Information Visualization

... visual perception

... data models

... visualization techniques

... applications

... evaluation

This course we will study techniques and algorithms for creating effective visualizations based on principles from graphic design, visual art, perceptual psychology, and cognitive science. The course is targeted both towards students interested in using visualization in their own work, as well as students interested in building better visualization tools and systems. Students will conduct reading of scientific research papers, and will lead a presentation and discussions for at least one article during the term. A final project will make‐up most of the grade (60%), while student presentation skills and in readings will also be emphasized.

First class: 12 September 2016 -- BA025

Professor

Fanny Chevalier ( http://fannychevalier.net) Inria / U of T email: fanny [at] dgp.toronto.edu

Grading scheme

paper presentation: 40% (see details )
implementation and demo of a small self-contained idea on information visualization: 40% (due by 5 Dec. 2016). Mid-term evaluation of the project is worth 10 of the 40%.
project report (4-6 pages, references do not count toward page limit): 20% (due by 12 Dec. 2016).

Duration

The class will meet once a week, Mondays 4-6PM in ~~BA025~~ BA5187

Schedule

Week 1	Welcome, Introduction ( slides )
Week 2	Visual Perception / Prospective Projects ( slides )
Week 3	Data Models ( slides ) + paper presentations (4)
Week 4	Student paper presentations (6)
Week 5	Holiday
Week 6	Guest Speaker: Christopher Collins (UOIT) Text Visualization (slides)
Week 7	Mid-term Review
Week 8	Guest Speaker: Richard Brath (Uncharted) 25 years of industry infovis: big data, analytics, realtime, and problems not addressed in research (slides: part1 part2)
Week 9	Students paper presentation
Week 10	Guest Speaker: Justin Matejka (Autodesk Research) Visualization and Aesthetics
Week 11	Guest Speaker: Isabel Mereilles (OCAD University) Information design: Technologies of production and readership in news media (slides)
Week 12	Students paper presentation
Week 13	Final presentations / Wrap Up

Paper presentations

List of papers and instructions are on the PAPER PRESENTATION PAGE

Potential projects

List of project ideas, schedule and instructions are on the PROJECT PAGE

Visualisation of Photoshop layers / pixel history
Interactive visualization for nutrition (see e.g. Rethink the food label)
Visualizing music (see e.g. TSO visualizations )
Animated transition of the internet
Expressing and visualizing body pain (see BodyDiagrams )
(Sketch-based) Tool for authoring animations for visualization (see Skuid, Draco)
Visualizing algorithms / machine learning (see Visual introduction to machine learning)
Visualization literacy (at school)
VAST Challenges 2016, previous years