Could Grid facilitate demanding Media Watermarking Applications?

Bill Vassiliadis (1) , Vassilis Fotopoulos (1) , Michalis Xenos (2) , Athanassios Skodras (2)

1 Digital Systems and Media Computing Laboratory
2 School of Sciences & Technology

Copyright protection is becoming an important issue for organisations that distribute digital content through e-learning applications. One of the most promising methods for copyright protection is digital watermarking, a highly demanding application in terms of CPU load. In this communication, some specific cases are presented where GRID computing could be used as an enabling/assisting technology for watermarking. Specific cases of heavy load mathematical transformations for large media objects are discussed. A proposal for incorporating the watermarking procedure in the Grid architecture is also briefly presented.

Keywords: learning grids; e-learning; grid technologies; security; watermarking

Domains: Computer Science [cs]; Technology for Human Learning

Bill Vassiliadis, Vassilis Fotopoulos, Michalis Xenos, Athanassios Skodras. Could Grid facilitate demanding Media Watermarking Applications?. 4th International LeGE-WG Workshop - Towards a European Learning Grid Infrastructure: Progressing with a European Learning Grid Stuttgart, Germany. 27 - 28 April 2004, 2004, Stuttgart, Germany. pp.4. ⟨hal-00190475⟩