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Using Stylistic Topic Models to Detect Deception Through Unusual Linguistic Activity

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N00014-10-M-0342
Agency Tracking Number: N10A-029-0416
Amount: $69,997.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: N10A-T029
Solicitation Number: 2010.A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2010
Award Year: 2010
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2010-06-28
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2011-04-30
Small Business Information
28 Corporate Drive
Clifton Park, NY 12065
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Jeffrey Baumes
 Technical Lead
 (518) 371-3971
 jeff.baumes@kitware.com
Business Contact
 William Schroeder
Title: President
Phone: (518) 371-3971
Email: will.schroeder@kitware.com
Research Institution
 UC Irvine
 Allison Crowther-Ramos
 
Office of Research Admin
Irvine, CA 92697
United States

 (949) 824-3428
 Nonprofit College or University
Abstract

Analysts are faced with the challenge of sifting through enormous quantities of documents, blog posts, communications, etc. to find deceptive behaviors. We propose novel techniques for efficiently and automatically detecting deception on large data with high accuracy by using methodologies from both stylometry and topic modeling. This combined approach will learn models of authors and will detect unusual behavior based on their unconscious writing style or their topical content, or a combination of both. A comprehensive system will make the algorithmic results accessible through a web service to an intuitive user interface with search, drill-down, and cross-referencing with custom visualizations. This will allow analysts to quickly see the current big picture activity and also to discover particular events or trends of interest. The text analysis expertise of University of California Irvine and the software and visualization expertise of Kitware will provide the correct skill set to build these tools. Phase I will assess the feasibility of the algorithmic and visualization techniques needed for this system.

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