Trinity College Dublin

<p><strong>Overview:</strong> As Ireland’s university on the world stage, Trinity is recognised for academic excellence and a transformative student experience. The historic campus is located in the heart of Dublin city centre at the meeting place of the retail and cultural districts. With a tradition of scholarship spanning more than four centuries, Trinity is home to talented and inquiring minds, a liberal education, and research conducted at the frontiers of disciplines.</p>
<p><strong>Research:</strong> Trinity’s position as one of the world’s leading universities is defined by our research, scholarship, and capacity to address issues of global, societal and economic importance. Our strength lies in the breadth and excellence of our expertise; from individual-scholars and thought-leaders, to large multidisciplinary teams, each delivering research of national and global importance.</p>
<p>Trinity’s research themes address issues of immediate and long-term concern for society and offer opportunities for future economic development. They are supported by a set of research institutes that provide the infrastructure that is required to support multi-disciplinary research as well as partner engagement.</p>
<p><strong>Industry Partnerships:</strong> Trinity is committed to supporting industry — from SMEs to MNCs, from short term projects to long term on-going collaborative projects. In a national or international context, we work collaboratively with industry stakeholders and agencies to share infrastructure and expertise, tackle industry relevant research challenges, problems, or address grand challenges.</p>


<h1 id="background">Background</h1>
<p>Social Media has become a primary source of information, with citizens sharing information on ongoing situations.</p>
<h1 id="technology-overview">Technology Overview</h1>
<p>The FÍOSÍN Social Media Monitor automatically aggregates and filters relevant messages into actionable information. Control room technologies currently monitor various streams of information (phones, webcams, GIS maps), but they have not yet effectively integrated social media data. Featuring advanced methods in machine learning as well as natural language processing, our platform filters noise to assist decision making.</p>
<p>FÍOSÍN uses machine learning techniques to automatically improve its own algorithm while data is being collected (<img src="https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/assets.in-part.com/technologies/figures/bBYLUE3TpGVLYDbgEdQR_Picture1.jpg" alt="Figure 1." />) (<img src="https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/assets.in-part.com/technologies/figures/QeoWdL0SMCWmyQLMtjG6_Picture2.jpg" alt="Figure 2." />).</p>
<p>The system assists in:</p>
<ul>
<li>distribution of resources </li>
<li>aids communication strategy </li>
<li>verifying existing information</li>
<li>generating data for reporting and training</li>
</ul>
<p>When Hurricane Matthew made landfall in 2016, the researchers recorded 1.2 million data points (text and image) from Twitter, and filtered to 6,000 relevant messages over a 6-day period.</p>
<h4 id="stage-of-development-nbsp-">Stage of Development: </h4>
<p>Ready for market. Pilot deployments are live with emergency services in Ireland and Northern Italy. </p>
<h1 id="benefits">Benefits</h1>
<ul>
<li>FÍOSÍN filters noise to only keep relevant messages</li>
<li>Messages are displayed clearly on a map to assist decision making</li>
<li>FÍOSÍN harnesses data from a range of sources and can analyse both image and text.</li>
<li>The system monitor automatically highlights key messages and removes irrelevant or untrustworthy information. </li>
</ul>
<h1 id="applications">Applications</h1>
<p>When an event (emergency or planned major event) is taking place, any target geographical region can be selected for real-time monitoring.</p>
<p>The FÍOSÍN Social Media Monitor has been tested with users in:</p>
<ul>
<li>Emergency Management: response and recovery</li>
<li>Business Continuity: planning and preparedness</li>
<li>Reputation management: communication and mitigation</li>
</ul>
