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cs.SD2026

Detector-Guided Vocoder Training for Adversarial Text-to-Speech Synthesis

Jiayan Cui, Davide Salvi, Paolo Bestagini +1

In this paper, we propose a novel Text-to-Speech (TTS) framework designed to perform adversarial attacks against speech deepfake detection systems. Given a TTS model and a detector…

cs.CV2026

MOTIF: Person-of-Interest Deepfake Detection Beyond 3DMM Coefficients

Giovanni Affatato, Sara Mandelli, Paolo Bestagini +1

Video deepfakes targeting a specific individual, the Person-of-Interest (POI), are the most harmful ones, and, since a public figure is abundantly recorded, a detector can be built…

cs.SD2026

Synthetic Speech Attribution via Prototypical Networks

Viola Negroni, Paolo Bestagini, Stefano Tubaro

Synthetic speech attribution aims to identify the generative system responsible for a speech signal, but current approaches typically rely on black-box neural networks that provide…

cs.SD2026

Toward Interpretable Speech Deepfake Detection using Artifact-Specific Experts and Calibrated Detection Scores

Viola Negroni, Xin Wang, Wanying Ge +3

In this work, we propose an interpretable framework for speech deepfake detection based on artifact-specific expert models. Rather than relying on black-box decisions, the framewor…

cs.CV2026

CUPID: Reconstructing UV Texture Maps for Interpretable Person-of-Interest Deepfake Detection

Giovanni Affatato, Sara Mandelli, Edoardo Daniele Cannas +2

Deepfakes targeting a high-profile individual, known as Person-of-Interest (POI), are a threat to modern democracies and societies. Current POI deepfake detection methods still str…

cs.SD2026

Multi-Task Transformer for Explainable Speech Deepfake Detection via Formant Modeling

Viola Negroni, Luca Cuccovillo, Paolo Bestagini +2

In this work, we introduce a multi-task transformer for speech deepfake detection, capable of predicting formant trajectories and voicing patterns over time, ultimately classifying…

cs.LG2025

Enhanced Water Leak Detection with Convolutional Neural Networks and One-Class Support Vector Machine

Daniele Ugo Leonzio, Paolo Bestagini, Marco Marcon +1

Water is a critical resource that must be managed efficiently. However, a substantial amount of water is lost each year due to leaks in Water Distribution Networks (WDNs). This und…

cs.SD2025

Forensic Similarity for Speech Deepfakes

Viola Negroni, Davide Salvi, Daniele Ugo Leonzio +2

In this paper, we introduce the concept of forensic similarity in the speech deepfake detection domain, which aims to determine whether two audio segments share the same underlying…

cs.SD2025

Attention-based Mixture of Experts for Robust Speech Deepfake Detection

Viola Negroni, Davide Salvi, Alessandro Ilic Mezza +2

AI-generated speech is becoming increasingly used in everyday life, powering virtual assistants, accessibility tools, and other applications. However, it is also being exploited fo…

cs.SD2025

Phoneme-Level Analysis for Person-of-Interest Speech Deepfake Detection

Davide Salvi, Viola Negroni, Sara Mandelli +2

Recent advances in generative AI have made the creation of speech deepfakes widely accessible, posing serious challenges to digital trust. To counter this, various speech deepfake…

cs.SD2025★ 1 cited

Source Verification for Speech Deepfakes

Viola Negroni, Davide Salvi, Paolo Bestagini +1

With the proliferation of speech deepfake generators, it becomes crucial not only to assess the authenticity of synthetic audio but also to trace its origin. While source attributi…

cs.CV2025

Leveraging Land Cover Priors for Isoprene Emission Super-Resolution

Christopher Ummerle, Antonio Giganti, Sara Mandelli +2

Remote sensing plays a crucial role in monitoring Earth's ecosystems, yet satellite-derived data often suffer from limited spatial resolution, restricting their applicability in at…

eess.IV2024

Is JPEG AI going to change image forensics?

Edoardo Daniele Cannas, Sara Mandelli, Nataša Popović +4

In this paper, we investigate the counter-forensic effects of the new JPEG AI standard based on neural image compression, focusing on two critical areas: deepfake image detection a…

cs.SD2024

POLIPHONE: A Dataset for Smartphone Model Identification from Audio Recordings

Davide Salvi, Daniele Ugo Leonzio, Antonio Giganti +4

When dealing with multimedia data, source attribution is a key challenge from a forensic perspective. This task aims to determine how a given content was captured, providing valuab…

cs.SD2024★ 1 cited

Freeze and Learn: Continual Learning with Selective Freezing for Speech Deepfake Detection

Davide Salvi, Viola Negroni, Luca Bondi +2

In speech deepfake detection, one of the critical aspects is developing detectors able to generalize on unseen data and distinguish fake signals across different datasets. Common a…

eess.AS2024★ 1 cited

FakeMusicCaps: a Dataset for Detection and Attribution of Synthetic Music Generated via Text-to-Music Models

Luca Comanducci, Paolo Bestagini, Stefano Tubaro

Text-To-Music (TTM) models have recently revolutionized the automatic music generation research field. Specifically, by reaching superior performances to all previous state-of-the-…

cs.SD2024★ 1 cited

Leveraging Mixture of Experts for Improved Speech Deepfake Detection

Viola Negroni, Davide Salvi, Alessandro Ilic Mezza +2

Speech deepfakes pose a significant threat to personal security and content authenticity. Several detectors have been proposed in the literature, and one of the primary challenges…

cs.SD2024

Analyzing the Impact of Splicing Artifacts in Partially Fake Speech Signals

Viola Negroni, Davide Salvi, Paolo Bestagini +1

Speech deepfake detection has recently gained significant attention within the multimedia forensics community. Related issues have also been explored, such as the identification of…

cs.CV2024★ 2 cited

Deepfake Media Forensics: State of the Art and Challenges Ahead

Irene Amerini, Mauro Barni, Sebastiano Battiato +21

AI-generated synthetic media, also called Deepfakes, have significantly influenced so many domains, from entertainment to cybersecurity. Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) and…

cs.CV2024

When Synthetic Traces Hide Real Content: Analysis of Stable Diffusion Image Laundering

Sara Mandelli, Paolo Bestagini, Stefano Tubaro

In recent years, methods for producing highly realistic synthetic images have significantly advanced, allowing the creation of high-quality images from text prompts that describe t…

cs.CV2024★ 1 cited

Hiding Local Manipulations on SAR Images: a Counter-Forensic Attack

Sara Mandelli, Edoardo Daniele Cannas, Paolo Bestagini +2

The vast accessibility of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images through online portals has propelled the research across various fields. This widespread use and easy availability h…

cs.SD2024★ 2 cited

Compression Robust Synthetic Speech Detection Using Patched Spectrogram Transformer

Amit Kumar Singh Yadav, Ziyue Xiang, Kratika Bhagtani +3

Many deep learning synthetic speech generation tools are readily available. The use of synthetic speech has caused financial fraud, impersonation of people, and misinformation to s…

cs.SD2024

Listening Between the Lines: Synthetic Speech Detection Disregarding Verbal Content

Davide Salvi, Temesgen Semu Balcha, Paolo Bestagini +1

Recent advancements in synthetic speech generation have led to the creation of forged audio data that are almost indistinguishable from real speech. This phenomenon poses a new cha…