Social Network Analysis
Mapping Extremist Communities: A Social Network Analysis Approach
September 18, 2023In the domain of computer science, the last years have witnessed the improvement of social network analysis at scale. One of the most challenging aspects of social network analysis is community detection; analysts use a variety of tools to visualise the spontaneous group structure emerging from interactions and friendship relations in multi-million-user networks. This visualisation, ...
The Spider-man Behavior Protocol: Exploring both Public and Dark Social Networks for Fake Identity Detection in Terrorism Informatics
September 18, 2023Hiding true personality behind a facade is one of the basic tricks adopted by humans who live double lives for illegal purposes. In particular terrorists have historically adopted the protocol of a facade behaviour coupled with a second life consisting mainly in illegal activities and their planning. Nowadays a few cases of behaviours that hide ...