How Graphs Power OpenSanctions: The 5-Minute Interview with Friedrich Lindenberg
By Angela Zimmerman
August 10, 2022 11 mins read
OpenSanctions is the brainchild of Friedrich Lindenberg. It uses graph technology to analyze different datasets to identify significant individuals around the globe – like politicians, their associates, and other persons of interest – giving investigators, businesses, journalists, and technologists an essential open source tool to optimize their work.
Keywords: civic tech • Connected Data • Cybercrime • graph database • graph technology • Interview • OpenSanctions
Driven by Graph’s Extraordinary Impact: Emil Eifrem on His Life’s Work
By Angela Zimmerman
May 26, 2022 12 mins read
Want a dose of authentic inspiration from the man himself? Our CEO and Co-founder Emil Eifrem conceived of the first graph database on the back of a napkin on a flight to Mumbai over 20 years ago. What happened after that?
Keywords: emil eifrem • graph data science • graph database • graph technology • Graphs4Good • icij • Interview • investigative journalism • neo4j • Panama Papers
Pandora Papers: Revealing Financial Secrets of Global Power Players
By Angela Zimmerman
March 31, 2022 6 mins read
ICIJ’s investigation into the Pandora Papers reveals the financial secrets of many global power players who, instead of collectively working to take down offshore systems, have been benefiting from these systems by hiding their assets in covert companies and trusts.
Keywords: financial crime • icij • international consortium of investigative journalists • Knowledge Graph • Pandora Papers
#GraphCast: Follow the Money, Untangling Complex Fraud Networks with Emil Eifrem
By Jocelyn Hoppa
February 5, 2021 < 1 min read
Check out this week’s #GraphCast, featuring our CEO Emil Eifrem on how graph technology was used to expose a global money-laundering scheme.
Keywords: FinCEN Files • Graph Theory • GraphCast • icij • money laundering
11 Awesome Neo4j Blogs from 2020
By Jocelyn Hoppa
December 29, 2020 6 mins read
Check out 11 awesome Neo4j blogs from 2020 on topics ranging from FinCEN files and COVID-19 graphs to knowledge graphs and AI.
Keywords: ai • contact tracing • covid-19 • FinCEN • fraud detection • graph data models • graph feature engineering • knowledge graphs • ML • neo4j course
#GraphCast: Graphs in Life Sciences – The Cure for Connecting Complex Data
By Allison Wu
October 9, 2020 < 1 min read
Catch this week’s #GraphCast on how graphs connect complex data in life sciences use cases, all of which are particularly prevalent in a Covid-19 world.
Keywords: biotechnology • graph data modeling • GraphCast • Life Sciences • pharmaceutical industry
Analyzing the FinCEN Files with Neo4j
By Jocelyn Hoppa
September 22, 2020 7 mins read
The ICIJ used Neo4j to expose a vast money laundering network running through Western banks. This blog analyzes the FinCEN Files data.
Keywords: AML • anti-money laundering • cypher • Data Visualization • Financial Crimes Enforcement Network • FinCEN Files • graph data science • icij • Knowledge Graph • money laundering
The Graphie Awards: What They Are & How to Win One at GraphConnect 2020
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
March 3, 2020 2 mins read
Learn how your Neo4j-powered project or application could be up for recognition with a Graphie Award at the GraphConnect 2018 conference in New York City.
Keywords: Connected Data • data journalism • graph database • graph technology • graphconnect • Graphie Awards • Graphies • machine learning • neo4j • Neo4j Community
The Top 5 Neo4j Podcasts of 2019
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
December 24, 2019 3 mins read
Catch up with all of the best episodes from the Neo4j Graphistania podcast during 2019, including episodes with the rebooted format and new co-host.
Keywords: ai • data journalism • data science • graph algorithms • graph technology • Graphistania • information theory • machine learning • Neo4j Community • podcast
#GraphCast: The Laundromat [Panama Papers Movie]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
August 30, 2019 2 mins read
Check out this week’s #GraphCast, featuring a trailer of “The Laundromat” (starring Meryl Streep), a movie about the Panama Papers investigation powered by Neo4j.
Keywords: graph database • graph visualization • GraphCast • icij • international consortium of investigative journalists • money laundering • Mossack Fonseca • Panama Papers • tax evasion
#GraphCast: Follow the Money
By Jocelyn Hoppa
August 2, 2019 2 mins read
Watch this week’s #GraphCast, in which recent ICIJ news has us diving back into the Paradise Papers and their use of graph technology for the investigation.
Keywords: data journalism • Data Visualization • graph database • GraphCast • icij • investigative journalism • Linkurious • neo4j • paradise papers
#GraphCast: How Graphs Are Used around the Globe
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
May 10, 2019 2 mins read
Check out this week’s #GraphCast, featuring graph technology users from around the world talking about how they use Neo4j to solve connected data problems.
Keywords: Adobe • Data Visualization • Global Graph Celebration Day • Graph Theory • GraphCast • Leonhard Euler • machine learning • nasa • Neo4j Bloom • Panama Papers
#GraphCast: Emil Eifrem on the Exponential View podcast with Azeem Azhar
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
January 20, 2019 2 mins read
Welcome to this week’s #GraphCast – our series featuring what you might have missed in Neo4j media from the past fortnight. Last week, our Managing Editor, Jocelyn Hoppa, highlighted the similarities between the choose-your-own-adventure movie, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and running… Read more →
Keywords: Azeem Azhar • data journalism • Data Relationships • emil eifrem • Exponential View • graph technology • GraphCast • icij • international consortium of investigative journalists • Panama Papers
A Year in Review: Neo4j’s Biggest News & Announcements of 2018
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
December 31, 2018 6 mins read
Whether you’re a brand-new graphista or an old-time vet, 2018 was a year that broke all records and expectations in the Neo4j ecosystem. In fact, some of our biggest news and announcements ever – as both a company and as… Read more →
Keywords: CFO • Connected Data • cypher • Data Visualization • Denise Persson • GQL • graph query language • graphconnect • Graphs4Good • Kettle
Simplicity Wins: We’re Shifting to an Open Core Licensing Model for Neo4j Enterprise Edition
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
November 15, 2018 2 mins read
TL;DR: Starting with Neo4j 3.5, Enterprise Edition source code will no longer be published to the open source commons, including future versions. This does not impact Neo4j Community Edition. We will continue to deliver the world’s best and most comprehensive… Read more →
Keywords: cypher • graph algorithms • graph database • graph technology • neo4j • Neo4j Community • Neo4j Desktop • Neo4j Graph Platform • open core • open source
Knowledge Graph Search with Elasticsearch and Neo4j
By Jocelyn Hoppa
October 9, 2018 20 mins read
Editor’s Note: This presentation was given by Luanne Misquitta and Alessandro Negro at GraphConnect New York in October 2017. Presentation Summary Knowledge graphs are key to delivering relevant search results to users, meeting the four criteria for relevance, which include… Read more →
Keywords: Connected Data • ecommerce • elasticsearch • graphconnect • Knowledge Graph • machine learning • Master Data Management • natural language processing • Recommendation Engine
This Week in Neo4j – Supercharge Developer Productivity with new release of neo4j-graphql.js, Cosine similarity on GoT, New Kettle Plugins Released
By Mark Needham
October 6, 2018 5 mins read
Welcome to this week in Neo4j where we round up what’s been happening in the world of graph databases in the last 7 days. This week we learn how to supercharge developer productivity with the latest release of neo4j-graphql.js, there’s… Read more →
Keywords: cypher • Graph Databases • graphconnect • GraphQL • Kettle • Neo4j Community • Neo4j for the Enterprise • Neo4j sandbox • Pentaho Kettle • twin4j
Graphs Are Game-Changing for Cybersecurity: 5-Minute Interview with Eric Spiegelberg, Senior Consultant at GraphAware
By Jocelyn Hoppa
October 5, 2018 5 mins read
“Cyber threat intelligence is high volume, unstructured and highly related. That last attribute makes it great for graphs,” said Eric Spiegelberg, Senior Consultant at GraphAware. In this week’s five-minute interview (conducted at GraphConnect New York), we discuss GraphAware’s work on… Read more →
Keywords: 5-minute interview • cyber threat • cybersecurity • graph database • graph technology • GraphAware • graphconnect • natural language processing • nlp • Panama Papers
Graphs4Good: Connected Data for a Better World
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
September 20, 2018 6 mins read
You’re reading this because of a napkin. It was the year 2000, and I was on a flight to Mumbai. Peter, Johan and I had been building an enterprise content management system (ECM) but kept running up against the challenge… Read more →
Keywords: Connected Data • data journalism • data science • fake news • graph technology • Graphs4Good • icij • nasa • Neo4j Community • Panama Papers
Fighting Money Laundering and Corruption with Graph Technology
By Jocelyn Hoppa
September 13, 2018 5 mins read
The shocking revelations of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), who released both the Panama and Paradise Papers, as well as the West Africa Leaks, have shown that aggressive tax avoidance and money laundering are a widespread and worldwide… Read more →
Keywords: aml compliance • anti-money laundering • data journalists • graph algorithms • graph technology • graphconnect • Kerberos • native graph database • risk management • Structr
Cypher Philly: Civic Empowerment & Actionable Change Using Data-Driven Storytelling
By Jocelyn Hoppa
September 6, 2018 4 mins read
We (Jason and Jess) are the co-founders of Untitled Folder, LLC, a software development and consulting agency based out of Philadelphia. We help early-stage startups on their journey from an Untitled Folder of ideas to building a scalable Minimal Viable… Read more →
Keywords: cypher • Cypher Philly • data scientists • Graph Databases • graphconnect • Linode • open civic data • Panama Papers • paradise papers
Meet SemSpect: A Different Approach to Graph Visualization [Community Post]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
April 12, 2018 5 mins read
[As community content, this post reflects the views and opinions of the particular author and does not necessarily reflect the official stance of Neo4j.] Understanding large graphs is challenging. Sure, a proper Cypher query can retrieve valuable information. But how… Read more →
Keywords: APOC • cypher • Data Visualization • graph database • graph visualization • icij • neo4j • OWL 2 RL • paradise papers • RDF
The Story behind Russian Twitter Trolls: How They Got Away with Looking Human – and How to Catch Them in the Future
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
March 7, 2018 6 mins read
It’s no secret that Russian operatives used Twitter and other social media platforms in attempt to influence the most recent U.S. presidential election cycle with fake news. The question most people aren’t asking is: How did they do it? More… Read more →
Keywords: fake news • Graph Algorithm • graph analysis • Mueller indictment • NBC News • PageRank • Russia • Russian troll • social media • U.S. elections
The ICIJ Releases Neo4j Desktop Download of Paradise Papers
By Ryan Boyd, Developer Relations
December 1, 2017 2 mins read
Early this morning (1 Dec.), the Pulitzer Prize-winning International Consortium for Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released an ICIJ version of Neo4j Desktop which includes the Paradise Papers and the other Offshore Leaks graph data. This desktop package – available for Windows,… Read more →
Keywords: cypher • data journalism • graph algorithms • graph database • graph technology • icij • Neo4j Browser • Neo4j Desktop • PageRank • paradise papers
Welcome to the Graph Community, Amazon Neptune!
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
5 mins read
This post originally appeared on Emil Eifrem’s CEO blog on 1 December 2017. Graph technology has come a long way, and today the transformative nature of graphs is publicly visible through examples such as financial fraud detection in Panama and… Read more →
Keywords: Amazon Neptune • cypher • Cypher for Apache Spark • graph database • graph query language • graph technology • graph visualization • native graph database • neo4j • opencypher