Fall 2020 - CMPT 767 G100
Visualization (3)
Class Number: 6675
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Thu, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Sheelagh Carpendale
sheelagh@sfu.ca
1 778 782-5415
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Prerequisites:
CMPT 316, 461 or equivalent (by permission of instructor).
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Advanced topics in the field of scientific and information visualization are presented. Topics may include: an introduction to visualization (importance, basic approaches and existing tools), abstract visualization concepts, human perception, visualization methodology, 2D and 3D display and interaction and their use in medical, scientific, and business applications. Students with credit for CMPT 878 or 775 may not take this course for further credit.
COURSE DETAILS:
The goal of this course is to introduce students to the research field of Interactive Information Visualization. The course presents both seminal and recent work in InfoVis by looking at a variety of topics from the research field. It will cover a subset of the topics listed below. Each of these topics contains a fundamental approach to creating information visualizations. Each has its own guiding principles, its own significant publications, and its own research methods. While we will discuss each separately, keep in mind that, in reality, some chosen subset of these is usually used in conjunction.
Note: Prerequisites for this course are no longer accurate - Please contact csgrada@sfu.ca for assistance with enrolment.
Topics
- Representation of data, data mappings
- Design thinking
- Presentation
- Principles from perception
- Sketching and Externalization
- Principles from graphic design
- Layout and spatial organization
- Data driven design
- Personal visualization
- Task-based design
- Constructive visualization
- Applications (e.g., web, text, biology, social data)
- Biomimicry and alternate aesthetics
- Physicalization
- Interaction (e.g., exploration, navigation, transformations, details on demand)
- Communication, data-driven storytelling, visualization literacy
- Evaluation methodologies and issues
Grading
- To be discussed the first week of classes 100%
Materials
RECOMMENDED READING:
- · Visualization Analysis and Design , Munzner, Tamara, A K Peters, Limited, 2014,
ISBN: 9781466508910
- · Semiology of graphic: Diagrams, Networks, Maps , Bertin, Jacques, ESRI, Incorporated, 2010,
ISBN: 9781589482616
- · Information Visualization: Perception for Design , Ware, Colin, Login, 2012,
ISBN: 9780123814647
Graduate Studies Notes:
Important dates and deadlines for graduate students are found here: http://www.sfu.ca/dean-gradstudies/current/important_dates/guidelines.html. The deadline to drop a course with a 100% refund is the end of week 2. The deadline to drop with no notation on your transcript is the end of week 3.
Registrar Notes:
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS
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TEACHING AT SFU IN FALL 2020
Teaching at SFU in fall 2020 will be conducted primarily through remote methods. There will be in-person course components in a few exceptional cases where this is fundamental to the educational goals of the course. Such course components will be clearly identified at registration, as will course components that will be “live” (synchronous) vs. at your own pace (asynchronous). Enrollment acknowledges that remote study may entail different modes of learning, interaction with your instructor, and ways of getting feedback on your work than may be the case for in-person classes. To ensure you can access all course materials, we recommend you have access to a computer with a microphone and camera, and the internet. In some cases your instructor may use Zoom or other means requiring a camera and microphone to invigilate exams. If proctoring software will be used, this will be confirmed in the first week of class.
Students with hidden or visible disabilities who believe they may need class or exam accommodations, including in the current context of remote learning, are encouraged to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112).