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Lyn Bartram
email lyn@sfu.ca
MSN lyn@cs.sfu.ca
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Syllabus

Week
Topic
Assigned/Due
1

5.01.09

Course Overview (PDF)

schedules Ass. 1 (due 9.01.09)
7.01.09 Assignment 1
2 12.01.09

The human visual system ( PDF)

 Ass1 schedule
14.01.09  
3 19.01.09
Luminance, Brightness and Colour (PDF)
 
21.01.09

Assignment 1 due

Day 1 schedule
4 26.01.09
Using Colour in Information Display (PDF)
 Ass. 2 out
28.01.09 Day 2 schedule
5 2.02.09 Submission of project title and brief (100 word) abstract due
4.02.09
Visual Awareness (PDF)
6 9.02.09
Patterns and structure (PDF)
  
11.02.09
Individual project meetings
 Ass2 Schedule:
7 16.02.09
No Lecture : READING BREAK
  
18.02.09
Motion and Animation (PDF)

Assignment 2 due

Ass 2 Schedule:
8 23.02.09
assignment 2 presentations
  
25.02.09
assignment 2 presentations
9 2.03.09
2D Visualization Techniques: Overview (PDF)
 Assignment 3 out
4.03.09
No lecture: Stephen Few (slides)
Stephen Few's website
 
10
9.03.09
no lecture
11.03.09
Assignment 3 presentations
11
16.03.09
Objects, images and words (PDF)
18.03.09
Assignment 3 presentations

Assignment 3 due

Remember: sign up for project presentations!
12
23.03.09
Interacting with Visualizations
25.03.09
Project Presentations
13
30.03.09
Project Presentations
1.04.09
Project Presentations
14 8.04.09   Project papers due

Note that the schedule over the last couple of weeks will change depending on how many projects there are and how many presentations we need to schedule. Don't worry: i can always fill the time !