Multimedia Security and Forensics Group

Xin Liao, Ph. D.

Xin Liao

Professor, PhD. Supervisor
Vice Dean, College of Cyber Science and Technology
Hunan University, China
email: xinliao AT hnu.edu.cn
Chinese homepage（中文主页）: https://grzy.hnu.edu.cn/site/index/liaoxin
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Bibliography

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  3. [40] Songlin Li, Zhiqing Guo, Changtao Miao, Wenzhong Yang, Liejun Wang, Gaobo Yang, Xin Liao. Prototype Memory-based Neighboring Feature Fusion Network for Image Manipulation Localization. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 2026.
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  5. [38] Beijing Chen, Yuxuan Chen, Xin Liao, Zhangjie Fu. DiffSwap-Tracker: A Robust Watermark for Tracing Diffusion-Based Face Swapping. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 2026.
  6. [37] Kaiyue Hou, Cheng Zeng, Xiaoyi Zhou, Dahao Fu, Xin Liao. Multi-Dimensional Histogram Modification Framework for Reversible Data Hiding in JPEG Images. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 2026.
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  12. [31] Dengyong Zhang, Runqi Lou, Jiaxin Chen, Xiangling Ding, Xin Liao, Gaobo Yang. Video Frame Interpolation via Fast Bidirectional 3D Correlation Volume. ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 1-22, 2025.
  13. [30] Mingyue Chen, Xin Liao, Han Fang, Jinlin Guo, Yanxiang Chen, Xiaoshuai Wu. Flexible Partial Screen-Shooting Watermarking With Provable Robustness. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 35, no. 12, pp. 12152-12166, 2025.
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  15. [28] Dengyong Zhang, Nuo Fu, Xin Liao, Jiaxin Chen, Hengfu Yang, Gaobo Yang. Efficient Hierarchical Feature Collaboration Transformer for Image Inpainting. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 27, pp. 5255-5266, 2025.
  16. [27] Jiaxin Chen, Xin Liao, Zhenxing Qian, Zheng Qin. PRest-Net: Multi-Domain Probability Estimation Network for Robust Image Forgery Detection. ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 1-20, 2025.
  17. [26] Tianyi Wang, Xin Liao, Kam Pui Chow, Xiaodong Lin, Yinglong Wang. Deepfake Detection: A Comprehensive Survey from the Reliability Perspective. ACM Computing Surveys, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 1-35, 2024.
  18. [25] Juan Hu, Jinwen Liang, Zheng Qin, Xin Liao, Wenbo Zhou, Xiaodong Lin. ADA-FInfer: Inferring Face Representations from Adaptive Select Frames for High-Visual-Quality Deepfake Detection. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 3011-3027, 2024.
  19. [24] Yunming Zhang, Dengpan Ye, Caiyun Xie, Long Tang, Xin Liao, Ziyi Liu, Chuanxi Chen, Jiacheng Deng. Dual Defense: Adversarial, Traceable, and Invisible Robust Watermarking Against Face Swapping. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 19, pp. 4628-4641, 2024.
  20. [23] Xiaoshuai Wu, Xin Liao, Bo Ou, Yuling Liu, Zheng Qin. Are Watermarks Bugs for Deepfake Detectors? Rethinking Proactive Forensics. Proceedings of the Thirty-Third International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), pp. 6089-6097, 2024.
  21. [22] Juan Hu, Xin Liao, Difei Gao, Satoshi Tsutsui, Qian Wang, Zheng Qin, Mike Zheng Shou. DeLocate: Detection and Localization for Deepfake Videos with Randomly-Located Tampered Traces. Proceedings of the Thirty-Third International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), pp. 5862-5871, 2024.
  22. [21] Dunyun Chen, Xin Liao, Xiaoshuai Wu, Shiwei Chen. SafePaint: Anti-Forensic Image Inpainting with Domain Adaptation. Proceedings of the 32nd ACM International Conference on Multimedia, pp. 7774-7782, 2024.
  23. [20] Jingzhi Li, Changjiang Luo, Hua Zhang, Yang Cao, Xin Liao, Xiaochun Cao. Anti-Fake Vaccine: Safeguarding Privacy Against Face Swapping via Visual-Semantic Dual Degradation. International Journal of Computer Vision, vol. 133, no. 4, pp. 2025-2043, 2025.
  24. [19] Yiyi Li, Xin Liao, Xiaoshuai Wu. Screen-Shooting Resistant Watermarking with Grayscale Deviation Simulation. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 26, pp. 10908-10923, 2024.
  25. [18] Yang Tian, Xin Liao, Li Dong, Yang Xu, Hongbo Jiang. Amount-Based Covert Communication over Blockchain. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 3095-3111, 2024.
  26. [17] Linbo Fu, Xin Liao, Jinlin Guo, Li Dong, Zheng Qin. WaveRecovery: Screen-Shooting Watermarking Based on Wavelet and Recovery. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 3603-3618, 2024.
  27. [16] Dengyong Zhang, Jiahao Chen, Xin Liao, Feng Li, Jiaxin Chen, Gaobo Yang. Face Forgery Detection via Multi-Feature Fusion and Local Enhancement. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 34, no. 9, pp. 8972-8977, 2024.
  28. [15] Fan Li, Yanxiang Chen, Haiyang Liu, Zuxing Zhao, Yuanzhi Yao, Xin Liao. Vocoder Detection of Spoofing Speech Based on GAN Fingerprints and Domain Generalization. ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 1-20, 2024.
  29. [14] Dengyong Zhang, Wenjie Zhu, Xin Liao, Feifan Qi, Gaobo Yang, Xiangling Ding. Spatiotemporal Inconsistency Learning and Interactive Fusion for Deepfake Video Detection. ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 1-24, 2024.
  30. [13] Dengyong Zhang, Ruiyi He, Xin Liao, Feng Li, Jiaxin Chen, Gaobo Yang. Face Forgery Detection Based on Fine-Grained Clues and Noise Inconsistency. IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 144-158, 2024.
  31. [12] Xiaoshuai Wu, Xin Liao, Bo Ou. SepMark: Deep Separable Watermarking for Unified Source Tracing and Deepfake Detection. Proceedings of the 31st ACM International Conference on Multimedia, pp. 1190-1201, 2023.
  32. [11] Junxue Yang, Xin Liao. Exploiting Fine-Grained DCT Representations for Hiding Image-Level Messages Within JPEG Images. Proceedings of the 31st ACM International Conference on Multimedia, pp. 7373-7382, 2023.
  33. [10] Yulin Zhang, Jiangqun Ni, Wenkang Su, Xin Liao. A Novel Deep Video Watermarking Framework with Enhanced Robustness to H.264/AVC Compression. Proceedings of the 31st ACM International Conference on Multimedia, pp. 8095-8104, 2023.
  34. [9] Xin Liao, Yumei Wang, Tianyi Wang, Juan Hu, Xiaoshuai Wu. FAMM: Facial Muscle Motions for Detecting Compressed Deepfake Videos over Social Networks. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 33, no. 12, pp. 7236-7251, 2023.
  35. [8] Jiyou Chen, Gaobo Yang, Shengchun Wang, Dewang Wang, Xin Liao. Image Dehazing Assessment: A Real-World Dataset and a Haze Density-Aware Criteria. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 26, pp. 6037-6049, 2023.
  36. [7] Juan Hu, Xin Liao, Jinwen Liang, Wenbo Zhou, Zheng Qin. FInfer: Frame Inference-Based Deepfake Detection for High-Visual-Quality Videos. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 951-959, 2022.
  37. [6] Mingliang Chen, Xin Liao, Min Wu. PulseEdit: Editing Physiological Signals in Facial Videos for Privacy Protection. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 17, pp. 457-471, 2022.
  38. [5] Jingxuan Tan, Xin Liao, Jiate Liu, Yun Cao, Hongbo Jiang. Channel Attention Image Steganography with Generative Adversarial Networks. IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 888-903, 2021.
  39. [4] Jun Shen, Xin Liao, Zheng Qin, Xu-Chong Liu. Spatial Steganalysis of Low Embedding Rate Based on Convolutional Neural Network. Journal of Software, vol. 32, no. 9, pp. 2901-2915, 2021.
  40. [3] Juan Hu, Xin Liao, Wei Wang, Zheng Qin. Detecting Compressed Deepfake Videos in Social Networks Using Frame-Temporality Two-Stream Convolutional Network. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 1089-1102, 2021.
  41. [2] Xin Liao, Jiaojiao Yin, Mingliang Chen, Zheng Qin. Adaptive Payload Distribution in Multiple Images Steganography Based on Image Texture Features. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 897-911, 2020.
  42. [1] Xin Liao, Kaide Li, Xinshan Zhu, K. J. Ray Liu. Robust Detection of Image Operator Chain with Two-Stream Convolutional Neural Network. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 955-968, 2020.