Schedule

The class is organized by week - each week generally follows the The Weekly Rhythm. Required lectures on Wednesday and Friday, Online discussions, Seek and Finds, and Survey. Some component of the design challenges will usually be due in most week.

For future weeks, contents are subject to change. For the current week, the “Week in Vis” posting (linked to and summarized at the top right of the web pages) is the definitive reference.

Week 01 (Mon, Aug 31-Fri, Sep 4): What is Visualization?

  • Wed, Sep 2 Class : Intro
  • Fri, Sep 4 Class : ICE:two numbers

Readings 01: What is Visualization?

Week 02 (Mon, Sep 7-Fri, Sep 11): Why Visualize?

  • Wed, Sep 9 Class : Why Vis
  • Fri, Sep 11 Class : ICE:critiques

Readings 02: Why Visualize?

Week 03 (Mon, Sep 14-Fri, Sep 18): Abstraction

  • Wed, Sep 16 Class : Data Abstraction
  • Fri, Sep 18 Class : Task Abstraction

Readings 03: Abstraction

Week 04 (Mon, Sep 21-Fri, Sep 25): Encoding

  • Wed, Sep 23 Class : Encodings
  • Fri, Sep 25 Class : Encodings Practice

Readings 04: Encoding

Week 05 (Mon, Sep 28-Fri, Oct 2): Implementation

  • Wed, Sep 30 Class : Dominik Moritz Guest Lecture
  • Fri, Oct 2 Class : Critiques and Arrivals

Readings 05: Implementation

Week 06 (Mon, Oct 5-Fri, Oct 9): Scale

  • Wed, Oct 7 Class : Too Much Stuff
  • Fri, Oct 9 Class : Comparison and Design

Readings 06: Scale

Week 07 (Mon, Oct 12-Fri, Oct 16): High-Dimensional Data

  • Wed, Oct 14 Class : Scale (Mid/High Dimensionality)
  • Fri, Oct 16 Class : Dimensionality Reduction

Readings 07: High-Dimensional Data

Week 08 (Mon, Oct 19-Fri, Oct 23): Interaction

  • Wed, Oct 21 Class : Interaction
  • Fri, Oct 23 Class : Design Exercise

Readings 08: Interaction

Week 09 (Mon, Oct 26-Fri, Oct 30): Virtual Vis Week

  • Wed, Oct 28 Class : NO MEETING (Vis Week)
  • Fri, Oct 30 Class : NO MEETING (Vis Week)

Readings 09: Vis Conference

Week 10 (Mon, Nov 2-Fri, Nov 6): Perception

  • Wed, Nov 4 Class : Perception
  • Fri, Nov 6 Class : Steve Franconeri Guest Lecture

Readings 10: Perception

Week 11 (Mon, Nov 9-Fri, Nov 13): Color

  • Wed, Nov 11 Class : Color
  • Fri, Nov 13 Class : Practical Color (Daniele Szafir Guest)

Readings 11: Color

Week 12 (Mon, Nov 16-Fri, Nov 20): Graphs

  • Wed, Nov 18 Class : Alex Endert Guest Lecture
  • Fri, Nov 20 Class : Graphs

Readings 12: Graphs

Week 13 (Mon, Nov 23-Fri, Nov 27): Evaluation

  • Wed, Nov 25 Class : Evaluation
  • Fri, Nov 27 Class : NO CLASS (Thanksgiving)

Readings 13: Evaluation

Week 14 (Mon, Nov 30-Fri, Dec 4): Uncertainty, SciVis

  • Fri, Dec 2 Class : SciVis
  • Wed, Dec 4 Class : Uncertainty (Yea-Seul Kim Guest Lecture)

Readings 14: Uncertainty and Scientific Visualization

Week 15 (Mon, Dec 7-Fri, Dec 11): Presentations

  • Wed, Dec 9 Class : Presentations
  • Fri, Dec 11 Class : NO CLASS (Reading Period)

Readings 15: Presentations

Design Challenge 3 - final handin DC3-5: Final Hand-Ins (due Mon, Dec 14)