Period: 01.10.2021 – 30.09.2022

Funding SOURCE: ARIS, MNZ

REFERENCE NR.: V2-2117

PROJECT PROGRAMME: target research programme

COORDINATORS AND CONTACTS: assoc. prof. dr. Niko Lukač

Project website: gemma.feri.um.si/V2-2117

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Development and integration of new data and visual analytics
algorithms into investigation platform

Abstract:

Digital forensics is one of the cornerstones of information security today. The daily increase in fraud increases the need for more effective tools and approaches to ensure security. As part of the research and development project, we will design, develop, and integrate new algorithms for data and visual analytics into the existing analytical platform of the client. In doing so, we will improve digital forensic analysis of heterogeneous structured data, which represents a complex network of different user domains (e.g., financial data flows, social networks, etc.). We will also place special emphasis on algorithms in the field of artificial intelligence to perform improved data analytics, where hidden information and anomalies in complex networks could be found in an automated way. We will update visual analytics with the introduction of new visualization algorithms for the presentation of multidimensional data and the possibility of including new heterogeneous data flows. Together with the study of appropriate algorithms and their integration, we will establish cooperation between the security authorities of the Republic of Slovenia and the University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Informatics (UM FERI) in terms of research challenges in national digital security.