Current Positions
1. Recently completed my doctoral research in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.
PhD Thesis Title: Development of Forgery Detection Framework for Digital Video Authentication.
2. Guest lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the Forensics Department at Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.
3. Developed and taught a comprehensive video forensic course titled “Digital Video Forensics: Uncovering the Truth in a World Of Distorted Realities”.
Available Online: https://eforensicsmag.com/course/digital-video-forensics/.
4. Currently developing a new digital forensic course (tentatively titled “Digital Visual Media Anti–Forensics & Counter Anti–Forensics with Introduction to Fusion Based Forensics”) for eForensics Magazine.
Research Interests
Current research interests include digital image and video processing, with particular focus on forensic and counter anti–forensic analysis and interpretation of image and video evidence, digital content authentication, integrity verification, and tamper detection in digital images and videos.
Education
1. Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India; Master of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering, 2011–13.
Dissertation Title: Ink–bleed removal in document images using wavelets.
This research focused on the restoration of digital copies of valuable historical manuscripts by removing recto–verso interference and ink–seepage that affect legibility of the document and lead to loss of textual information.
2. BCET, Punjab Technical University, Punjab, India; Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering, 2007–11.
Publications: Research Papers
1. Raahat Devender Singh and Naveen Aggarwal, “Novel Research in the Field of Shot Boundary Detection – A Survey”, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer, pp. 457–469, January 2015
Available Online: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-11218-3_41.
2. Raahat Devender Singh and Naveen Aggarwal, “Detection of Re-compression, Transcoding and Frame-deletion for Digital Video Authentication”, in proceedings of IEEE 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Engineering & Computational Sciences, Chandigarh, India, December 2015.
Available Online: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7453337/.
3. Raahat Devender Singh and Naveen Aggarwal, “Video Content Authentication Techniques: A Comprehensive Survey”, Multimedia Systems, Springer, pp. 1–30, February 2017.
Available Online: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00530-017-0538-9.
4. Raahat Devender Singh and Naveen Aggarwal, “Detection of Upscale–Crop and Splicing for Digital Video Authentication”, Digital Investigation, Elsevier, Vol. 21, pp. 31–52, June 2017.
Available Online: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1742287617300105.
5. Raahat Devender Singh and Naveen Aggarwal, “Optical Flow and Prediction Residual Based Hybrid Forensic System for Inter-Frame Tampering Detection”, Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers, World Scientific, Vol. 26, No.7, July 2017.
Available Online: http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0218126617501079.
6. Raahat Devender Singh and Naveen Aggarwal, “Detection and Localization of Copy–Paste Forgeries in Digital Videos”, Forensic Science International, Elsevier, Vol. 281, pp. 75–91, December 2017.
Available Online: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0379073817304309.
Publications: Research Articles and Book Chapters
1. Raahat Devender Singh and Naveen Aggarwal, “The Science of Discerning the Real from the Fake”, Forensic Magazine, Advantage Business Media, December 2016.
Available Online: https://www.forensicmag.com/article/2016/12/science-discerning-real-fake.
2. Raahat Devender Singh and Naveen Aggarwal, “On the Role of Dempster-Shafer Theory of Evidence in Digital Visual Media Forensics”, eForensics Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, March 2017.
Available Online: https://eforensicsmag.com/download/archaeology-live-response/.
3. Raahat Devender Singh, “Digital Video Forensics: Uncovering The Truth In a World Of Distorted Realities”, eForensics Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, June 2017 (part of an online video forensics course of the same name).
Available Online: https://eforensicsmag.com/course/digital-video-forensics/.
4. Raahat Devender Singh, “Digital Visual Media Forensics and The Theory of Evidence”, Forensic Magazine, Advantage Business Media, March 7, 2018.
Available Online: https://www.forensicmag.com/article/2018/03/digital-visual-media-forensics- and-theory-evidence.
5. Raahat Devender Singh, “The Art and Science of Digital Visual Media Forensics”, Journal of Forensic, Legal & Investigative Sciences, Herald Scholarly Open Access, Vol. 3, January 2018. Available Online: http://www.heraldopenaccess.us/fulltext/Forensic-Legal-&-Investigative- Sciences/The-Art-and-Science-of-Digital-Visual-Media-Forensics.pdf
6. Raahat Devender Singh, “Digital Visual Media Forensics” (Book Chapter), Cryptographic and Information Security Approaches for Images and Videos, S. Ramakrishnan, Ed., Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, July 2018.
Conference Presentations and Awards
1. Presented a paper titled “Novel Research in the Field of Shot Boundary Detection – A Survey” at the 3rd International Symposium on Intelligent Informatics, September 2104, GCET, Greater Noida, India.
2. Presented a paper titled “Digital Signatures, Watermarks, and Fingerprints as Forgery detection Tools: Limitations and Issues” at the 1st International Conference on Futuristic Trends in Computational Analysis and Knowledge Management, February 2015, Amity University, Greater Noida, India.
3. Presented a paper titled “Detection of Re-compression, Transcoding and Frame-deletion for Digital Video Authentication” at the 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Engineering and Computational Sciences, December 2015, UIET, PU, Chandigarh, India.
4. Was awarded first prize for an oral presentation on the topic “Digital Video Forensics: Discerning the Real from the Fake” in the 11th Chandigarh Science Congress (CHASCON), March 2017, PU, Chandigarh, India.
5. Was presented with the “Research Appreciation Award” during the Panjab University Award and Degree Ceremony in May of 2018.
Publications as Co-Author
1. Staffy Kingra, Naveen Aggarwal, and Raahat Devender Singh, “Video Inter-frame Forgery Detection: A Survey”, Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 9, No. 44, November 2016.
Available Online: http://www.indjst.org/index.php/indjst/article/view/105142.
2. Staffy Kingra, Naveen Aggarwal, and Raahat Devender Singh, “Inter-frame Forgery Detection for Surveillance and Mobile Recorded Videos”, International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2017.
Available Online: http://iaesjournal.com/online//index.php/IJECE/article/view/13056.
3. Staffy Kingra, Naveen Aggarwal, and Raahat Devender Singh, “Inter-frame Forgery Detection Using Motion and Brightness Gradients”, Multimedia Tools and Applications, Springer, pp. 1–20, May 2017.
Available Online: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11042-017-4762-2.
