Overview
Syllabus
Assignments
Policies
Resources

Logistics
Mon 9:00 -10:20 SUR 2995
Wed 4:00 - 5:20 SUR 2980
Open Lab
 

Instructor: Lyn Bartram
SUR 2759 (office)
SUR 3760 (lab)

email lyn@sfu.ca
voice
office (bad) 778 782 7439
lab (better) 778 782 8009
mobile (best) 604 908 9954
 
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week
Topic
Assigned/Due
1

 

Classes start next week. Course overview

Readings for each week are after the schedle.

2

Visualization in Practice

8-Sep

 

Why Visualization? Course Overview and Intro (Slides)

Readings
Assignment 1 out
Download and familiarise yourselves with Tableau.
10-Sep

Visualization Design: case studies and process (slides)

3

Perception

15-Sep

How we see: basics of perception (slides)

Readings
17-Sep

Patterns and Structure (slides)

Assignment 1 brief presentations

Assignment 1 due

 

4

Encoding Data

22-Sep

Perception 1

Data (slides)

Ass. 2 out
24-Sep
Visual Encoding (slides)
Sign up for Ass2 schedule on Canvas

5

Design 1

29-Sep

Colour in Information Display (slides)

Readings
1-Oct
User Tasks and Design Idioms (slides)

6

Multivariate Methods

6-Oct
Single and Multiple Views (slides)
Readings
8-Oct
Interaction
Submission of project title and brief (100 word) abstract due

7

Networks

13-Oct
Holiday: Thanksgiving
15-Oct
Graphs, Trees and Networks (slides)

Assignment 3 out

Assignment 2 due Fri. Oct 17

8

Ass2 presentations

20-Oct
Assignment 2 presentations

 

 

22-Oct
Assignment 2 presentations
2D Techniques 2
27-Oct

Dealing with the data explosion: using space effectively (slides)


 
29-Oct

Class cancelled, lyn away

 
10

Design Challenges

3-Nov
Visual Attention and Awareness (slides)
5-Nov
Project Meetings
NOTE THE ROOM CHANGE TO SUR 3290

11

Visual Analytics

10-Nov
Vis Week- lecture TBA
15-Nov
Vis Week- lecture TBA

Assignment 3 due Nov 15

Remember: sign up for project presentations!

12
17-Nov
Assignment 3 redesign: presentations
19-Nov
class cancelled, lyn sick

13

Extending InfoVis

24-Nov
Animation (slides)
26-Nov
Aesthetics, Affect and Design
14 *NEW*
1-Dec
Project Presentations 10-2 *NEW*Project papers/demos due Dec. 12
3-Dec
Project Presentations 10 -2  

Readings by week:

Week 2

Chapter 1, Visualization Design and Analysis.

Week 3:

Week 4

Week 5:

Week 6: