Vincent Itier serves as a Lecturer at IMT Nord Europe, where he is affiliated with the CRIStAL research laboratory (UMR CNRS 9189). His office is located in Building ESPRIT, Scientific City, at the Villeneuve d'Ascq campus. He is a member of the SIGMA research team and actively contributes to the academic community through teaching, research supervision, and scholarly publications. Dr. Itier's research interests span across multimedia security, digital forensics, and machine learning, with particular emphasis on detecting and understanding image manipulations. His work addresses critical challenges in digital media authenticity, including deepfake detection, photomontage identification, and steganalysis. He investigates how machine learning techniques can be leveraged to improve robustness against increasingly sophisticated image manipulation methods, with applications in combating 'fake news' and verifying digital content authenticity. His publication record demonstrates a consistent focus on digital image forensics, with recent work exploring deep learning approaches for detecting splicing, analyzing noise residuals in deepfakes, and developing robust steganalysis techniques. His research shows a clear evolution from traditional image processing methods toward more sophisticated deep learning frameworks that can handle the complex challenges of modern digital media manipulation. Supervised Minh Thong Doi's thesis on 'Deepfake detection: combining noise and semantic features and improving generalization to new generators' Currently offering M2 Internships and Post-doc positions for 2025-2026 Leading research within the ANR TSIA CI2(IA) project which aims to develop new tools for detecting and understanding image manipulation Dr. Itier maintains an active research presence through his GitHub profile (vitier) and professional website, and can be contacted via email at vincent.itier@imt-nord-europe.fr for potential collaborations or research opportunities.




