July › Social Media Research Foundation

Fully automatic: NodeXL can build your network graphs hands free

In many cases I look at a network graph and apply a series of operations to transform it into a more presentable form. For example, I often calculate graph metrics, use Autofill columns to map data to display attributes like size, color, or shape, create clusters, sub-graph images, and then select the Harel-Koren layout and [...]

July 26-30 – Catalyst 2010 conference – Social Networks in the Enterprise

I spoke at the 2010 Catalyst Conference in San Diego on July 29th. The conference hashtag is #CAT10. The slides are here: 2010 Catalyst Conference – Trends in Social Network Analysis View more presentations from Marc Smith. A few days before the conference started the #CAT10 twitter social network map looked like this: 26 July [...]

July 12-13, 2010: Microsoft Research Faculty Summit, Redmond, WA

Faculty Summit The 2010 Microsoft Research Faculty Summit was held July 12 and 13 in Redmond, Washington. Among the many panels and discussions related to the state of computer science the NodeXL team had several representatives talking about the ways network science education can be expanded using an easy to use application for network analysis [...]

Automatic for the people (who use the latest NodeXL!). Release v.1.0.1.128

The NodeXL team has just released a new version (v.1.0.1.128) that contains a new “Automation” feature that allows users to define a collection of operations to perform on their network graphs and invoke the complete set in a single button click AND reuse that configuration on other workbook graphs. In fact, the feature will apply [...]

Mapping the connections among people who tweet #sunbelt

The International Sunbelt Social Network Conference is the official conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA). This year’s INSNA “Sunbelt” conference is at the Riva del Garda Fierecongressi, Trento, Italy! Here is the 2010 INSNA Sunbelt Program. This is the NodeXL map of connections among people who tweeted the hashtag used for the conference “#sunbelt”. [...]

July Catalyst Conference on Enterprise Social Media in San Diego

The Catalyst Conference was July 27-31 in San Diego which gathered many people to discuss new technologies for enterprise computing. On Wednesday, July 29 at 11:15 a.m. I gave a presentation about the use of social network analysis within the enterprise. 2009…