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Can an algorithm predict terror attacks? Scientists create new method of mining social media to anticipate Isis' next move

Daily Mail - Science & tech

A computer algorithm that can identify patterns in the social media activity of Islamic State supporters could provide clues about where terrorist attacks are likely to occur. Scientists have found they can spot distinct behavioural patterns in the interactions between groups on social media, and it could even help them predict'lone wolf' attacks'. Social media has been a key tool for organisations like Isis to help them recruit supporters and coordinate their activities. Scientists at the University of Miami have used equations used in physics and chemistry to track the constantly shifting behaviour of supporters of Isis (Isis flag pictured). While law enforcement authorities have attempted to keep track of Isis members using social media, they have tended to focus on monitoring the posts made by individuals.


Bluemix: Using dashDB and Insights for Twitter services to collect and store Twitter data

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As part of my Technology and Innovation MBA program at Ted Rogers School of Management, I took a data and knowledge management course which teaches students the principles and practices of knowledge management. The second part of the course delves on tools used in data management and analytics. Although the theoretical part of the course was a bit dry, the hands-on portion was very interesting and exposed students to several different tools to capture, clean and analyze data. One of the tasks given to students was to capture and analyze twitter data. Although students had access to Netlytics, which is a neat cloud-based text and social network analysis tool that also collects Twitter data, students were encouraged to find other ways to collect Twitter data.


Recognizing Emotion in Text with Machine Learning (No Code Required)

#artificialintelligence

I'm Julie, Director of Ops, back for a quick tutorial of two awesome new offerings we've built for you. I'm on the non-technical / cat loving side of things so I break it down a bit. I also run the Machine Learning Without a PhD group on LinkedIn where jargon isn't allowed. Feel free to join if you'd like #machinelearning4everyone So today you're getting a 2-for-1 (or as my dad likes to call it a "TooFer"). Today's topic will be the 2016 Tony Awards that aired this past Sunday night. Let's begin by heading to your dashboard.


Sentiment classification on node level for RNTN and SVN โ€ข /r/MachineLearning

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I have question regarding this paper (http://nlp.stanford.edu/ In the paper there are some results on page 7 in Table 1. There are results for All and Root. For the results All they use the results of all nodes of the tree. For Root they use the results on sentence level.


This startup will scrape your Facebook data and then sell its reports to landlords

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The personal data you share with Facebook and other social platforms is a treasure trove of information that can, according to one UK startup, prove whether or not you would be a good tenant. Score Assured wants to take the data you share privately and publicly with social media and sell it to individuals, employers, and landlords. Tenant Assured, the first tool in the company's potential suite of data mining-and-selling resources, will connect with your social accounts and give landlords a report based on your data. The company says it uses machine learning software to predict what your data means--from your personality to "financial stress." It also rates the "risk" you would be as a tenant.


Wise Practitioner - Text Analytics Interview Series: Dirk Van Hyfte at InterSystems Corporation - Analytical Worlds Blog - Predictive Analytics and Text Analytics - by Eric Siegel, Ph.D.

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In anticipation of his upcoming conference co-presentation, Personalized Medicine and Text Analytics at Text Analytics World Chicago, June 21-22, 2016, we asked Dirk Van Hyfte, Senior Advisor for Biomedical Informatics at InterSystems Corporation, a few questions about his work in text analytics. Q: In your work with text analytics, what behavior or outcome do your models predict? A: To support the shift from reactive to pro-active medicine we look for patients who are at risk to develop Sepsis, Hepatitis C and Delirium. In the area of Behavioral Health we support harm reduction projects. Q: How does text analytics deliver value at your organization โ€“ what is one specific way in which it actively drives decisions or operations?


Has YOUR Twitter account been hacked? 32 million passwords are on sell on the dark web just a weeks after LinkedIn data breach

Daily Mail - Science & tech

It might be time to consider changing your Twitter password. According to LeakedSource, a site that keeps a database of leaked login credentials, 32,888,300 Twitter usernames and passwords have been hacked and put up for sale on the dark web. The details were most likely obtained through individual malware attacks, instead of an attack on the social media site itself, according to the website. According to LeakedSource, a site that keeps a database of leaked login credentials, 32,888,300 Twitter usernames and passwords have been hacked and put up for sale on the dark web. The words malware, comes from a combination of the words'malicious' and'software'.


What is text analytics?

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Text analysis is about deriving high-quality structured data from unstructured text. Another name for text analytics is text mining. A good reason for using text analytics might be to extract additional data about customers from unstructured data sources to enrich customer master data, to produce new customer insight or to determine sentiment about products and services. Entity extraction,the parsing and extracting of entities from raw text, is a key part of text analytics. In many cases, entity extraction can be turned into automated entity recognition, in which text is parsed and well-understood entities are automatically selected from the text by the software.


Mark Zuckerberg Twitter and Pinterest hacked, apparently after login exposed in LinkedIn data dump

The Independent - Tech

Nasa has announced that it has found evidence of flowing water on Mars. Scientists have long speculated that Recurring Slope Lineae -- or dark patches -- on Mars were made up of briny water but the new findings prove that those patches are caused by liquid water, which it has established by finding hydrated salts. Several hundred camped outside the London store in Covent Garden. The 6s will have new features like a vastly improved camera and a pressure-sensitive "3D Touch" display


Text Analytics: 'Mangalyaan' as Seen on Twitter

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Social media and interplanetary mission -- what do they have in common? Well, they have in common the Mars Orbiter Mission, also known as'Mangalyaan'. It was launched on 5th November by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). It generated a lot of interest across the globe among millions of people on Social Media networks. In this blog, we analyze how Twitterati reacted to this news. Asia was by far the most interested in the subject, covering 74% of all the tweets on'Mangalyaan'.