Phoenix Challenge 2.0 Virtual Event Coming in Winter 2021 The Information Professionals Association (IPA) and the University of Maryland’s Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS) announced plans to co-host Phoenix Challenge 2.0, the premier information operations conference, as a virtual event in the February/March 2021 timeframe.  The two organizations announced their plans to...Read More

“In the first week of August, cellphones across Russia lit up with surprising text messages. They came from different numbers, but each said the same thing in Russian: “The US State Department is offering up to $10 million for information about interference in the US elections. If you have information, contact rfj.tips/bngc.” The State Department...Read More

Defense News published an article on November 4, “The military must learn to operate more in the gray zone,” citing a recent interview on the Information Professionals Association (IPA) Cognitive Crucible podcast (Cognitive Crucible Episode 13 available on IPA’s website) with Col. Brian Russell, commander of II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group (MIG).  In the...Read More

Detecting botnet signals using process mining Editor’s Note: John Bicknell, Vice President of the Information Professionals Association (IPA), and Werner G. Krebs, co-authored a new article in the Journal for Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory on how artificial intelligence (AI), process mining technologies illuminated bot activity within a 2015-era terrorist Twitter dataset. The bot logic...Read More

Editor’s note:  Defense One put up a nice summary filled with data on the spread of misinformation leading up to the US election.  It’s far from reassuring.  Despite the concerted efforts of social media companies and most media outlets, misinformation spread quickly and remains very entrenched with a backlash suggesting a surge in lack of...Read More

Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post from Dr. Paul Lieber, an IPA member and Chief Scientist at COLSA Corporation.  The material below is Dr. Lieber’s personal opinion and does not imply an official IPA position or endorsement.  However, as an association we welcome member views on this blog and intend to further a...Read More