Paul Irofti | NetAlert

NetAlert – Automatic tools for detecting abnormal behavior in computer networks

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News

2023

[May'23] -- Dissemination event in front of prospective users from the private and public sector.
[Apr'23] -- Final testing and documentation. Check out the Netalert datasheet!
[Mar'23] -- Intensive testing and bug-fixing.
[Feb'23] -- Split the workload on the two servers as designed. Web server in front, analysis in the back on the GPU beast.
[Jan'23] -- Installation is live at the UB datacenter.

2022

[Dec'22] -- Finilized the acquisition process for the 5 GPUs
[Nov'22] -- Finilized the acquisition process for the two servers; 5 GPUs left to purchase
[Oct'22] -- Netalert used in production at Cydex'22
[Sep'22] -- Milestone reached: Solution validated in laboratory environment (TRL 4)
[Aug'22] -- We have a new member, welcome Dr. Nicolae Cleju!
[Jul'22] -- Published On finite termination of an inexact Proximal Point algorithm in Applied Mathematics Letters.
[Jun'22] -- Presented Unsupervised Abnormal Traffic Detection through Topological Flow Analysis at COMM'22.
[May'22] -- Unsupervised Abnormal Traffic Detection through Topological Flow Analysis paper preprint available.
[Mar'22] -- Milestone reached: Technology concept formulated (TRL2)
[Feb'22] -- Started the aquisition process for the two servers
[Jan'22] -- We have a new member, welcome Andrei Hîji!

2021

[Dec'21] -- Milestone reached: Documentation and identification of solutions based on existing offers on the profile market
[Nov'21] -- I am hiring, apply here!
[Sep'21] -- Kickoff!

Project

Project ID: PN-III-P2-2.1-SOL-2021-0036
Consortium: UB (coordinator), Nextgen Software SRL.
Team: 13 positions
Funder: UEFISCDI
Budget: 2.244.800 lei (~ 448.960 euro)
Duration: 10 September 2021 - 10 May 2023

Team

Paul Irofti -- Project Coordinator

University of Bucharest:

Paul Irofti -- Principal Investigator
Nicolae Cleju -- Senior Researcher
Andrei Pătrașcu -- Senior Researcher
Cristian Rusu -- Senior Researcher
Andrei Hîji -- Assistant Researcher

Nextgen Software SRL:

Ana-Maria Paraschiv -- Principal Investigator
Vlad Gladin -- Researcher
Bonciu Emilian Cristian -- Researcher
Daniel Tache -- Researcher
Dan Negru -- Researcher
Cristian Valeriu Girlea -- Researcher
Alexandru Cocosila -- Researcher
Adrian Bogdan Sandu -- Technician

Documentation

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Netalert datasheet
First Stage: Public Scientific Report

Papers

[1]	P. Irofti, A. Pătrașcu, and A.I. Hîji, “Unsupervised Abnormal Traffic Detection through Topological Flow Analysis,” in 2022 14th International Conference on Communications (COMM). 2022, pp. 1--6, IEEE. [ bib \| DOI \| http ]
[2]	A. Pătrașcu and P. Irofti, “On finite termination of an inexact Proximal Point algorithm,” Applied Mathematics Letters, vol. 134, pp. 108348, 2022. [ bib \| DOI \| http ]

About

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Goal: NetAlert aims to create a hardware-software sensor solution for detecting anomalies in computer networks based on the monitoring and analysis of data packets.

The network-mounted sensor will provide real-time alerts on abnormal traffic behaviors using two complementary approaches:

(i) static analysis based on rules and behavioral patterns

(ii) machine learning (ML) analysis without prior expert knowledge

Check the set of required scenarios and features (in romanian) for further technical details of what needs to be accomplished.

Date: 10 September 2021 - 10 May 2023

Lab: Research Center for Logic, Optimization and Security (LOS)