Poster: Structural Analysis of Network Telescope Data Using Contrastive Learning and Correlation Clustering

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Abstract

In this poster, we start exploring whether ML-based methods can extract meaningful structural properties from a set of Internet packets originating from different sources. Unlike prior work, we aim for a technique that requires neither pretraining, labeling nor supervision, and can be executed locally, enabling sovereign and reproducible research. As a first approach, we combine contrastive learning and correlation clustering to identify groups of Internet scanners. Our analysis is based on data from the UCSD network telescope.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2026 ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC ’26)
Pages1217-1218
Number of pages2
ISBN (electronic)9798400723278
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2026
Peer-reviewedYes

Conference

Title26th ACM Internet Measurement Conference
Abbreviated titleACM IMC 2026
Conference number26
Duration12 - 16 October 2026
Website
Degree of recognitionInternational event
LocationKarlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
CityKarlsruhe
CountryGermany

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0001-5036-9162/work/227510809
ORCID /0000-0002-3825-2807/work/227514242
Scopus 105053520291

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Keywords

  • scanners, network telescope, correlation clustering