Publication (* Corresponding Author)

    Patent Translation

  1. G. Hua, J. Goh, and V. L. L. Thing, Audio Timestamp Identification, 10201402099S Singapore, 2014. (Licensed)
  2. 华光, 王清懿, 张海剑, 音频文件产生时间溯源动态匹配方法及系统, 中国, 2020112172748[P], Jul. 2021. (Transferred Chinese Patent)

    AI Security (Since 2023)

  1. H. An†, G. Hua†, Z. Fang, G. Xu, S. Rahardja, and Y. Fang*
    Decoder gradient shield: Provable and high-fidelity prevention of gradient-based box-free watermark removal
    in Proc. IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), To appear, 2025. [paper][code]


  2. G. Hua, A. B. J. Teoh, Y. Xiang, and H. Jiang*
    Unambiguous and high-fidelity backdoor watermarking for deep neural networks
    IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, vol. 35, no. 8, pp. 11204–11217, Aug. 2024. [paper][code]


  3. H. Zhang, G. Hua*, and W. Yang
    Poisoning-free defense against black-box model extraction
    in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), pp. 4760–4764, Seoul, 2024. [paper][code]


  4. H. Jiang, J. Yang, G. Hua*, L. Li, Y. Wang, S. Tu, and S. Xia
    FAWA: Fast adversarial watermark attack
    IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 73, no. 2, pp. 301–313, Feb. 2024. [paper][code]


  5. G. Hua and A. B. J. Teoh*
    Deep fidelity in DNN watermarking: A study of backdoor watermarking for classification models
    Pattern Recognition, vol. 144, pp. 109844, Dec. 2023. [paper][code]


  6. H. Zhang, G. Hua*, X. Wang, H. Jiang, and W. Yang
    Categorical inference poisoning: Verifiable defense against black-box DNN model stealing without constraining surrogate data and query times
    IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 18, pp. 1473–1486, 2023. [paper][code]

    7. Media Forensics (Since 2014)

  7. M. Wang, G. Hua, S. Li*, and G. Feng*
    A key-driven framework for identity-preserving face anonymization
    in Proc. Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium, To appear, 2025. [paper]


  8. L. Xu, G. Hua, H. Zhang*, and L. Yu*
    “Seeing” ENF from neuromorphic events: Modeling and robust estimation
    IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, vol. 46, no. 10, pp. 6809–6825, 2024. [paper][code]


  9. X. Yu, X. Huang*, X. Ye, B. Liu, and G. Hua
    Multimodal proxy-free face anti-spoofing exploiting local patch features
    IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 31, pp. 1695–1699, 2024. [paper]


  10. G. Hua, Q. Wang, D. Ye*, H. Zhang, G. Wang, and S. Xia
    Factors affecting forensic electric network frequency matching—A comprehensive study
    Digital Communications and Networks, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 1121–1130, 2024. [paper]


  11. L. Xu†, G. Hua†, H. Zhang*, L. Yu*, and N. Qiao
    “Seeing” electric network frequency from events
    in Proc. IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), pp. 18022–18031, 2023. [paper][code]


  12. H. Liao, G. Hua*, and H. Zhang
    ENF detection in audio recordings via multi-harmonic combining
    IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 28, pp. 1808–1812, 2021. [paper]


  13. G. Hua, H. Liao, H. Zhang*, D. Ye, and J. Ma
    Robust ENF estimation based on harmonic enhancement and maximum weight clique
    IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 16, pp. 3874–3887, 2021. [paper][code]


  14. G. Hua, A. B. J. Teoh*, and H. Zhang
    Towards end-to-end synthetic speech detection
    IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 28, pp. 1265–1269, 2021. [paper][code]


  15. G. Hua, H. Liao, Q. Wang, H. Zhang*, and D. Ye
    Detection of electric network frequency in audio recordings—from theory to practical detectors
    IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 16, pp. 236–248, 2021. [paper][code]


  16. G. Hua and H. Zhang*
    ENF signal enhancement in audio recordings
    IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 15, pp. 1868–1878, 2020. [paper][code]


  17. G. Hua*
    Error analysis of forensic ENF matching
    in Proc. IEEE International Workshop on Information Forensics and Security (WIFS), pp.1–7, Hong Kong, Dec. 2018. [paper]


  18. Y. Zhang*, R. K. Dubey, G. Hua, and V. L. L. Thing
    Face spoofing video detection using spatio-temporal statistical binary pattern
    in Proc. TENCON 2018-IEEE Region 10 Conference, pp. 0309–0314, South Korea, Oct. 2018. [paper]


  19. G. Hua, G. Bi*, and V. L. L. Thing
    On practical issues of electric network frequency based audio forensics
    IEEE Access, vol. 5, pp. 20640–20651, 2017. [paper]


  20. G. Hua, Y. Zhang*, J. Goh, and V. L. L. Thing
    Audio authentication by exploring the absolute-error-map of the ENF signals
    IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 1003–1016, May 2016. [paper]


  21. G. Hua*, J. Goh, and V. L. L. Thing
    A dynamic matching algorithm for audio timestamp identification using the ENF criterion
    IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 9, no. 7, pp. 1045–1055, Jul. 2014. [paper]

    22. Media Watermarking (Since 2015)

  22. J. Zhao, T. Zong, Y. Xiang*, G. Hua, X. Lei, L. Gao, and G. Beliakov
    Frequency spectrum modification process-based anti-collusion mechanism for audio signals
    IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, vol. 53, no. 9, pp. 5510–5522, Sep. 2023. [paper]


  23. J. Zhao, T. Zong, Y. Xiang, L. Gao, G. Hua, K. Sood, and Y. Zhang
    SSVS-SSVD based desynchronization attacks resilient watermarking method for stereo signals
    IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing, vol. 31, pp. 448–461, 2022. [paper]


  24. J. Zhao, T. Zong, Y. Xiang*, L. Gao, and G. Hua
    Segmental DCT coefficient reversal based anti-collusion audio fingerprinting mechanism
    IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 28, pp. 1833–1837, 2021. [paper]


  25. T. Zong, Y. Xiang*, I. Natgunanathan, L. Gao, G. Hua, and W. Zhou
    Non-linear-echo based anti-collusion mechanism for audio signals
    IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing, vol.29, pp. 969–984, 2021. [paper]


  26. G. Hua*
    Over-complete-dictionary-based improved spread spectrum watermarking security
    IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 27, pp. 770–774, 2020. [paper]


  27. G. Hua*, Y. Xiang, and L. Y. Zhang
    Informed histogram-based watermarking
    IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 27, pp. 236–240, 2020. [paper]


  28. G. Hua*, L. Zhao, G. Bi, H. Zhang, and Y. Xiang
    Random matching pursuit for image watermarking
    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 625–639, Mar. 2019. [paper]


  29. J. Wang, L. Y. Zhang*, J. Chen, G. Hua, and Y. Xiang
    Compressed sensing based selective encryption with data hiding capability
    IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 15, no. 12, pp. 6560–6571, 2019. [paper]


  30. B. Yan, Y. Xiang*, and G. Hua
    Improving the visual quality of size-invariant visual cryptography for grayscale images: An analysis-by-synthesis (AbS) approach
    IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, vol.28, no.2, pp.896–911, Feb. 2019. [paper]


  31. Y. Xiang*, I. Natgunanathan, D. Peng, and G. Hua
    Spread spectrum audio watermarking using multiple orthogonal PN sequences and variable embedding strengths and polarities
    IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing, vol. 26, no. 3, pp.529–539, Mar. 2018. [paper]


  32. I. Natgunanathan, A. Mehmood, Y. Xiang*, G. Hua, G. Li, and S. Bangay
    An overview of protection of privacy in multibiometrics
    Multimedia Tools and Applications
    vol. 77, no. 6, pp. 6753–6773, Mar. 2018. [paper]


  33. I. Natgunanathan, Y. Xiang*, G. Hua, G. Beliakov, and J. Yearwood
    Patchwork-based multilayer audio watermarking
    IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing, vol. 25, no. 11, pp. 2176–2187, Nov. 2017. [paper]


  34. G. Hua*, J. Huang, Y. Q. Shi, J. Goh, and V. L. L. Thing
    Twenty years of digital audio watermarking—a comprehensive review
    Signal Processing, vol. 128, pp. 222–242, Nov. 2016. [paper]


  35. G. Hua*, Y. Xiang, and G. Bi
    When compressive sensing meets data hiding
    IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 23, no. 4 , pp. 473–477, Apr. 2016. [paper]


  36. A. Mehmood, I. Natgunanathan, Y. Xiang*, G. Hua, S. Guo
    Protection of big data privacy
    IEEE Access, vol. 4, pp. 1821–1834, 2016. [paper]


  37. G. Hua*, J. Goh, and V. L. L. Thing
    Cepstral analysis for the application of echo-based audio watermark detection
    IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 10, no. 9, pp. 1850–1861, Sep. 2015. [paper]


  38. G. Hua*, J. Goh, and V. L. L. Thing
    Time-spread echo-based audio watermarking with optimized imperceptibility and robustness
    IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 227–239, Feb. 2015. [paper]

    39. Statistical Signal Processing (Since 2012)

  39. L. Jiang, H. Zhang*, L. Yu, and G. Hua
    A data-driven high-resolution time-frequency distribution
    IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 29, pp. 1512–1516, 2022. [paper]


  40. H. Zhang, G. Hua*, and Y. Xiang
    Enhanced time-frequency representation and mode decomposition
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
    vol. 69, pp. 4296–4311, 2021. [paper]


  41. Q. Yan, S. Sun, H. Zhang*, and G. Hua
    Efficient estimation of mixing matrix using a two-sensor array
    in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), pp. 4712–4716, Barcelona, 2020. [paper]


  42. N. Fatema, G. Hua, Y. Xiang*, D. Peng, and I. Natgunanathan
    Massive MIMO linear precoding: A survey
    IEEE Systems Journal, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 3920–3931, Dec. 2018. [paper]


  43. H. Zhang*, G. Hua, L. Yu, Y. Cai, and G. Bi
    Underdetermined blind separation of overlapped speech mixtures in time-frequency domain with estimated number of sources
    Speech Communication, vol. 89, pp. 1–16, 2017. [paper]


  44. G. Hua* and S. S. Abeysekera
    Robust transmit beampattern design for uniform linear arrays using LFM waveforms
    in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), pp. 2504–2508, Brisbane, 2015. [paper]


  45. G. Hua* and S. S. Abeysekera
    MIMO radar transmit beampattern design with ripple and transition band control
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 61, no. 11, pp. 2963–2974, Jun. 2013. [paper]


  46. G. Hua* and S. S. Abeysekera
    Receiver design for range and Doppler sidelobe suppression using MIMO and phased-array radar
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 61, no. 6, pp. 1315–1326, Mar. 2013. [paper]


  47. G. Hua* and S. S. Abeysekera
    On the transmit beampattern design using MIMO and phased-array radar
    in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), pp. 4091–4095, Vancouver, 2013. [paper]


  48. G. Hua* and S. S. Abeysekera
    Colocated MIMO radar transmit beamforming using orthogonal waveforms
    in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), pp. 2453–2456, Kyoto, 2012. [paper]