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Adaptive Expert System that Learns to Detect and Track Patterns of Crime in Internet Advertisements

Award Information

Award #
2013-IJ-CX-K007
Funding Category
Continuation
Location
Awardee County
Allegheny
Congressional District
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2013
Total funding (to date)
$717,458

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2013, $245,382)

This award was competitively made in response to a proposal submitted by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to a National Institute of Justice FY 2013 solicitation: "Applied Technology Research and Development for Criminal Justice Purposes". CMU proposes to develop an adaptive expert system that searches internet escort advertisements to determine which ads are associated with sex trafficking. ca/ncf

Date Created: August 28, 2013