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Ethical and Privacy-preserving Big Data platform for Supporting criminal investigations

Project description

Intensifying cyber security in Europe

In the era of digital transformation, criminal activity has evolved dramatically, presenting complex challenges to law enforcement authorities (LEAs). The proliferation of social networks, the expansiveness of the deep and shallow web, and the abundance of data available online have become tools for illicit and harmful activities, and criminals can now make use of digital tools to achieve their goals. The EU-funded PRESERVE project will develop an innovative, privacy-preserving decision-support system for European LEAs using AI and big data to combat cybercrime and terrorism. The project will use a range of cutting-edge AI methodologies and techniques to monitor social networks, police databases, and web information, identifying communities and users involved in hate speech, child sexual abuse, terrorism, and drug trafficking activities.

Objective

This proposal aims to develop an innovative and privacy-preserving decision-support system for European law enforcement authorities, leveraging advanced Big Data and AI technologies to effectively combat crimes and terrorism. The proposed system integrates Federated Learning, User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA), and other Big Data and AI techniques to monitor social network data, deep and shallow web information, and police databases in a secure, collaborative, privacy-aware and ethical manner.
The primary objective is to help Law Enforcement Authorities (LEAs) fighting cybercrime and terrorism by identifying key communities and users involved in activities such as hate speech, child sexual abuse, terrorism, or drug trafficking and to use this information to better allocate police resources.
PRESERVE will leverage Federated Learning, a decentralised machine learning approach that allows model training on distributed data sources while preserving data privacy. By collaborating with multiple LEAs across Europe, PRESERVE will collectively combine social network data, deep and shallow web information, and police databases to analyse large amounts of spatial and temporal data related to criminal activities to identify patterns and correlations to provide better police-resource management on critical areas.

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FUNDACION CENTRO TECNOLOXICO DE TELECOMUNICACIONS DE GALICIA
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€ 867 162,50
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CARRETERA DO VILAR 58
36214 VIGO
Spain

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Noroeste Galicia Pontevedra
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