Social data analysis–the kind of analysis supported by social interaction that happens on Many Eyes–is a new and exciting online phenomenon. In fact, a growing community is working to make data public and open up visualization technologies to everyone.

In the spirit of bringing together this emergent community, we joined forces with Maneesh Agrawala and Jeff Heer from Berkeley and are organizing a workshop at the CHI conference next year in Italy. The idea is to examine the design of social data analysis sites today, discuss the role of visualizations in these sites, and explore the different ways users are performing social data analysis.

If you are a researcher or practitioner whose work explores social data analysis and/or social uses of visualizations, consider submitting a position paper to the workshop.

The deadline for submissions is October 31 and directions on submitting a position paper are available on our workshop page.

Come join us in Italy!