Assignment 4 Groups

February 15, 2012

Here is a list of partners for the redesign assignment: Eric Alexander, Robert Carlson, Isabella Ye Scott Alfeld, Erin Hamilton, Joe Kohlman Dongyoung Cho, Brad Jones, Rick Solis Kristen Cyffka, Chien-Ming Huang Cathy DeRose, Zach Krejci, Irena Wang Mark Dhillon, Mitch Schwartz, Mike Seaholm Alex Evans, Wes Miller, Xiangyu Guo Jessica Feenstra, Erin Spannan, Ruoxi […]

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Lecture 07: Data

February 15, 2012

From Bateman to Munzner Generally, we are about abstracting the data The enhanced pictures embrace the meaning of the data Data Types (a taxonomy) Useful to abstract data types – similar kinds of data, similar approaches Useful for understanding how to display the information The Structure of the Elements Fields vs. Tables (what is the […]

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Lecture 06: Evaluation

February 12, 2012

Last year: https://pages.graphics.cs.wisc.edu/765-10/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/10-02-07-Evaluation.pdf Religons of Visualization Try to get at the philosophical question “why is it good” Blindly following a “religon” is probably not the right thing – even though they all have their good elements. Tufte – ism It’s good because I say so reasoned as good through critique It’s good because it follows […]

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The Week in Vis: Week 4 (Feb 13-17)

February 11, 2012

This week, we’ll talk about evaluation and formalize notions data, as well as wrap up the design challenge and move on to the re-design challenge. There are lots of small things things due, and they are timely for allowing us to move on to the next things. Note that the Re-Design assignment has been posted! […]

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Assignment 4: Re-Design Challenge

February 11, 2012

Groups are available here. (due Feb 24) OK, pointing out the problems in something is one thing, but improving it is another. In this phase of the Design Challenge, we’ll try to do just that: to take something we’ve critiqued and try to suggest how to improve it. For better or worse, we’ll do this […]

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Reading 9: Encodings

February 10, 2012

This is a bit more practical aspect of the perception stuff: how to we use marks on the page to encode data. Note: we’re saving color for next week. Make sure you’ve done the last reading (Munzner Chapter 3). This time there are 3 different things to read: First, you need to read a Chapter […]

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Reading 8: From Perception to Encodings

February 10, 2012

(reading due before class on Wednesday, February 22nd) Encodings are where the theory of perception meets the practice of Vis. The next reading will have a lot about encodings. This chapter makes a nice bridge between the two. (with a lot of overlap with both) Visual Encoding Principles. Chapter 3 of Tamara Munzner. Information Visualization: […]

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Reading 7: Perception 101

February 10, 2012

(readings due Monday, February 20) Perception is a huge topic, even the aspects that are directly relevant to visualization are vast. The goal here is to have you read enough of the Vis related things to provide a foundation for things to come. There are two primary readings: Chapter 1 and 2 in Visual Thinking […]

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Reading 6: Data and its Abstraction

February 8, 2012

(this reading is due before class on Wednesday, February 15th) For this reading, we’ll talk a little bit more about the data we’re trying to understand. To get some good formalism/abstraction read Chapter 2 of Tamara Munzner’s (not yet published book). Data Principles. Chapter 2 of Tamara Munzner. Information Visualization: Principles, Methods, and Practice. To […]

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Another Textbook: Munzner

February 8, 2012

Probably the best textbook for this class hasn’t been published yet. And it might be the best because since it’s not yet finished, we can hope any flaws it has will get fixed. Tamara Munzner has been working on this book for a while. She is making a draft available to us. Tamara Munzner. Information […]

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