Visual Analytics for Sense-making in CRiminal Intelligence analysis

Project Information

VALCRI

Grant agreement ID: 608142

Project closed

Start date 1 May 2014

End date 30 June 2018

Funded under

• Specific Programme "Cooperation": Security

Total cost € 16 569 525,76

EU contribution € 13 053 686,42

Coordinated by

MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION
United Kingdom

Objective

"The purpose of Project VALCRI is to create a Visual Analytics-based sense-making capability for criminal intelligence analysis by developing and integrating a number of technologies into a coherent working environment for the analyst we call the Reasoning Workspace. Conceptually, the Reasoning Workspace comprises three areas: (i) a Data Space which will enable an analyst to see what data and themes exist, (ii) an Analysis Space to which data can be brought into to carry out various computational analyses including statistical and text analysis, and (iii) a Hypothesis Space that will enable the analysts to assemble their evidence into coherent arguments that lead to meaningful and valid conclusions.

The user interface will be rooted in the concepts of Visual Analytics – the emerging “… science of analytical reasoning facilitated by visual interactive interfaces"" (Thomas and Cook, 2004), and specially designed to support the interactive dynamics (Heer and Shneiderman, 2012) required to enable real-time analytic interaction with data. The design of the user interface will move away from the traditional windows and list of lists views for presenting data, and instead to create information objects that may be directly manipulated and freely organised visuo-spatially by the analysts so that location and spatial groupings have meaning and can be manipulated directly by selection and dragging; or we can initiate Boolean operations on the content of the two or more clusters by dragging one cluster onto another. In addition, the presentation of multiple views of the information objects, in the form of network graphs, timelines, geo-spatial etc. can lead to further insight, especially when interactivity is enabled. This tight coupling between visualisation and computation is crucial for developing and maintaining cognitive momentum, the train of thought that enables creativity and sense-making."

Programme(s)

• FP7-SECURITY - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Security

Topic(s)

• SEC-2013-1.6-4 - Information Exploitation – Integration Project

Call for proposal

FP7-SEC-2013-1
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Funding Scheme

CP-IP - Large-scale integrating project

Coordinator

MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION

• EU contribution: € 3 006 334,55
• Address: THE BURROUGHS, HENDON . ; NW4 4BT London ; United Kingdom
• Region: London › Outer London — West and North West › Barnet
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Suzanne Petrou (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

Participants (17)

SPACE APPLICATIONS SERVICES NV

Belgium

• EU contribution: € 1 412 188,81
• Address: LEUVENSESTEENWEG 325 ; 1932 Zaventem
• Region: Vlaams Gewest › Prov. Vlaams-Brabant › Arr. Halle-Vilvoorde
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Richard Aked (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE NON PROFIT CORPORATION

United States

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: KING AVENUE 505 ; 43201 Columbus
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Kevin Grubbs (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITAT KONSTANZ

Germany

• EU contribution: € 974 136,00
• Address: UNIVERSITATSSTRASSE 10 ; 78464 Konstanz
• Region: Baden-Württemberg › Freiburg › Konstanz
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Claudia Knueppel (Mrs.)
• Total cost: No data

Linköping University

Sweden

• EU contribution: € 860 520,00
• Address: CAMPUS VALLA ; 581 83 Linköping
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Annette Norberg (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

CITY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 501 140,00
• Address: NORTHAMPTON SQUARE ; EC1V 0HB London
• Region: London › Inner London — East › Haringey and Islington
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Dilly Tawakkul (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN

Belgium

• EU contribution: € 662 160,00
• Address: OUDE MARKT 13 ; 3000 Leuven
• Region: Vlaams Gewest › Prov. Vlaams-Brabant › Arr. Leuven
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Karolien Mariën (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

A E SOLUTIONS (BI) LIMITED

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 815 880,00
• Address: STONE PIPPIN ORCHARD 9 BADSEY ; WR11 7AA EVESHAM
• Region: West Midlands (England) › Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire › Worcestershire
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Richard Adderley (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET GRAZ

Austria

• EU contribution: € 602 900,00
• Address: RECHBAUERSTRASSE 12 ; 8010 Graz
• Region: Südösterreich › Steiermark › Graz
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Erwin Duschnig (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV

Germany

• EU contribution: € 1 008 241,35
• Address: HANSASTRASSE 27C ; 80686 Munchen
• Region: Bayern › Oberbayern › München, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Andrea Zeumann (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN

Austria

• EU contribution: € 309 088,00
• Address: KARLSPLATZ 13 ; 1040 Wien
• Region: Ostösterreich › Wien › Wien
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Michaela Hinterleitner (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

OBJECTSECURITY LIMITED

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 923 000,00
• Address: COWLEY ROAD ST JOHNS SINNOVATION CENTRE ; CB4 0WS CAMBRIDGE
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Rudolf Schreiner (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

UNABHANGIGES LANDESZENTRUM FUR DATENSCHUTZ

Germany

• EU contribution: € 485 127,20
• Address: HOLSTENSTRASSE 98 ; 24103 Kiel
• Region: Schleswig-Holstein › Schleswig-Holstein › Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Marit Hansen (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

I-INTELLIGENCE GMBH

Switzerland

• EU contribution: € 771 000,00
• Address: ZUERCHERSTRASSE 46 ; 8400 WINTERTHUR
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Chris Pallaris (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

EXIPPLE STUDIO SL

Spain

• EU contribution: € 412 742,91
• Address: CALLE GIRONA NUM 102 PISO 1 PTA. 2 ; 08009 Barcelona
• Region: Este › Cataluña › Barcelona
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Andrea Halfpap (Mrs.)
• Total cost: No data

WEST MIDLANDS POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 131 700,00
• Address: West Midlands Police Headquarters, Lloyd House, Colmore Circus , Queensway ; B4 6NQ Birmingham
• Region: West Midlands (England) › West Midlands › Birmingham
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Esther Martin (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

STAD ANTWERPEN

Belgium

• EU contribution: € 177 527,60
• Address: GROTE MARKT 1 STADHUIS ; 2000 Antwerpen
• Region: Vlaams Gewest › Prov. Antwerpen › Arr. Antwerpen
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Abby Coekaerts (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

SERVICE PUBLIC FEDERAL INTERIEUR

Belgium

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: RUE DE LOUVAIN 1 ; 1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
• Region: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest › Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest › Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Verdegem Simon (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data