In the NetViz project we are studying the design and implementation of a natural, easy to learn, comprehensive, and real-time visualization system, which employs a unified metaphor — the geographic map — visualizing network activity of interest. The proposed visualization system will be used in conjunction with a distributed Intrusion Detection System (IDS) for rapidly identifying network intrusions such as port scans, denial-of-service attacks, and topological attacks in mobile networks.

Collaborators

• Stephen Kobourov
• Loukas Lazos
• Srinivasan Ramasubramanian
• Thienne Johnson
• Joe Fowler

Supporting Grants and Contracts

1. February 2011---September 2011, Putting Network Security on the Map: Visualizing Network Security with a Unified Map Metaphor Office of Naval Research, $399,958, PI: Stephen Kobourov, co-PIs: Christian Collberg, Srini Ramasubramanian, Loukas Lazos.