Thanks Matt, A problem I see now, is that they are under constant attack on Social media, so learning any patterns as not anomlous will be a huge problem, and possible contextual infromation will need to be taken into consideration...
See for example: http://techcrunch.com/2015/11/16/hacking-collective-anonymous-declares-total-war-on-isis-following-paris-terror-attacks/ http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/anonymous-declares-war-islamic-state-6839030 and many more... Still I think it is worth a try, but am not really able to allocate time :( Is anybody form Cortical listening?? :) (hint) Best, Pascal On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 9:43 PM, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought about what happened in Paris all day yesterday. I spent > considerable time researching ISIS and I found this: > > > http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/papers/2015/03/isis-twitter-census-berger-morgan/isis_twitter_census_berger_morgan.pdf > > It describes it a lot of detail how ISIS uses Twitter, and it also > lists a lot of topics and hashtags ISIS promoters have used. > > Regards, > --------- > Matt Taylor > OS Community Flag-Bearer > Numenta > > > On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 3:44 AM, miguel angel rodriguez > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Pascal, > > > > I really think is a naive idea, but very interesting too. Creating a > > WorldWide-SocialInfo processor that can detect these kind of anomalies > would > > serve a fantastic purpose. But this is a Big project and should be > addressed > > with the care and workforce appropirate. > > I kindo of Isac Asimovs "Multivac" WorldManaging Computer. > > > > If someone opnes a serious project on the matter I would be in as soon > as my > > current tasks are finished. > > > > Best, > > > > Miguel Angel > > > > #PrayForParís > > > > 2015-11-14 11:39 GMT+01:00 Pascal Weinberger <[email protected] > >: > >> > >> Hey NuPIC, Hey Cortical.io > >> > >> > >> After this devastating night with the disturbing and also a bit > awakening > >> events in Paris, I would like to ask for people to join me on a small > and > >> probably naive idea: > >> > >> The cortical.io team has submitted a twitter monitoring service for > >> elections, there has been a hack on the hackaton in NY for monitoring > news > >> and indicating anomalies in them, and now I would like to see if we can > find > >> indications for the terror-attacks in Paris in Social media. > >> > >> Twitter, news and "underground" platforms like 4chan are maybe good > places > >> to start. I was thinking about monitoring the schemantics and numbers of > >> posts containing keywords related to terrorism and hatred. > >> > >> I was hoping for sb from cortical.io and others to help trying to see > if > >> there are indications in Social media before the events, so anomalies in > >> posts and activities which may have been used to warn and/or find > >> individuals who are causing these anomalous behavior. > >> > >> I know this may sound naive (I know it is) but I think it's worth the > try! > >> Maybe this Leeds us to a warning tool for terrorism, which would be > >> incredibly helpful to us. > >> > >> > >> I hope for feedback and ideas here! > >> > >> > >> PS: I hope you had a great rest time yesterday night :) > >> > >> > >> Best, > >> > >> Pascal > >> > >> ____________________________ > >> > >> BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD ... > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > >
