Introduction

摘要

It is our pleasure to bring you the papers presented at the 2014 Media Watermarking, Security, and Forensics Conference. This year's conference was a great success, as it maintained and strengthened its status as the premier conference in the field. It was held at the Hilton, in the popular tourist destination of downtown San Francisco. This convenient location let the attendees enjoy their San Francisco stay while participating in the outstanding technical exchange this forum is well known for. For three full days, researchers from all over the globe in the field of watermarking, steganography, and forensics presented state-of-the-art research results in a lecture style. Thirty-one top-quality, original research papers were presented in a well-attended single track. Many great papers were submitted, but unfortunately not all could be accommodated by the conference. Attendees from academic, industrial, and governmental establishments enjoyed the presentations of latest research results. After the presentations and during the coffee breaks, presenters enjoyed discussing their research approaches and results with colleagues. The valuable feedback and comments they received planted the seeds for more research to advance the state-of-the-art of watermarking, security, and forensics.