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Research Topic Description, including Problem Statement:
Social networks, Internet of Things (IoT), software development and vulnerability assessments are examples of areas that can be modelled and understood using graph theory and complex network analysis. Graph theory allows a variety of scenarios across a range of areas to be represented as networks and analyzed to identify structures and behaviors.
The structure of the network is key to its function and the discovery of repeating structural patterns across a single large complex network is of particular interest. Currently, pattern discovery within a scenario of interest can only be undertaken manually. This is very time consuming due to the size of both the network and the patterns. The scale and breadth of network structures are increasing rapidly, whilst some are expanding into temporal and dynamic datasets (e.g. IoT). This impacts the viability of manual pattern detection.
To date, limited research has been undertaken to identify ways of overcoming this problem. There are no known algorithms available to discover large (~50-100 nodes) patterns within a single large complex network, although progress is being made through the use of novel approaches e.g. motif detection and graph neural networks.
Although open source complex network datasets are available, none have been found to contain sufficient repeating patterns for training and testing or exploration. Open source datasets of complex networks that are available and potentially adaptable, include, but are not limited to:
Example Approaches:
A scalable method for discovery of large repeating patterns within a single large complex network is required. The key requirement for this project is to research, identify and develop algorithms or produce innovative solutions that could identify repeating patterns across a single large complex network.
Current focus of research is the discovery of exact matching large patterns (~50-100 nodes) within a static complex network. Future work may include extending the research to discover patterns within a temporal and dynamic complex network dataset. Proposals that consider a methodology which can be extended are sought, as there is potential to extend this work for a 3rd year.
Research proposals could include:
Technical partnering will be provided. Throughout the project, regular delivery of working scripts is required to enable in-house testing on data. Where possible following internal testing, feedback on performance will be provided.
Relevance to the Intelligence Community:
Pattern discovery using graph theory has several identified use cases across the Intelligence Community (IC) including:
This work is also considered a stepping-stone to enable improved analysis of applications outlined above where the data extends to temporal or dynamic datasets. This research would enable:
This ability would be far reaching, contributing to a large number of capabilities across the IC. The specific project contributes to one of the key capabilities within the counterterrorism and security.
Key Words: Large Complex Networks, Scalable, Pattern Detection, Graph Theory, Internet of Things, IoT, Structural Networks
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