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SocialED: A Python Library for Social Event Detection

  • Kun Zhang
  • , Xiaoyan Yu
  • , Pu Li
  • , Hao Peng*
  • , Philip S. Yu
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Beihang University
  • Beijing Institute of Technology
  • Kunming University of Science and Technology
  • University of Illinois at Chicago

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Abstract

SocialED is a comprehensive, open-source Python library for social event detection (SED), integrating 19 algorithms and 15 datasets under a unified, modular API. It supports diverse preprocessing techniques (e.g., graph construction, tokenization) and provides standardized interfaces for training and inference. Designed for extensibility and efficiency, SocialED is compatible with popular deep learning frameworks and runs smoothly on both CPU and GPU. The library emphasizes code quality through unit testing, CI, and coverage checks. It is available at https://github.com/RingBDStack/SocialED and installable via PyPI. It has gained significant attention, with more than 580 stars on GitHub and over 18,000 PyPI downloads.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWeb and Big Data - 9th International Joint Conference, APWeb-WAIM 2025, Proceedings
EditorsJiajia Li, Richard Chbeir, Lei Li, Chuanyu Zong, Yanfeng Zhang, Mengxuan Zhang
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages255-260
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9789819557219
DOIs
StatePublished - 2026
Event9th Asia-Pacific Web and Web-Age Information Management Joint International Conference on Web and Big Data, APWeb-WAIM 2025 - Shenyang, China
Duration: 28 Aug 202530 Aug 2025

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume16116 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference9th Asia-Pacific Web and Web-Age Information Management Joint International Conference on Web and Big Data, APWeb-WAIM 2025
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShenyang
Period28/08/2530/08/25

Keywords

  • Graph Neural Networks
  • Python Libraries
  • Social Event Detection

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