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Jun. 22nd, 2009 03:30 pmOk, this is creepy. Actually, this article reads as another item in the e-academic kunstkamera, until it links to this:
"Peterson’s team uses the software to analyze emails .... Their system identifies people who are not discussing certain, expected topics - say social activities - with their colleagues, and flags them as possibly feeling alienated. It also identifies those who are discussing sensitive topics externally and classes them as having “clandestine, sensitive interests”. People who are flagged in both categories could pose a risk to a company, say the authors.
In addition to potential saboteurs, the software can also spot whistle-blowers. When it was fed the 250,000 emails sent between employees at bankrupted energy company Enron, it flagged employee Sherron Watkins as one of just three who were both alienated and had clandestine, sensitive interests. It was Watkins who blew the lid on the firm." 1, 2
"Peterson’s team uses the software to analyze emails .... Their system identifies people who are not discussing certain, expected topics - say social activities - with their colleagues, and flags them as possibly feeling alienated. It also identifies those who are discussing sensitive topics externally and classes them as having “clandestine, sensitive interests”. People who are flagged in both categories could pose a risk to a company, say the authors.
In addition to potential saboteurs, the software can also spot whistle-blowers. When it was fed the 250,000 emails sent between employees at bankrupted energy company Enron, it flagged employee Sherron Watkins as one of just three who were both alienated and had clandestine, sensitive interests. It was Watkins who blew the lid on the firm." 1, 2