analysis and visualization of social networks

in a long-term research project, the visone project team is developing models and algorithms to integrate and advance the analysis and visualization of social networks.

part of visone is the design and implementation of a software tool intended for research and teaching in social network analysis. it is specifically designed to allow experts and novices alike to apply innovative and advanced visual methods with ease and accuracy.

June 30, 2009: visone 2.5 is available. This version brings new features to visone, most noticeably the integration of SIENA, support for hierarchical networks, and the attribute manager - a unified center for attribute inspection and manipulation. Please see the list of changes for more details.

• interactive graphical user interface, tailored to social networks
• innovative network visualizations
• support of unconfirmed relations
• available in Java for Windows, Linux, and MacOS
• import and export of standard formats for social network data
• publication-quality export in JPEG, PDF, SVG, postscript, and other formats