Analyzing human behavior , social media , other data points a the U.S. Central Command tool . Modeling looked at North Korea , North Korea , the United States , Syria and other hot spots . Data-driven approach is contrary to conventional `` top-down '' wisdom . `` If you could apply human judgments , it 's wonderful , otherwise substituting human judgment and talent with computing analytics does not work , '' Paul said . Potential to use data analytics in the United States to help forecast terror attacks .
Analyzing human behavior , social media , other data points a the U.S. Central Command tool . Modeling looked at North Korea , North Korea , the United States , Syria and other hot spots . Data-driven approach is contrary to conventional `` top-down '' wisdom . Potential to use data analytics in the United States to help forecast terror attacks .