Making Sense : Challenges
The key challenge that this proposal addresses is the analysis and visualization of multiple sources of multi-modal data that may be partial, unreliable and contradictory.
In addressing this challenge we expect to create an interactive visualization-based decision support assistant which collects data, fuses it, analyses it and visualizes the results in a way which can be shared by analysts. Each aspect of the assistant poses significant new scientific challenges.
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Collection
New developments in computer forensics, automatic gisting, data management and resource allocation. -
Fusion and inference
Integration of data of variable sources, locating missing data, resolution of contradictions. -
Analysis
Summarizing fused data, machine learning to identify relevant connections in the data. -
Visualisation
From multiple perspectives both shared and operational;
Informed by the operational model(s) of data analysis, risk assessment and legal considerations.