Email: hazhiary@hotmail.com , hazemh@gmail.com
Ph.D. Thesis: Paper-based Watermark Extraction with Image Processing
Project web page
http://www.icsrim.org.uk/watermark/ - http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/arabictexts/
Computer Science - B.Sc. (2001), M.Sc. (2003) - University of Jordan, Ph.D. (2008) - University of Leeds
Research interests:
- Image Processing.
- Document Analysis and Recognition.
- Paper watermarks.
- Digital Libraries.
- Data Hiding (Watermarking, Steganography).
- Fractal Image Coding.
- Computer Graphics.
Publications
- Roger D Boyle and Hazem Hiary, “Watermark location via back-lighting and recto removal”, Submitted to the International Journal of Document Analysis and Recognition (IJDAR), July 2008.
- Kia Ng and Hazem Hiary, “Digital acquisition and extraction of paper-based watermark designs with image processing”, In Translated Studies of Arabic manuscripts papers – Selections, under supervision of Anne Regourd, Sana’a, Yemen, 2008. French Institute of Archaeology and Social Sciences, and German Institute of Archaeology. Translated to Arabic:
كيا انق و حازم حياري، المسح الرقمي واستخراج علامات الورق المائية بواسطة معالجة الصور الرقمية، في دراسات مترجمة حول أوراق المخطوطات العربية - مختارات - تحت اشراف د. ان ريغورد، صنعاء، المعهد الفرنسي للاثار والعلوم الاجتماعية والمعهد الالماني للاثار
- Hazem Hiary and Kia Ng, “A system for segmenting and extracting paper-based watermark designs”, International Journal on Digital Libraries (IJDL), 6(4):351-361, July 2007.
- Hazem Hiary and Kia Ng, “Automated paper-based watermark extraction and processing”, In Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Automating Production of Cross Media Content for Multi-channel Distribution conference (AXMEDIS 06), pages 291-298, Leeds, UK, 13–15 December 2006. IEEE Computer Society Press.
- Hazem Hiary and Kia Ng, “Watermark: From paper texture to digital media”, In Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Automating Production of Cross Media Content for Multi-channel Distribution conference (AXMEDIS 05), pages 261-264, Florence, Italy, November 30–December 2 2005. IEEE Computer Society Press.
- Hazem Hiary and Kia Ng, “Segmentation approach for paper-based watermark extraction”, IADAT Journal of Advanced Technology on Imaging and Graphics (IJATig), 1(2):62-65, December 2005.
- Hazem Hiary and Kia Ng: “Paper-based Watermark Extraction using Image Processing”, In: ComputingLeeds on-line newsletter produced by the School of Computing at the University of Leeds , Issue 16, November (2005).
- Hazem Hiary and Kia Ng, “Optical imaging for watermark: digitisation, segmentation, and vectorisation”, In Proceedings of International Conference on Multimedia, Image Processing, and Computer Vision (IADAT-micv2005), pages 178-182, Madrid, Spain, March 30–April 1 2005. International Association for the Development of Advances in Technology (IADAT).