Social media study and analysis brings researchers from many fields into a single setting. Even though the tasks of these researchers are varied, data visualization and analytics plays an important role. For industry and academics alike, visualization of social media data helps with hypothesis formation and supports the explanation of phenomena.

The Workshop on Social Media Visualization (SocMedVis) will be held in conjunction with the International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM'12) in Dublin on 4th June 2012. The workshop is a venue for presentation of research and applications of visualization of social media data.

The goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers and industry practitioners interested in visual and interactive techniques for social media analysis, particularly in social sciences and humanities as well as in industry and to discuss ideas, techniques, and applications to support social media analysis.

News

• New   11th May 2012: The schedule is now available.
• 25th Mar. 2012: The accepted paper list is now out.
• 8th Mar. 2012: The submission system is now closed.
• 1st Mar. 2012: The submission deadline has been extended until 7th March 2012.
• 7th Feb. 2012: Ben Shneiderman is the keynote speaker for the workshop. See the activities page for more details.
• 11th Jan. 2012: The website is live.