Fundamentals

Jan 17 – Introduction

• What is Information Visualization?
• Purpose of Information Visualization
• History

Jan 24 – From Data To Visualization

• Data <=> Visualization
• Process

Jan 31 – Multivariate Visualizations / Exploratory Data Analysis

• Visualizing multiple dimensions
• Exploratory data analysis (part I)
• Assignment 1 due (5%)

Feb 7 – Dashboards (Guest Lecture); Perception I

• Dashboards; Guest Speaker: Stephen Few
• Introduction to visual perception
• Preattentive attributes

Feb 14 – Perception II / Color

• Hierarchy of Importance of visual properties
• Skewed perception
• Use (and abuse) of color
• Assignment 2 due (10%)

Techniques

Feb 21 – Interaction I

• Guest Speaker: Geoff McGhee

Feb 28 – Interaction II; Visualization Design Process

• Guest Speaker: Noah Iliinsky

Mar 6 – Types of Visualizations I: Visualizing Time and Hierarchy

• Assignment 3 due  (15%)

Mar 13 – Telling Stories with Data

• Guest Speaker: Eddie Segel

Mar 20 – Effective Visualizations

Mar 27 – No class (Spring Break)

Apr 3 – Guest Lecture: Text and Search Visualizations (Marti Heart)

Apr 10 – Types of Visualization II – Network Visualizations

Selected Topics

Apr 17 – Wrap-Up; selected topics

Apr 24 – Peer Visualization Critique