Appendix C - 12-Week Checklist#
Week |
Topic |
Required action |
Date |
|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Images & binary |
Run the bit operations; state what LSB means |
|
2 |
Python environment |
pip install; run run_e2e.py; save one grayscale image |
|
3 |
LSB & blind analysis |
Embed -> analyze experiment; read test_steg.py output |
|
4 |
Chi-square / RS |
Explain Gn collapse to a friend; run test_false_positive.py |
|
5 |
Matrix embedding / F5 |
Work one p=3 example; verify with matrix_demo |
|
6 |
nsF5 / wet paper |
Read the wet-paper section of ns5_core.py; run its test |
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7 |
Hash keying |
Wrong-password and one-pixel experiments; write the keying boundary |
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8 |
ML foundations |
Run v1 training; explain GroupKFold and AUC |
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9 |
ML steganalysis |
Compare 11-D / 143-D / 53-D predictions; explain SRM and dual models |
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10 |
Engineering |
Run cppembed.selfcheck and featurize_v2_gpu; read SRM/multi-source pipeline |
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11 |
Capstone |
Choose a direction and finish 70% of code/experiments |
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12 |
Presentation |
Finish report and demo; answer three questions from 10.5 unaided |