Visualization 2015 CS 638/838 — Hugo Recreation of the Web from Spring 2015 Visualization Class

Assignment Type: Online Discussion

January 17, 2015

This has been superseded by a more concrete description – what’s below is still true, but more details are given in the updated posting. Link: Discussions on Canvas With the kinds of topics we’re covering in this class, discussion is important. Whether its talking about different viewpoints, or ways the ideas might be applied in […]

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Assignment Type: Reading

January 16, 2015

Readings: this will be a reading heavy (by CS standards) class. The readings really are important. All of the readings will be available online. (although some will be in the protected reader) Some of the readings are optional. You will get more out of the class if you read more than the minimum. Many of […]

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Assignment Type: Seek and Find

January 16, 2015

In these assignments, you will be asked to find an example of a visualization (usually with some more specific requirements). You will need to turn in an image (e.g. a JPEG, PNG, SVG or PDF file), a web link, and some writing (answering the questions in the assignment). Pedagogical Goal: We want you to see […]

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Course Infrastructure

January 16, 2015

Email In general, we will not use email as a way to do “mass distribution” of information. That is, we won’t use the class mailing list much – unless its an emergency. Most announcements will be made using the course web page. Students are required to check this regularly, or to (optionally) sign up to […]

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Policy on Attendance and Late Assignments

January 16, 2015

Attending is an important part of this class. We will have many in-class activities. And I do believe that you will get something out of lectures. The assignments are an important part of class. Even the small things we ask you to do, we do them for a reason. Of course, we know that people […]

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Philosophy on Class Activities and Grading

January 16, 2015

This is some background on why I am making the course the way it is. It hopefully explains why the policies are the way they are, and gives you a sense of “the spirit of the law.” My goal in this class is to provide you with a set of experiences that will help you […]

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Syllabus (brief)

January 16, 2015

I always thought a “syllabus” was a description of the topics covered in class. But, it is actually a more general discussion of official information about the class. (see https://kb.wisc.edu/vesta/page.php?id=43346 for the university’s definition). This brief syllabus has the basic info. Really the course web is the syllabus, and most topics here are discussed in […]

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But I really want to learn D3! (or VTK, or another vis toolkit)

January 8, 2015

(this is a follow on to the “How to do Vis” post that explains why we aren’t focusing on implementation). D3 is a Javascript toolkit that helps with making web-based visualizations. It is quite popular and gets used a lot. If you don’t know what it is, don’t worry – the rest of this posting […]

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638 vs. 838

December 29, 2014

As you probably observed, this class is actually two classes: CS638 – Undergraduate Topics in Computings and CS838 – Graduate Topics in Computing. These two classes will meet together, and share (almost) all of the material. You should ask yourself: which one should I take, and sign up for the correct one. Note: if you […]

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How to do visualization…

December 25, 2014

Here it is: the whole class distilled into a single Blog posting! Maybe you don’t need to take the class. Over the course of the semester, we’ll get lots of perspectives of how different people tell you to do visualization. Here’s an attempt to write down my perspective. You’ll see that it is well aligned […]

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