Martin Beneš
computer & data scientist



Martin Beneš
computer & data scientist

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Researching image steganography and steganalysis. Developing open-source tools. Finishing up my PhD at the University of Innsbruck.

Previously R&D intern at Blindspot (2024), and backend developer at TaxiCaller (2019–2021) and Artisys (2017–2019).

MSc. in Statistics and machine learning from Linköping University. Bc. in Information technology from Brno University of Technology.

Latest publications


M. Beneš, F. Hartmann, R. Böhme
Steganalysis exploiting JPEG block padding
IEEE WIFS 2026
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M. Beneš, R. Böhme
Variational cover modification steganography
NeurIPS 2026
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