Abstract
Image steganography is the art of secret communication in order to exchange a secret message. In the other hand, image steganalysis attempts to detect the presence of a hidden message by searching artefacts within an image. For about ten years, the classic approach for steganalysis was to use an Ensemble Classifier fed by hand-crafted features. In recent years, studies have shown that well-designed convolutional neural networks (CNNs) can achieve superior performance compared to conventional machine-learning approaches.The subject of this thesis deals with the use of deep learning techniques for image steganography and steganalysis in the spatialdomain.The first contribution is a fast and very effective convolutional neural network for steganalysis, named Yedroudj-Net. Compared tomodern deep learning based steganalysis methods, Yedroudj-Net can achieve state-of-the-art detection results, but also takes less time to converge, allowing the use of a large training set. Moreover,Yedroudj-Net can easily be improved by using well known add-ons. Among these add-ons, we have evaluated the data augmentation, and the the use of an ensemble of CNN; Both increase our CNN performances.The second contribution is the application of deep learning techniques for steganography i.e the embedding. Among the existing techniques, we focus on the 3-player game approach.We propose an embedding algorithm that automatically learns how to hide a message secretly. Our proposed steganography system is based on the use of generative adversarial networks. The training of this steganographic system is conducted using three neural networks that compete against each other: the embedder, the extractor, and the steganalyzer. For the steganalyzer we use Yedroudj-Net, this for its affordable size, and for the fact that its training does not require the use of any tricks that could increase the computational time.This second contribution defines a research direction, by giving first reflection elements while giving promising first results.