Even though incident detection algorithms are designed and implemented for quickly detecting incidents, the criterion of mean detection delay has hardly been well defined and utilized in developing and evaluating incident detection algorithms.
Current technologies can solve some of the problems of caring for someone with dementia – quickly detecting falls, reminding about medication, reminding them of steps in the sequence of simple tasks such as cooking or contacting family members.
Evolved perhaps before consciousness itself, it is the realm responsible for such indispensable cognitive skills as acquiring language, sizing up situations quickly, detecting signs of danger, sussing out relationships -- skills that everyone uses every day without even realizing it.
Network administrators need to do more to prevent troublemakers from hijacking their hardware, quickly detecting when a botnet has enslaved their computers, and fixing DNS servers when their inherent flaws are exploited.
The attacks have pushed Facebook to expand its security team, to develop a sophisticated apparatus for quickly detecting and stopping malicious activity, to create tools for talking with its users about security and to build relationships within the security industry.
Quickly detecting harmful cascades in networks can allow us to analyze the causes and prevent further spreading of destructive influence.
