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Multi-lingual Social-media Crowd Manipulation Detector (MSCMD)
Award last edited on: 12/22/21

Sponsored Program
STTR
Awarding Agency
DOD : AF
Total Award Amount
$49,689
Award Phase
1
Solicitation Topic Code
AF20A-TCSO1
Principal Investigator
Hassan Alam

Company Information

BCL Technologies (AKA: BCL Computers-Asta-Blu)

3031 Tisch Way Suite 1000
San Jose, CA 95128
   (408) 225-2679
   info@bcltechnologies.com
   www.bcltechnologies.com

Research Institution

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Phase I

Contract Number: FA8649-20-P-0546
Start Date: 3/6/20    Completed: 6/4/20
Phase I year
2020
Phase I Amount
$49,689
BCL Technologies (BCL) proposes testing its Multi-lingual Social-media Crowd Manipulation Detector (MSCMD) with live Twitter feed to detect propaganda in real time. The MSCMD uses emotion in Social Media to detect efforts to manipulate crowds. A prototype MSCMD was developed in Dec 2019. In the Phase I research, BCL plans to: Link MSCMD System to Twitter Use MSCMD to locate Propaganda in Twitter Feed Compare MSCMD with current State-of-the-art Design Phase II MSCMD System Specific tasks for Phase I research are: Connect MSCMD Twitter data for real time Propaganda Collect Data Feed for training MSCMD System Train the MSCMD System on 1/3 of collected data Test MSCMD System on real time Twitter feed Compare the MSCMD System with current state-of-the-art Write results of Phase I Research Use Phase I results to write Phase II plan

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