Dept. of Communications & Computer Engineering Faculty of Information & Communications Technology University of Malta Email: johann.briffa[at]um.edu.mt Web: http://guinevere.res.um.edu.mt/johann/

Department of Computing Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences University of Surrey Office: Room 12 BB 02 Tel: +44 (0)1483 68 9630 Email: j.briffa[at]surrey.ac.uk

I am currently a Lecturer in Computing at the University of Surrey. I'm affiliated with the Watermarking and Multimedia Security group, part of the Formal Methods and Security research group.

My general research interests involve Multimedia, Signal Processing, Coding Theory, and Parallel Computing. I am especially interested in applications that cross the boundaries between the different fields, and in practical implementation. Of particular interest are the fields of steganography and watermarking, combining signal and image processing with the application of error-control coding and multimedia compression algorithms.

I am constantly looking for students to pursue a PhD in my areas of interest. Feel free to get in touch if you feel so inclined.

• Keys and Certificates
• Research and publications
• Teaching and Administrative duties
• Other presentations, related to my research or teaching duties
• Personal stuff - anything not directly related to my research & teaching; includes my personal blog, etc.

• My Local Repository (local access only) - this site contains boot CD images and other useful software.
• My Debian Linux Mirror - this site is being maintained to facilitate Debian installations in Malta; currently the i386 and x86_64 binaries are mirrored, plus sources.