Welcome to CS419/519 Information Visualization
Professor: Ron Metoyer
metoyer@eecs.oregonstate.edu
Office: 2115 Kelley Engr. Center
Office Hours: TBD
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In clockwise order:
Hooker, Pham, Mejia, Metoyer, PULSE Project
http://www.infojocks.com
Borkin, M.; Gajos, K.; Peters, A.; Mitsouras, D.; Melchionna, S.; Rybicki, F.; Feldman, C.; Pfister, H.; , "Evaluation of Artery Visualizations for Heart Disease Diagnosis," Visualization and Computer Graphics, IEEE Transactions on , 17(12), pp.2479-2488, 2011
Pham, T. and Hess, R. and Ju, C. and Zhang, E. and Metoyer, R., Visualization of Diversity in Large Multivariate Data Sets, Visualization and Computer Graphics, IEEE Transactions on, 16(6), pp.1053-1062 ,2010.
Course Information
Data is everywhere. Unfortunately, data is useless unless it can be converted into information. Information Visualization research seeks to use visualization and interaction techniques to help people understand and analyze sources of data. What distinguishes Information Visualization from Scientific Visualization is that these sources of data are often abstract and have no 2D or 3D spatial representation. Consider data sources such as the words in a collection of text documents or website visitor data. Information Visualization also has much in common with Human Computer Interaction because it covers not only static methods for presenting data, but techniques for helping users interact with and explore the data.
In this class, we will:
- Study the principles of information visualization including the three key areas of representation, presentation, and interaction
- Learn to critique visualizations
- Practice designing visualizations and visualization systems
- Study standard techniques for representing, presenting, and interacting with data
- Study the state-of-the-art in information visualization techniques
This course does not have a textbook, however, we will be reading two visualization books by Edward Tufte:
- ISBN/SKU 0961392142, Author "Tufte", Title "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information", Edition "2", Publisher "Graphics Press LLC"
- ISBN/SKU 0961392118, Author "Tufte", Title "Envisioning Information", Publisher "Graphics Press LLC"
In addition, we will read several research papers in the field to explore classic approaches as well as state of the art techniques.
Grading will be based on design problems, class participation in critique sessions, homework, and a term project.
Class Mailing list:
cs519-002-w12@engr.orst.edu
cs419-002-w12@engr.orst.edu