cs5984: Information
Visualization
Fall 2001, CRN: 96297
Chris North
McBryde 619, 231-2458
Office Hours: T Th 3:30 – 5:00 PM
GTA:
Purvi Saraiya
Office Hours: M 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Class:
T Th 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
McBryde 322
Web site:
Information Visualization by Robert Spence, ACM Press, Hardcover - 206 pages 1st edition.
(December 15, 2000) Addison-Wesley
Pub Co; ISBN: 0201596261
Lecture presentation 10%
Homework 30%
Project
60%
Lectures will consist of an introduction by the instructor, followed by presentations by students about the assigned readings, and discussion amongst the class. We will make heavy use of visual materials such as videos and live demos of visualization systems. Note that your participation in class discussion is part of your grade.
Small homework assignments will be design oriented, giving you an opportunity to quickly sketch new visualization ideas. You will also make use of some existing visualization tools.
The
bulk of this course will concern the semester projects. You will work in small
groups on original research. Your goal will be to identify an open problem and
develop a solution. For most groups this will involve developing a new
visualization software tool or augmenting an existing tool. For students
without programming experience, the project could be an evaluation or empirical
user study to compare visualizations or test a theory. I will provide a list of
project ideas that you can choose from, or you can invent your own. I strongly
encourage you to work on a problem this is relevant to other work you are doing
(e.g. in your thesis research or other classes), or for a faculty member. You
will also write a high-quality paper on your project that you will submit to a
conference. At the end of the semester you will present your project to the
class. For newer students, this project can provide an excellent starting point
for your own thesis work.
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