Grant: Strategic Projects - Group
University of British Columbia
$153,600.00
Information management and security in media-sharing social networks
FY 2010-11
Summary
Recent massive sharing and distribution of multimedia over networks creates a technological revolution to the entertainment and media industries and introduces the new concept of web-based social networking communities. However, it also poses new challenges to the efficient, scalable, reliable exchange of multimedia over networks. Proper management and protection of multimedia at such an unprecedented scale is beyond the capability of current technologies and demands new solutions to address critical challenges including content protection and intellectual property rights management; reliability and scalability; and media object management. Our long-term objective is to establish a multimedia management and security framework to provide effective management, secure and reliable sharing of digital media in large-scale social networks. This objective will be accomplished by achieving the following specific goals via investigating both fundamental technologies and system design methodologies: 1) developing trustworthy multimedia forensic technologies to protect multimedia intellectual property rights; 2) developing innovative content recognition methodologies to accurately identify and effectively manage digital media objects; 3) understanding the impact of human factors on multimedia social networks; 4) providing guidelines on multimedia system design to enhance media accessibility and security, and to support automated network-service monitoring; and 5) building an information management and content protection testbed. The proposed project focuses on the training of interdisciplinary, highly-qualified personnel with expertise in communications, media content security, and information management. The proposed research will significantly impact state-of-the-art platforms for information management and security in media-sharing networks. The success of the proposed research will definitely enhance Canada's competitiveness in the multimedia and entertainment industries by giving our Canadian industrial partners a valuable edge over their global competitors.
Program
Strategic Projects - Group
Recipient
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
365164-2008
Name nom
Ward, Rabab
Department département
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Organization id
2
Institution établissement
University of British Columbia
Province en
British Columbia
Province fr
Colombie-Britannique
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2010
Competition year année de concours
2008
Award amount
153600
Program id
STPGP
Program name en
Strategic Projects - Group
Program name fr
Projets stratégiques - De groupe
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1041
Committee name en
Strategic Projects Selection Panel - Communications and Information
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection des projets stratégiques - Communication et information
Area of application code
800
Area of application group en
Information and communication services
Area of application group fr
Services d'information et de télécommunications
Area of application en
Information and communication services
Area of application fr
Services d'information et de télécommunications
Research subject code
2708
Research subject group en
Information technology
Research subject group fr
Technologie de l'information
Research subject en
Image processing
Research subject fr
Traitement des images
Partie
3
Nb partie
3
Application title
Information management and security in media-sharing social networks
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Recent massive sharing and distribution of multimedia over networks creates a technological revolution to the entertainment and media industries and introduces the new concept of web-based social networking communities. However, it also poses new challenges to the efficient, scalable, reliable exchange of multimedia over networks. Proper management and protection of multimedia at such an unprecedented scale is beyond the capability of current technologies and demands new solutions to address critical challenges including content protection and intellectual property rights management; reliability and scalability; and media object management. Our long-term objective is to establish a multimedia management and security framework to provide effective management, secure and reliable sharing of digital media in large-scale social networks. This objective will be accomplished by achieving the following specific goals via investigating both fundamental technologies and system design methodologies: 1) developing trustworthy multimedia forensic technologies to protect multimedia intellectual property rights; 2) developing innovative content recognition methodologies to accurately identify and effectively manage digital media objects; 3) understanding the impact of human factors on multimedia social networks; 4) providing guidelines on multimedia system design to enhance media accessibility and security, and to support automated network-service monitoring; and 5) building an information management and content protection testbed. The proposed project focuses on the training of interdisciplinary, highly-qualified personnel with expertise in communications, media content security, and information management. The proposed research will significantly impact state-of-the-art platforms for information management and security in media-sharing networks. The success of the proposed research will definitely enhance Canada's competitiveness in the multimedia and entertainment industries by giving our Canadian industrial partners a valuable edge over their global competitors.
