INLS 541 Spring 2016 Schedule
Instructor: Dr. Hemminger

Reading Responses
Class Work #1, Class Work #2, Class Work #3

This planned schedule lists the topics we'll cover with links to the presention materials, and readings and assignments due dates. Their are no required textbooks for this course, as part of my effort to educate using freely available materials. I do recommend several books (see list in Course Resources Books page. All readings are available electronically, and linked from this page. Readings should be read before the class they are listed for. Assignments are due two hours before the start of class.


Table of Contents

1. Introduction and Framework  
2. Data Representation and Mapping  
3. Visual Perception and Cognition  
4. Information Displays  
5.Charts and Tables  
6. Multivariable Visualization  
7. Maps/GIS  
8. Graphs, Networks, Trees  
9. Interaction  
10. Evaluation  


  Course Welcome and Introduction

Monday
1/11

Assignment: A0.

Course Welcome, Introduction.

Wednesday
1/13

Reading: Tufte excerpt
Reading: Ware excerpt
Assignment: A1 parts 1 and 2 only

Review A0 Good/Bad examples.
Introduction.



  Framework

Monday
1/18

NO CLASS

MLK Holiday

Wednesday
1/20

Assignment: A1 parts 3 and 4.

Introduction.



  Data Representation and Mapping

Monday
1/25

Assignment: A2.

Review A2. Review Personal Story Visualizations (from your A1).

Wednesday
1/27

Reading: Eyes Have It
Reading: Visualization Taxonomy

Framework
Data Models and Representations
Framework Field Guide
DataTypes Identification Sheet.



  Visual Perception and Cognition

Monday
2/1

Assignment: A3.

Perception and Visual Cognition.

Wednesday
2/3

Reading: Cleveland Graphical Perception

Color Use and Color Scales.
Perception and Visual Cognition.

Monday
2/8

Assignment: A4.


Perception and Visual Cognition.



  Information Displays

Wednesday
2/10

Reading: Jeff Han TED talk MultiTouch Display 2006
Reading: Hiep Truong Portable large table top displays
Reading: Display for the Mobile Web


Displays.

Monday
2/15

Assignment: A5.


Displays.

Wednesday
2/17

Meet @ Research Hub 2nd floor of Davis Library

Reading: RENCI Project Visualizations ( NCSU and Duke). Read and explore the RENCI visualization projects listed on these two pages... For your reading reaction, choose two visualizations and write reviews of them.


FIELD TRIP: Visit Research Hub on 2nd floor of Davis Library (we'll see the Social Computing Lab, GIS stations. MEET AT DAVIS LIBRARY in Research Hub at start of class.



  Charts and Tables

Monday
2/22

Assignment: A6.

Reviews of your MidTerm Project Plans
Charts and Tables

Wednesday
2/24

Reading: Stephen's Few's Communicating Numbers. Reading Responses:
1) In Chart page on Work Wiki, critique a chart of your choice, based on the Few Reading;
2) Take Quiz on reading




  Multivariable Visualization Techniques

Monday
2/29

Assignment: A7.

Multivariable Visualization Techniques.

Wednesday
3/2

Reading: Stolte-Polaris Skip sections 4.1, 6 and 7


Multivariable Visualization Techniques.



  GIS Start / MidTerm Presentations

Monday
3/7

Reading: Geobrowsing: Creative Thinking and knowledge discovery using geographic visualization, Peuquet

Maps & GIS.

Wednesday
3/9

MidTerm Project Presentations Part 1



  Spring Break

Monday
3/14


SPRING BREAK

Wednesday
3/16


SPRING BREAK



  Maps/GIS

Monday
3/21


MidTerm Project Presentations Part 2

Wednesday
3/23

Assignment: A9.


Maps & GIS.



  Interaction

Monday
3/28

Assignment: A10.


Interaction.

Wednesday
3/30

Reading: Animation: Can it facilitate? Tversky
Reading: Visual programming by Bret Victor. Watch the visualization portions of the first 35 minutes of the video. Dr H says best video of our readings!


Interaction.



  Networks, Graphs, Trees

Monday
4/4

Assignment: A11.


Graphs, Networks, Trees.

Wednesday
4/6

Reading: Graph Visualization and Navigation in Information Visualization:a Survey, Hermann
Visualize your social network graph in Social Network Exercise

Design a "best" social network graph interface.



  Visual Analytics

Monday
4/11

Assignment: A12.


Visual Analytics. Use Tableau for developing visual analytic interfaces.

Wednesday
4/13

Reading: The Challenge of Information Visualization Evaluation, Plaisant
Post Your Final Project Descriptions

Review Final Project Descriptions.
Visual Analytics. Use Tableau for developing visual analytic interfaces.



  Design, Evaluation, Critique

Monday
4/18

Assignment: A13.


Evaluation. Design Practice (Treemaps vs Cone Trees vs Hyperbolic Browsers).

Wednesday
4/20

Reading: Shneiderman: Evaluating Novel Visualization Technques (Treemaps, ConeTrees, Hyperbolic Trees. Only pages 87-94 and the conclusion section on last page. Skim the rest if you want to understand how they used bibliometrics to determine usage of the three tools.
Reading: An Empirical Comparison of Three Commercial Information Visualization Systems, Kobsa


Evaluation. Evaluation Practice.



  Final Project Presentations

Monday
4/25


Initial Final Project Presentations, Class Wrap-Up, Class Evaluations

Wednesday
4/27

Second Final Project Presentations

Friday
4/29 9am

9am START TIME

Remaining Final Project Presentations



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