On April 15, Experts Forum of the third Information Visualization Workshop was successfully held. It was jointly sponsored by the Big Data Institute of Wuhan University, Wuhan University Library, the Youth Working Committee of the Chinese Association of Science of Science and S&T Policy Research, Scientometrics and Informetrics Committee of the Chinese Association of Science of Science and S&T Policy Research, and our School, and jointly organized by the Department of Library Science of our School, Science and Education Management and Evaluation Center of Wuhan University, Dysprosium Metadata News Research Center of Wuhan University and Wuhan Dysprosium Metadata Technology Co., Ltd.

The theme of this Workshop was Data-driven Information Visualization Principle and Creative Presentation. Xiaoguang Wang, Professor and Associate Dean of our School, attended and delivered an address. He emphasized that information visualization could provide people with the laws and knowledge behind information, and provide a foundation for scientific management of information resources, and pointed out the vision of launching the Information Visualization Workshop by the School of Information Management, which was to build it into an influential public exchange platform for academic peers and students to learn together and learn from each other. Ying Huang, Associate Professor at our School, host of the opening ceremony, introduced the speakers and main ideas of this Workshop.

Qiong Wang, Associate Professor at the School of Journalism and Communication, Wuhan University, introduced the concept and development of visualization, the understanding of data visualization, the principles of data visualization, the data in visualization and the principles of visualization design in detail, systematically explained the development of data visualization, and provided a macro perspective for the teachers and students to understand the development of visualization science. Combined with the development of the subject of data visualization communication, she opened a gorgeous picture full of creativity for the teachers and students to understand the cross-integration of visualization and humanities and social sciences, so that the teachers and students could fully feel the charm of visualization.

Ke Wang, Creative Director of Wuhan Dysprosium Metadata Technology Co., Ltd., comprehensively explained the process and logic of visualization from a broad design perspective. Based on the perspective of chart design, he explained the design thinking in information visualization, helping everyone to distinguish the chart types suitable for various occasions and solve the problems encountered in data visualization design. Through case analysis and thinking exercises, he presented the process of making charts and issues needing to be attention, and expounded the importance of visualization design and application scenarios.

Lin Zhang, Professor at our School, presided over the closing ceremony and summarized the Workshop. She shared her learning experience, affirmed the theoretical significance and practical value of this Workshop, and announced the call results of the Experts Forum of the fourth Information Visualization Workshop.

The Information Visualization Workshop was initiated by Ying Huang, Associate Professor at our School, it includes Experts Forum, Exhibition of Students' Academic Research Achievements, and Exhibition of Scientific Research Map Selection. Among them, the Experts Forum aims to introduce and share the current mainstream and leading data analysis and visualization methods and tools via a series of public sharing meetings, so as to improve the professionalism of relevant people in carrying out scientific research and knowledge services.

In response to the learning needs of teachers and students, the Information Visualization Workshop will be held twice in 2023. This Workshop was the first one, which was broadcast live by Tencent and Xueshuzhi, and nearly 2,000 people attended the Workshop.