Neo4j Awards Technology Grant to Syracuse University for Mapping Misinformation Trends in 2024 U.S. Elections with Knowledge Graphs
SAN MATEO, Calif., May 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Neo4j®, the world's leading graph database and analytics company, today announced a $250,000 research grant and licensed use of its software to Syracuse University's Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship (IDJC). The grant supports the university's yearlong research initiative to identify and map misinformation campaigns and their sources with the potential to mislead voters' decisions in the U.S. 2024 elections.
- The grant supports the university's yearlong research initiative to identify and map misinformation campaigns and their sources with the potential to mislead voters' decisions in the U.S. 2024 elections.
- The research project is led by Professor Jennifer Stromer-Galley , senior associate dean at Syracuse University's School of Information Studies and a nationally recognized expert in political campaigns and misinformation.
- NBC used Neo4j to uncover Russian interference in the 2016 election ; and computational journalists used Neo4j knowledge graphs to support fact-based reporting in the 2020 election.
- Syracuse University's IDJC ElectionGraph and its findings are independent and proprietary to Syracuse University and the IDJC.