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- 1. Venezuelan(Spring(‘14( ILI(Forecasts(
EMBERS: Forecasting Significant Societal Events using Open Source Indicators
Discovery Analytics Center, Virginia Tech
Contact: Naren Ramakrishnan, Principal Investigator, naren@cs.vt.edu
Introduction
System(Architecture(Produc>on(Cluster(
~20+(TB!Total!Archived!Data!
~3(Billion(Messages!
~15(GB!ingested!per!day!
Over!12,000!warnings!delivered!
Average!40!warnings!/!day!
12!EC2!instances!used!for!produc>on!
16!vCPUs,!50(GB!Virtual!Memory!
System(Sta>s>cs(
Goal:"Build"system"to"forecast"events"
"from"readily"available"public"data"
IARPA!OSI!Program!
• Forecast!major!popula>onIlevel!events!of!
substan>al!societal!importance!
• Civil!unrest!incidents,!elec>ons,!rare!disease!
outbreaks,!influenzaIlike!illnesses!
!!!!!!!!–!When,!Where,!Who!and!Why!?!
• Focus!regions!include!20!countries!in!La>n!America!
and!7!countries!in!Middle!East!&!North!Africa!
Matching(Warnings(and(Events(
t1(
Forecast!
Date!
t2(
Event!
Date!
t3(
Predicted!
Event!Date!
t4(
Reported!
Date!
Lead!Time!
Date!
Quality!
Selected Results
Planned(Protest(Model(
Extracts! event! announcements!
from! tradi>onal! ! news! and!
social!media!
Dynamic(Query(Expansion(
Model(
Adap>vely! extracts! keywords!
related!to!protests!
Volume(Based(Model(
Machine! learning! model! that!
maps!volume!based!features!to!
protests!
Cascades(Model(
Tracks! targeted! campaigns! and!
populariza>on! of! causes! on!
TwiXer!
Baseline(Model(
Uses! Maximum! Likelihood!
Es>mate!over!past!GSR!reports!
to!forecast!protests!
Civil Unrest
((((((Fusion(&(
Suppression(
Influenza-like IllnessesRare Diseases
vs.!
""Evaluated"by"MITRE"
Tensor(Decomposi>on( Anomaly(Detec>on( Warning(
Audit(Trail(
GeoSLoca>on((
Filter(
Keywords(
Filter(
Predicate(
Filter(
PreSProcessing(
(((((Seed((
Vocabulary(
PSL(
Processing(
Keywords(for((
Itera>on(
Threshold(
Filter(
Membership(
Inference(
PostSProcessing(
Brazilian(Spring’13( Spread(of(Protests( Rare(Disease(Forecasts(
Discovery!Analy>cs!Center!
EMBERS!is!led!by!the!Discovery!Analy>cs!Center!at!Virginia!Tech!with!numerous!industrial!and!academic!partners,!including!University!of!Maryland,!College!Park,!Cornell!University,!Children's!Hospital!Boston/Harvard!Medical!School,!!
University!of!California!San!Diego,!San!Diego!State!University,!CACI!Inc.,!Basis!Technology,!University!at!Albany,!University!of!California!Santa!Cruz,!Northeastern!University,!Carnegie!Mellon!University,!University!of!Utah,!and!Raytheon/BBN!Technologies.!
Supported!by!the!Intelligence!Advanced!Research!Projects!Ac>vity!(IARPA)!via!DoI/NBC!contract!number!D12PC000337,!the!US!Government!is!authorized!to!reproduce!and!distribute!reprints!of!this!work!for!Governmental!purposes!notwithstanding!any!copyright!annota>on!thereon.!
Disclaimer:!The!views!and!conclusions!contained!herein!are!those!of!the!authors!and!should!not!be!interpreted!as!necessarily!represen>ng!the!official!policies!or!endorsements,!either!expressed!or!implied,!of!IARPA,!DoI/NBC,!or!the!US!Government.!
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1. for!classified!research!components!
2. with!access!to!relevant!data!sources!
3. with!exper>se!in!modeling!terrorism!
and!military!ac>ons!
Seeking
- 2. Planned'Protest'Model'
Extracts( event( announcements( from(
tradi2onal((news(and(social(media(
Dynamic'Query'Expansion'Model'
Iden2fies( a( dynamically( growing( list( of(
keywords(related(to(protests(
Volume'Based'Model'
Machine( learning( model( that( maps(
volume(based(features(to(protests(
Cascades'Model'
Tracks(targeted(campaigns(and(
populariza2on(of(causes(on(Twi@er(
Baseline'Model'
Uses(Maximum(Likelihood(Es2mate(on(
past(GSR(reports(to(predict(protests(
‘Beating the News’ with EMBERS: Forecasting Civil Unrest using Open Source Indicators
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Graham Katz, Andy Doyle, Chris Ackermann, Ilya Zavorin, Jim Ford, Kristen Summers, Youssef Fayed, Jaime Arredondo, Dipak Gupta, David Mares
Introduction
EMBERS
Evaluation
Fusion'and'
Suppression'
#(of(Warnings(
Date(
Vs.(
Evaluated)by)
MITRE)
Brazilian'Spring' Venezuelan'Protests'‘14'
System'Architecture'ProducCon'Cluster'
~13'TB(Total(Archived(Data(
~3'Billion'Messages(
~15'GB(ingested(per(day(
Over(12,000(warnings(delivered(
Average(40(warnings(/(day(
12(EC2(instances(used(for(produc2on(
16(vCPUs,(50'GB(Virtual(Memory(
System'StaCsCcs'
Goal:)Build)system)to)forecast)these)events)
from)readily)available)public)data)
IARPA(OSI(Program(
• Forecast( major( popula2onTlevel( events( of(
substan2al(societal(importance(
• Civil(Unrest(
− When,(Where,(Who(and(Why(?(
• Regional(focus(on(10(countries(in(La2n(
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(((((SV,(UY,(and(VE(
Warning)Audit)Trail)
Warning'PredicCon'
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Event(
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- 3. Brazilian Spring ‘13 Venezuelan Protests ‘14 Mexico Protests ‘14
Warning'Id' Loca-on' Date' Delivered' Model' Keywords'
5356$ Fortaleza$ June$27th$$ June$26th$$ Dynamic$Query$
Expansion$
Reform,$Polit,$Plebiscit,$
Dilm,$ConsCtuent$
5247$ Rio$de$Janeiro$ June$30th$$ June$24th$$ Planned$Protest$ Comienzan$Protestas$
5620$ Rio$de$Janeiro$ June$30th$$ June$29th$$ LASSO$ Caminar,$Evaluar,$
Violencia$
5582$ Salvador$ June$30th$$ June$29th$$ Dynamic$Query$
Expansion$
Protest,$Manifest,$Polic,$
Fortal,$Govern,$Apos$
MITRE'ID' Loca-on' Date'
7912$ Fortaleza$ June$27th$$
$
7968$ Salvador$ June$30th$$
7967$ Rio$de$
Janeiro$
June$30th$$
7966$ Rio$de$
Janeiro$
June$30th$$
Warning'Id' Loca-on' Date' Delivered' Model' Keywords'
12081$ Maracaibo$ Feb$12th$$ Feb$11th$$ Dynamic$Query$
Expansion$
Liberacion,$Exigir,$
Estundiante,$Trabajador$
11838$ Caracas$ Feb$12th$$ Feb$3rd$$ Planned$Protest$ llamando$protesta$
12120$ Los$Teques$ Feb$13th$$ Feb$12th$$ Dynamic$Query$
Expansion$
Papel,$Conatel,$Medio,$
#12f,$estudianCl$
12242$ Caracas$ Feb$18th$$ Feb$17th$$ Planned$Protest$ Call$Rally$
MITRE'ID' Loca-on' Date'
16238$ Maracaibo$ Feb$12th$$
$
16254$ Los$Teques$ Feb$13th$$
16353$ Caracas$ Feb$18th$$
$
16220$ Caracas$ Feb$12th$$
Warning'Id' Loca-on' Date' Delivered' Model' Keywords'
22794$ Ciudad$de$
Mexico$
Nov$5th$$ Nov$4th$$ Dynamic$Query$
Expansion$
Marcha,$#ABRE,$
#Ayotzinapa,$formacion$
22654$ Ciudad$de$
Mexico$
Nov$5th$$ Oct$31st$$ Planned$Protest$ Marcha,$Annunciar$paro$
23606$ Veracruz$ Nov$20th$ Nov$17th$$ Planned$Protest$ anunciar$movilizacion$
23851$ Oaxaca$de$
Juarez$
Nov$20th$$ Nov$19th$$ Dynamic$Query$
Expansion$
#gobiernohidalgo,$
paco_olvera,$Ayotzinapa$
MITRE'ID' Loca-on' Date'
25898$ Ciudad$de$
Mexico$
Nov$5th$
25900$ Ciudad$de$
Mexico$
Nov$5th$$
26200$ Veracruz$ Nov$5th$$
26190$ Oaxaca$de$
Juarez$
Nov$20th$$
EMBERS: Forecasting Significant Societal Events using Open Source Indicators
Discovery Analytics Center, Virginia Tech
Contact: Naren Ramakrishnan, Principal Investigator, naren@cs.vt.edu
Discovery$AnalyCcs$Center$
EMBERS$is$led$by$the$Discovery$AnalyCcs$Center$at$Virginia$Tech$with$numerous$industrial$and$academic$partners,$including$University$of$Maryland,$College$Park,$Cornell$University,$Children's$Hospital$Boston/Harvard$Medical$School,$$
University$of$California$San$Diego,$San$Diego$State$University,$CACI$Inc.,$Basis$Technology,$University$at$Albany,$University$of$California$Santa$Cruz,$Northeastern$University,$Carnegie$Mellon$University,$University$of$Utah,$and$Raytheon/BBN$Technologies.$
Supported$by$the$Intelligence$Advanced$Research$Projects$AcCvity$(IARPA)$via$DoI/NBC$contract$number$D12PC000337,$the$US$Government$is$authorized$to$reproduce$and$distribute$reprints$of$this$work$for$Governmental$purposes$notwithstanding$any$copyright$annotaCon$thereon.$
Disclaimer:$The$views$and$conclusions$contained$herein$are$those$of$the$authors$and$should$not$be$interpreted$as$necessarily$represenCng$the$official$policies$or$endorsements,$either$expressed$or$implied,$of$IARPA,$DoI/NBC,$or$the$US$Government.$
• In$June'2013$countrywide$protests$erupted$in$Brazil,$also$
known$as$the$Vinegar'Movement'
• Reason:' Increase$ in$ Bus$ Fares,$ CorrupCon,$ Health$ &$
EducaCon$Costs$
• Major$ protests$ occurred$ in$ the$ host$ ciCes$ of$ the$ FIFA$
ConfederaCons$ Cup$ matches,$ which$ were$ forecast$ by$
EMBERS.$
• NaConwide$Venezuelan$protests$began$in$February'2014$$
• Reason:$ Indifference$ to$ student$ concerns,$ high$ levels$ of$
criminal$violence,$inflaCon$and$chronic$scarcity$of$basic$goods$
due$to$strict$price$controls$enforced$by$the$government$
• Killing$of$Miss$Venezuela$2004$(Monica$Spears)$and$her$exj
husband$ followed$ by$ an$ akempted$ rape$ of$ a$ student$
triggered$the$events$
• During$the$months$of$September'–'November'2014,$Mexico$
experienced$countrywide$protests'$$
• Reason:$On$September'26th,'43$male$college$students$from$
Ayotzinapa$went$missing$which$led$to$a$naConwide$outcry$$
• A$mass$grave$of$28$students$was$discovered$on$October'5th$
• On$ November' 20th,$ relaCves$ of$ missing$ Mexican$ students$
led$mass$protest$in$Mexico$
EMBERS$Warnings$ GSR$ EMBERS$Warnings$ GSR$ EMBERS$Warnings$ GSR$
Word$Cloud$from$EMBERS$Alerts$Word$Cloud$from$EMBERS$Alerts$ $$$$$$$$$GSR$vs.$EMBERS$Counts$ $$$$$$$$$$$GSR$vs.$EMBERS$Counts$ Word$Cloud$from$EMBERS$Alerts$ $$$$$$$$$$GSR$vs.$EMBERS$Counts$
GSR$vs.$EMBERS$SpaCal$DistribuCon$ GSR$vs.$EMBERS$SpaCal$DistribuCon$ GSR$vs.$EMBERS$SpaCal$DistribuCon$
On$June$27th,$in$Fortaleza,$
5000$protestors$clashed$with$
police$near$the$castelao(
stadium.$EMBERS$sends$out$
an$alert$the$day$before$
On$June$30th,$mass$
protests$occurred$
in$Rio$de$Janeiro$&$
Salvador.$EMBERS$
forecast$these$
events$and$sends$
out$mulCple$alerts$
on$June$28th$&$29th$
for$these$ciCes$
68%$of$the$EMBERS$alerts$
resulted$from$the$
Planned(Protest(model$
indicaCng$that$social$
networking$sites$and$
convenConal$news$media$
played$a$key$role$in$
organizing$these$
uprisings$
On$Feb$11th,$EMBERS$
captured$the$first$“calls(
to(protest”$from$several$
open$source$indicators$
for$the$trigger$city$–$San(
Cristobal$(with$more$
alerts$generated$for$
nearby$regions$Merida$
&$Maracaibo)$
From$5th$–$8th$October,$
EMBERS$generated$a$series$
of$alert$spikes,$coinciding$
with$the$first$large$scale,$
naConwide$protests$
During$13th$–$29th$
October,$EMBERS$
captures$several$statej
wide$protests$
On$November$5th,$EMBERS$
generates$mulCple$alerts$
for$massive$protests$in$
Mexico$City$