Systems and methods for detecting emerging events

A system for detecting emerging events comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory storing computer-executable instructions that, upon execution by the processor, causes the system to perform a set of operations, the set of operations comprising:
• determine, for a data segment, whether the data segment belongs to a familiar topic of a set of familiar topics;
• when the data segment is determined to belong to the familiar topic:
• determine a mention metric of the familiar topic during a time period;
• determine whether the mention metric falls outside of an associated metric range for more than an associated breach threshold;
• and
• generating, upon determining the mention metric falls outside of the associated metric range more than the associated breach threshold, a first notification indicative of a familiar-topic-related emerging event;
• or
• when the data segment is not determined to belong to the set of familiar topics:
• determine an unfamiliar segment count for a set of unfamiliar data segments;
• determine whether the unfamiliar segment count exceeds a critical mass threshold;
• and
• generating, upon determining the unfamiliar segment count exceeds the critical mass threshold, a second notification indicative of a new-topic-related emerging event.

A computer-implemented method for detecting emerging events comprising:

• determining, for a data segment, whether the data segment belongs to a familiar topic of a set of familiar topics;
• and
• when the data segment is not determined to belong to the set of familiar topics:
• determining an unfamiliar segment count for a set of unfamiliar data segments;
• determining whether the unfamiliar segment count exceeds a critical mass threshold;
• and
• generating, upon determining the unfamiliar segment count exceeds the critical mass threshold, a notification indicative of a new-topic-related emerging event.