PHP UK Conference 2012 - Teaching your machine to find fraudsters, by Ian Barber

This talk addresses the persistent challenge of online fraud affecting both consumers and sellers. The speaker discusses statistical and machine learning techniques used to identify suspicious activities such as detecting shady sellers on auction platforms, fraudulent e-commerce transactions, and click fraud in advertising. Participants will gain insights into flagging suspicious behaviors and learn how to enhance their site's security against scammers using PHP alongside other technologies. Ian Barber, a development manager at Virgin Management with extensive experience in PHP, shares his expertise on search, data processing, machine learning, and natural language processing.