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Course Calendar
Note: Lecture & Homework topics are tentative and will be updated as the term progresses.
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Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Aug 25,
First day of classes | Aug 26, Lecture 1:
Introduction | | Aug 28, Reading 1
due @ 11:59pm on LMS"Eenie, Meenie, Minie, Moe: Selecting the Right Graph for Your Message", Stephen Few, 2004 | Aug 29, Lecture 2:
Choosing the Right Graph |
Sept 1, Assignment #1:
Inspirational Visualization Images
due @ 11:59pm on LMS & homework serverNo classes | Sept 2, Lecture 3:
Graphs I | | Sept 4, Reading 2
due @ 11:59pm on LMS"Force-Directed Drawing Algorithms", Kobourov, 2013
From the book:
Handbook of Graph Drawing and Visualization | Sept 5, Lecture 4:
Graphs II Drawing & Interaction |
Sept 8, Assignment #2:
Graph Drawing Tools
due @ 11:59pm on LMS & homework serverLast day to add classes | Sept 9, Lecture 5:
Design & Presentation & Chart Junk | | Sept 11, Reading 3
due @ 11:59pm on LMS"LineUp: Visual Analysis of Multi-Attribute Rankings",
Gratzl, Lex, Gehlenborg, Pfister and Streit, IEEE INFOVIS
2013 | Sept 12, Lecture 6:
Science, Research Questions, Hypotheses, & Visualization |
Sept 15, Assignment #3:
Big Data
due @ 11:59pm on LMS & homework server | Sept 16, Lecture 7:
Research Questions, Hypotheses, part 2 | | Sept 18, Reading 4
due @ 11:59pm on LMS pick one
"Uncovering Clusters in Crowded Parallel Coordinates Visualizations",
Artero, Ferreira de Oliveira, Levkowitz, InfoVis 2004
or
"Angular Brushing of Extended Parallel Coordinates",
Hauser, Ledermann, and Doleisch, InfoVis 2002 | Sept 19, Lecture 8:
High Dimensional Data |
Sept 22, Assignment #4:
High Dimensional Data
due @ 11:59pm on LMS & homework server | Sept 23, Lecture 9:
Color, part 1 | | Sept 25, Reading 5
due @ 11:59pm on LMS pick one
"ColorBrewer.org: An Online Tool for Selecting Colour Schemes for Maps",
Harrower & Brewer, The Cartographic Journal 2003
or
"Color Compatibility From Large Datasets",
O'Donovan, Agarwala, & Hertzmann, SIGGRAPH 2011 | Sept 26, Lecture 10:
Color, part 2 |
Sept 29, Assignment #5:
Experimenting with Color
due @ 11:59pm on LMS & homework server | Sept 30, Lecture 11:
User Studies & Gestalt Psychology | | Oct 2, Reading 6
due @ 11:59pm on LMS"Stacked Graphs -- Geometry & Aesthetics",
Lee Byron & Martin Wattenberg, IEEE TVCG 2008 | Oct 3, Lecture 12:
Design Iteration & Memorable Visualizations |
Oct 6, Assignment #6:
User Interaction, plan & progress
due @ 11:59pm on LMS & homework server | Oct 7, Lecture 13:
Interaction | | Oct 9, Reading 7
due @ 11:59pm on LMS pick one
"LabelMe: Online Image Annotation and Applications" Torralba, Russell, and Yuen, IEEE 2010
or
"QSplat: A Multiresolution Point Rendering System for Large Meshes", Rusinkiewicz & Levoy, 2000 | Oct 10, Lecture 14:
Visual Debugging |
Oct 13,
No Classes | Oct 14, Assignment #7:
User Interaction, complete
due @ 11:59pm on LMS & homework serverMonday Schedule | | Oct 16, Reading 8
due @ 11:59pm on LMS pick one
"Adaptive Privacy-Preserving Visualization Using Parallel Coordinates",
Dasgupta & Kosara, TVCG 2011
or
"Agile Ethics for Massified Research and Visualization",
Neuhaus & Webmoor, Information, Communication & Society 2012
(alternate link) Also Read:
Society of Professional Journalists' Code of Ethics
and
Visual.ly's Code of Ethics for Data Visualization Professionals | Oct 17, Lecture 15:
Ethics & PrivacyLast day to drop classes |
Oct 20, Assignment #8:
Final Project Ideas
due @ 11:59pm on LMS & homework server | Oct 21, Lecture 16:
Final Project Proposal Work Day | | Oct 23, Reading 9
due @ 11:59pm on LMS pick one
"DimpVis: Exploring Time-varying Information Visualizations by Direct Manipulation",
Kondo & Collins, IEEE Visualization 2014.
or
"Node, Node-Link, and Node-Link-Group Diagrams: An Evaluation",
Saket, Simonetto, Kobourov and Borner, IEEE Visualization 2014. | Oct 24, Lecture 17:
Direct Manipulation and Node-Link-Groups |
Oct 27, Assignment #9:
Final Project Proposal
due @ 11:59pm on LMS & homework server | Oct 28, Lecture 18:
Spatial Data Structures and Volume Visualization | | Oct 30, Reading 10
due @ 11:59pm on LMS pick one
"A survey of algorithms for volume visualization", Elvins, 1992.
or
"Hardware-Accelerated Volume Rendering",
Pfister, (Johnson & Hansen),
The Visualization Handbook Elsevier 2004. | Oct 31, Lecture 19:
Volume Visualization |
Nov 3, Assignment #10:
Final Project Progress #1
due @ 11:59pm on LMS & homework server | Nov 4, Lecture 20:
Step-by-step Assembly & Cutaway Visualization | | Nov 6, Reading 11
due @ 11:59pm on LMS pick one
"Image Based Flow Visualization",
Jarke J. van Wij,
SIGGRAPH 2002
or
"Farthest Point Seeding for Efficient Placement of Streamlines",
Mebarki, Alliez, & Devillers,
IEEE Visualization, 2005. | Nov 7, Lecture 21:
Streamlines |
Nov 10, Assignment #11:
Final Project Progress #2
due @ 11:59pm on LMS & homework server | Nov 11, Lecture 22:
Guest Lecture!
Robert O'Bara, Kitware
Paraview Demo | | Nov 13, Reading 12
due @ 11:59pm on LMS"An Image-based Approach to Extreme Scale In Situ Visualization and Analysis",
Ahrens, Patchett, Jourdain, Rogers, O'Leary, & Petersen, Supercomputing 2014
(video) | Nov 14, Lecture 23:
Large Scale Visualization |
Nov 17, Assignment #12:
User Feedback
due Wednesday Nov 19th @ 11:59pm
on LMS & homework server | Nov 18, Lecture 24:
SpatioTemporal Visualization | | Nov 20, Reading 13
due @ 11:59pm on LMS"Sizing Up Visualization: Effects of Display Size in Focus+Context, Overview+Detail, and Zooming Interfaces",
Jakobsen and Hornbaek, CHI 2011
or
"Interactive Visualization on Large and Small Displays: The interrelation of Display Size, Information Space, and Scale",
Jakobsen and Hornbaek, IEEE Visualization 2013
or
"Nanocubes for Real-Time Exploration of Spatiotemporal Datasets",
Lins, Klosowski, Scheidegger, IEEE Visualization 2013 | Nov 21, Lecture 25:
Displays |
| | Nov 25,
Final Project Work Day | Nov 26-28,
No classes |
Dec 1, Assignment #13:
Final Project Final Report & Presentation
due Friday December 5th @ 11:59pm
on the homework server | Dec 2,
Final Project Presentations | | | Dec 5,
Final Project Presentations |
Dec 8-9,
Study-Review Days | Dec 10-12,
Final Exams |
Dec 15-16,
Final Exams | |
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