Watermarking Relational Databases

Dr. Mohammed Shehab

UNC-Charlotte, Dept. SIS

Friday, August 24, 2007

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Woodward Hall, Room 106

Complete Description:

Proving ownership rights on outsourced relational databases is a crucial issue in today internet-based application environment and in many content distribution applications. In this talk, we will present mechanisms for proof of ownership based on the secure embedding of a robust imperceptible watermark in relational data. We will discuss the available watermark embedding and decoding techniques. Furthermore, we will provide a comparison between these techniques based on several dimensions such as applicability, efficiency, and security. Bio: Mohamed Shehab is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Software and Information Systems in the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He received his PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University in August 2007. His research interests are in the broad areas of network and information security. In particular, his research focuses on advancing the state of the art in the design and implementation of distributed access control protocols to cope with the requirements of emerging distributed, Web Services and peer to peer environments.