In May 2016 the RAND Corporation published the book Foundations of the Islamic State: Money, Management, and Terror in Iraq 2005-2010, the culmination of a four-year collaboration between the RAND Corporation, DARPA, Princeton University, Praescient Analytics, Palantir, and the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. The project team worked with the Defense community to declassify… Read more »
In April 2016 West Point’s Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) released preliminary analysis of over 4,600 unique ISIS administrative records, the largest such collection ever circulated in open sources. The majority of these records, originally delivered to NBC News by an ISIS defector, consisted of entry forms for foreign fighters joining the Islamic State. The leaks… Read more »
By: Evan Sterling, Analyst Consultant; Praescient Analytics One of the most important aspects of any big data project is data modeling. Data modeling creates the structure your data will live in. It defines how things are labeled and organized, which determines how your data can and will be used and ultimately what story that information… Read more »
By: Evan Sterling, Analyst Consultant; Praescient Analytics The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP), two of Praescient Analytics’ partners, are releasing a series of reports entitled U.S. Grand Strategy: Destroying ISIS and Al Qaeda. These reports make up an “intensive multi-week planning exercise to frame, design, and evaluate… Read more »
By: Francis Henry, Analyst Consultant; Praescient Analytics In the days following September 11th, 2001, the leaders in the Special Forces community were quick to realize the importance of intelligence and information to completing their mission. Accessing intelligence, storing it, processing it and subsequently presenting it to decision-makers would be vital to the process of allowing… Read more »
Open Source Intelligence is a rapidly growing analytical discipline linked to the rapidly expanding realm of the internet. With the rapid growth of Web 2.0, web sites that focus on user generated content (Tim O’Reilly, 2005), and the constant desire for the coolest social media apps and data distribution tools, the web becomes a… Read more »
Praescient’s Analysis as a Service (A3S) Team is once again providing key workflow and technical support to the Arizona State University Office of Sex Trafficking Intervention Research’s (STIR) ongoing study into sex trafficking during the Super Bowl. The analysts and engineers on Praescient’s A3S Team have developed methodologies which source thousands of online sex ads… Read more »
Happy New Year from Team Praescient! 2014 has been an exciting year for our company, with many milestones worth recognizing. We’ve also shared many great interviews, posts, and pieces of thought leadership here on our Ideas Blog. Check out some of our highlights from the past year. Katie Crotty Inducted into Truman Defense Council –… Read more »
Praescient is recognized as a thought leader when it comes to data analysis and each of our staff members embody that expertise. Our people work as analysts, engineers, and field service supporters, augmenting our technology partners’ powerful analytic tools. Praescient is highly effective at delivering actionable insight, and ultimately enabling mission wins, for our clients… Read more »
2014 will be over in just a few short weeks, but we at Praescient have our eyes set on the future. Data analytics has emerged as a vital tool for industries of all kinds and there is every indication that the practice will evolve tremendously in the coming years. Here are some of the trends and… Read more »