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Class topics and assignments.
This schedule is subject to change. Readings are meant to be read in
advance of the lecture for which they are shown. Unless otherwise noted,
readings refer to chapters in Readings in Information Visualization
: Using Vision to Think Card, MacKinlay, and Shneiderman,
or in the course reader.
Due dates and number of assignments are TBA.
Week 1:
Friday
Jan 25
Topic: Introduction
Lecture Notes:
Readings:
- RIIV: Chapter 1. Information Visualization
- B. Johnson & B. Shneiderman,Treemaps: a Space-Filing Approach
to the Visualization of Hierarchical Information Structure
- Carlis, J. V., and Konstan, J.K., Interactive Visualization of serial
periodic data.
- URLS:
Week 2:
Friday
Feb 01
Topic: Class Cancelled -- SIMS Faculty Retreat
Week 3:
Friday
Feb 08
Topic: Visualization
Principles
Lecture Notes:
Readings:
- J. Bertin,
Graphics and Graphic Information Processing
- Kosslyn, S.
M., Understanding Charts and Graphs.
- Howard Wainer,
How to Display Data Badly (Video)
- J. Mackinlay
Automating the Design of Graphical Presentations of Relational Information
- Lohse, G.L.,
Biolsi, K., Walker, N., and Rueter, H.H., A Classification of Visual
Representations
Week 4:
Friday
Feb 15
Topic: Brushing,
Linking, and Interactive Querying
Lecture notes:
Assignment 1: Visualization
Critique
Readings:
- Eick, S. G.
and Wills, G. J. High interaction graphics.
- B. Shneiderman,
Dynamic Queries for Visual Information Seeking
- C. Ahlberg
and B. Shneiderman, Visual Information Seeking: Tight Coupling of Dynamic
Query Filters with Starfield Displays
- Joseph M.
Hellerstein, et al. Interactive Data Analysis: The Control Project
- K. Fishkin,
M. C. Stone, Enhanced Dynamic Queries via Movable Filters
Week 5:
Friday
Feb 22
Topic: Multidimensional
Data Analysis
Lecture Notes:
Links:
Readings:
- Chris Stolte and
Pat Hanrahan, Polaris: A System for Query, Analysis and Visualization
of Multi-dimensional Relational Databases
- A. Inselberg,
Multidimensional Detective
- Al Inselberg,
Automated Knowledge Discovery using Parallel Coordinates
- S. Feiner
and C. Beshers, World within Worlds: Metaphors for Exploring n-Dimensional
Virtual Worlds
- D. A. Keim
and H.-P. Kriegel, VisDB: Database Exploration Using Multidimensional
Visualization
- L. Tweedie,
R. Spence, H. Dawkes, and H. Su. Externalizing Abstract Mathematical
Models
- R. Rao and
S. K. Card, The Table Lens: Merging Graphical and Symbolic Representations
in an Interactive Focus + Context Visualization for Tabular Information
Week 6:
Friday
Mar 01
Topic: Animation
Lecture Notes:
Discussants: Saifon Obromsook, Linda Harjono, Animation
Assignment:
Readings:
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An Empirical Comparison of Three Commercial Information
Visualization Systems by Alfred Kobsa, in Infovis 2001, IEEE Symposium
on Information Visualization, San Diego, CA.
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Visual, Interactive Data Mining with InfoZoom by Spenke,
Beilken, PKDD '99.
- Chang, B.-W.
and Ungar, D. Animation: From Cartoons to the User Interface.
- Mackinlay,
J.D., Card, S.K., and Robertson, G.G. Rapid controlled movement throught
a virtual 3D workspace.
- Kehoe, Colleen,
Stasko, John and Taylor, Ashley, Rethinking the Evaluation of Algorithm
Animations as Learning Aids: An Observational Study
Week 7:
Friday
Mar 08
Topic: Zooming,
Focus+Context, and Distortion-based Techniques
Lecture Notes:
Readings:
- G. R. Robertson,
S. K. Card, J. M. Mackinlay, The Information Visualizer: An Information
Workspace
- George G.
Robertson et al, Data Mountain: Using Spatial Memory for Document Management
- Y. K. Leung
and M. D. Apperley, A Review and Taxonomy of Distortion Oriented Presentation
Techniques
- Bederson,
BB, Pad++: A Zooming Graphical Interface for Exploring Alternative Interface
Physics
- Bederson,
B. B., PhotoMesa: A Zoomable Image Browser Using Quantum Treemaps and
Bubblemaps.
Week 8:
Friday
Mar 15
Topic: Search
and Document Space
Lecture Notes:
Readings:
- S. G. Eick,
J. L. Steffen, E. E. Sumner, Seesoft-A Tool for Visualizing Line Oriented
Software Statistics
- Marti Hearst.
TileBars: Visualization of Term Distribution Information in Full Text
Information Access,
- Xia Lin, Visualization
for the Document Space
- Hsinchen Chen
et al., Internet Browsing and Searching: User Evaluations of Category
Map and Concept Space Techniques
- J. A. Wise
et al., Visualizing the Non-Visual: Spatial Analysis and Interaction
with Information from Text Documents
- E. Rennison,
Galaxy of News
- Marc M. Sebrechts,
John Cugini, Sharon J. Laskowski, Joanna Vasilakis, Michael S. Miller:
Visualization of Search Results: A Comparative Evaluation of Text, 2D,
and 3D Interfaces. 3-10
- A. Spoerri,
InfoCrystal: A Visual Tool for Information Retrieval
- Chaomei Chen,
Yue Yu, Empirical studies of information visualization: a meta-analysis
Week 9:
Friday
Mar 22
Topic: Empirical
Evaluation
Lecture Notes:
Assignment:
Readings:
- Risden et
al., An initial examination of ease of use for 2D and 3D information
visualizations of web content.
- Jennifer English,
Marti Hearst, Rashmi Sinha, Kirsten Swearingon, and Ping Yee, Metadata
in Site Search Interfaces
- Martin Graham,
Jessie Kennedy, David Benyon, Towards a methodology for developing visualizations.
Friday
Mar 29: No Classes - spring break
Week 10:
Friday
Apr 05
Topic:
Web Log, Text, and other Data Mining
Lecture Notes:
Readings:
Week 11:
Friday
April 12
Topic:
Trees, Hierarchies, and Multi-Trees
Lecture Notes:
Readings:
Week 12:
Friday
April 19
Topic: Networks
and Graphs
Lecture Notes:
Readings:
- S. G. Eick
and G. J. Wills, Navigating Large Networks with Hierarchies
- R. A. Becker,
S. G. Eick, A. R. Wilks, Visualizing Network Data
- Tamara Munzner,
Exploring Large Graphs in 3D Hyperbolic Space IEEE
- K. Fairchild,
S. E. Poltrock, G. W. Furnas, SemNet: Three-Dimensional Graphic Representations
of Large Knowledg Bases
- T. Munzner,
F. Guimbretihre, and G. Robertson Constellation: A Visualization Tool
for Linguistic Queries from MindNet
Discussion for 2nd Half of Class:
Week 13:
Friday
April 26
Topic: Conversations; Visualization in Genomics Applications
Lecture Notes:
Readings:
- David Kurlander,
Tim Skelly, David H. Salesin, Comic Chat.
- Warren Sack,
Stories and Social Networks.
- Fernanda Viegas
and Judith Donath, Chat Circles.
Lecture Notes:
Readings:
Week 14:
Friday
May 03
Topic: Analysis / Sensemaking in Visualization
Lecture Notes:
Discussants: Saifon Obromsook, Linda Harjono, Analysis
Readings:
- S. K. Card, G. G. Robertson, and W. York, The WebBook and the Web
Forager: An Information Workspace for the World-Wide Web
- S. K. Card, P. Pirolli, and J. D. Mackinlay, The Cost-of-Knowledge
Characteristic Function: Display Evaluation for Direct-Walk Dynamic
Information Visualizations
- G. W. Furnas, Effective View Navigation
Interesting Information Visualization Work Presented at CHI 2002
Week 15:
Friday
May 10
Topic: Class Presentations
- Sarah Waterson, Wayne Kao: WebQuilt
- Jean-Anne Fitzpatrick, Moryma Aydelott, James Reffell: Web News
- Stephanie Hornung, Vivien Petras: Music Influences
- Leah Zagreus: Enron Responsibility
- Saifon Obromsook, Linda Harjono, Craig Rixford: Communications Spectrum
- Maggie Law, Susanne Eklund: Muni Schedules
(Writeups due May 13th.)
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