Abstract: The current application is directed to automated methods and systems for processing and analyzing unstructured data. The methods and systems of the current application identify patterns and determine characteristics of, and interrelationships between, events parsed from the unstructured data without necessarily using user-provided or expert-provided contextual knowledge. In one implementation, the unstructured data is parsed into attributed-associated events, reduced by eliminating attributes of low-information content, and coalesced into nodes that are incorporated into one or more graphs, within which patterns are identified and characteristics and interrelationships determined.