Information Visualization

John Stasko

College of Computing

Georgia Institute of Technologie

Email: stasko[at]cc.gatech.edu

Homepage of author: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~john.stasko/

Homepage of course: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/AY2005/cs7450_spring/

• Title of course: Information Visualization (CS 7450)

• Aimed at what category of students: Students of Computer Science

• Objectives of the course:
  • Learn the principles involved in information visualization, Learn about the variety of existing techniques and systems in information visualization, Develop skills in critiquing different visualization techniques as applied to particular tasks, Learn how to evaluate visualization systems, Gain a background that will aid the design of new and innovative visualizations

• List topics of course :

  • Week 1: Introduction, InfoVis Overview
  • Week 2: Cognitive Tasks / Visual Analytics, Multivar. Data & Representations
  • Week 3: Multivar. Visualization Tools, Visual Perception
  • Week 4: Visual Design, Interaction 1
  • Week 5: Interaction 2, Overview & Detail
  • Week 6: Tools discussion / Design session, Time Series Data
  • Week 7: Focus + Context, Zooming
  • Week 8: Graphs and Networks, WWW and Internet
  • Week 9: Hierarchies & Trees
  • Week 10: Text and Documents
  • Week 11: Software Visualization, Social Visualization
  • Week 12: Vis in Information Security
  • Week 13: Evaluation, Automating Design
  • Week 14: Ambient InfoVis, Design discussion

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