[IP] Sentiment Analysis for Homeland Security?
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From: "Malin, Bradley A" <b.malin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: October 5, 2006 11:50:29 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Sentiment Analysis for Homeland Security?
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/04/us/04monitor.html
Software Being Developed to Monitor Opinions of U.S.
By ERIC LIPTON
Published: October 4, 2006
Such a “sentiment analysis” is intended to identify potential threats
to the nation, security officials said.
Researchers at institutions including Cornell, the University of
Pittsburgh and the University of Utah intend to test the system on
hundreds of articles published in 2001 and 2002 on topics like
President Bush’s use of the term “axis of evil,” the handling of
detainees at Guantánamo Bay, the debate over global warming and the
coup attempt against President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela.
A $2.4 million grant will finance the research over three years.
American officials have long relied on newspapers and other news
sources to track events and opinions here and abroad, a goal that has
included the routine translation of articles from many foreign
publications and news services.
The new software would allow much more rapid and comprehensive
monitoring of the global news media, as the Homeland Security
Department and, perhaps, intelligence agencies look “to identify
common patterns from numerous sources of information which might be
indicative of potential threats to the nation,” a statement by the
department said.
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