queries, still is not sufficiently elaborated, yet. As a result, as the number of DAS grows, finding the desired DAS for reuse and/or associated documentation can become an impossible task. In this paper we focus on bridging this gap between the DAS and their implementation by presenting a view-based, model-driven data access architecture (VMDA) managing models of the DAS, DAOs and database queries in a queryable manner. Our models support tailored views of different stakeholders and are scalable with all types of DAS implementations. In this paper we show that our view-based and model driven architecture approach can enhance software development productivity and maintainability by improving DAS documentation. Moreover, our VMDA opens a wide range of applications such as evaluating DAS usage for DAS performance optimization. Furthermore, we provide tool support and illustrate the applicability of our VMDA in a large-scale case study. Finally, we quantitatively prove that our approach performs with acceptable response times.     

Explanation and prediction: an architecture for default and abductive reasoning

Although there are many arguments that logic is an appropriate tool for artificial intelligence, there has been a perceived problem with the monotonicity of classical logic. This paper elaborates on the idea that reasoning should be viewed as theory formation where logic tells us the consequences of our assumptions. The two activities of predicting what is expected to be true and explaining observations are considered in a simple theory formation framework. Properties of each activity are discussed, along with a number of proposals as to what should be predicted or accepted as reasonable explanations. An architecture is proposed to combine explanation and prediction into one coherent framework. Algorithms used to implement the system as well as examples from a running implementation are given.     

A pragmatic multi-method investigation of discrepant technological events: Coping,attributions, and ‘accidental’ learning

Discrepant technological events or situations that entail a problem, a misunderstanding or a difficulty with the Information Technology (IT) being employed, are common in the workplace, and can lead to frustration and avoidance behaviors. Little is known, however, about how individuals cope with these events. This paper examines these events by using a multi-method pragmatic approach informed by coping theory. The results of two studies – a critical incident study and an experiment – serve to build and test, respectively, a theoretical model that posits that individuals use a variety of strategies when dealing with these events: they experience negative emotions, make external attributions, and adopt engagement coping strategies directed at solving the event, eventually switching to a disengagement coping strategy when they feel they have no control over the situation. Furthermore, users’ efforts may result in ‘accidental’ learning as they try to overcome the discrepant IT events through engagement coping. The paper ends with a discussion of the results in light of existing literature, future opportunities for research, and implications for practice.