SI 649/749 - Information Visualization (Fall 2000) - Furnas
SYLLABUS
See Course Info for administrative
details and requirements.
See the Reference List for the complete
reference information on the assignments listed below.
Key to assignments:
CMS nn-mm = Pages nn to mm in Card, Mackinlay
and Shneiderman volume
CPn = Selection n in the SI-649 CoursePack. (Available
at EXCEL -- 117 South Univ.)
CW chn = Chpt nin Colin Ware book
(CW readings required for PhD/749 students only)
I. INTRODUCTION - (Week 1- 9/7/00) [furnas]
* Students volunteers chosen to present next weeks readings *
II. GENERAL PRINCIPLES[mikewood,achesbro,adinal,jwithrow]
A. Part 1 (Week 2 - 9/14/00)
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CMS Ch. 1: Card, Mackinlay &Shneiderman 1999 (Information Visualization)
[CMS 1-34]
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Bertin 1981 (Graphics and Graphic Info Processing) [CMS 62-65]
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optional: Tufte 1990
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PhD/749: CW ch 1
* Students volunteers chosen to present next weeks readings *
B. Part 2 (Week 3 - 9/21/00)[melledge,kntruong,coreys]
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Mackinlay 1986 (Automating the Design...) [CMS 66-82 ]
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Card, Robertson and Mackinlay 1991 (Info Visualization using 3D...) [CMS
515-529]
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PhD/749: CW ch 2
* Rest of students pick, in lottery order, readings
to present - be ready with your preferences*
III. SMALL VIEWS OF LARGE INFORMATION WORLDS (VARIOUS)
A. Part 1 (Week 4 - 9/28/00)[furnas,krot,kkuan]
*GENERAL*
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CMS Ch. 4 intro: "Focus + Context" [CMS 307-310]
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CMS Sec. 4.1intro: "Fisheye views" [CMS 311]
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Furnas 1981 (Fisheye Views: A new look at structured files) [CMS311-330]
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Furnas 1986 (Generalized Fisheye Views) [CP01]
*TREES*
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CMS Sec. 2.4 Intro: "Trees" [CMS 149-151]
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Robertson, Mackinlay and Card 1991 (Cone Trees) [CP02]
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Johnson and Shneiderman 1991 (Tree Maps) [CMS149-159]
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optional: Lamping and Rao 1996 (Hyperbolic Browser) [CMS381-408]
*1-DIM*
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CMS Ch. 2 Intro: "Space" [CMS 35-36]
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CMS Sec. 2.2 Intro: "1D,2D.3D" [CMS 57-61]
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Plaisant et al 1996 (LifeLines) [CMS285-286,287-294]
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Mackinlay, Robertson and Card 1991 (Perspective Wall) [CP03]
B. Part 2 (Week 5 - 10/5/00)[atomaton,ehover,chunghw,pais]
* Preliminary project proposals due *
*2-DIM*
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Rao and Card 1994 (Table Lens) [CMS 341-349]
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Robertson and Mackinlay 1993 (Document Lens) [CMS 562-569]
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Bederson and Hollan 1994 (Pad++: ) [CMS 530-543]
*GRAPHS&NETWORKS*
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CMS Sec. 2.5 Intro: "Networks" [CMS 187-189]
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Fairchild, Poltrock and Furnas 1988 (SEMNET) [CMS 190-206]
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Kosak, Marks and Shieber 1994 (Network Layout) [CP04]
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optional: Brown and Sarkar 1992 (Graphical Fisheye) [CP05]
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optional: Becker, Eick and Wilks 1995 (Visualizing Network Data)
[CMS 215-230]
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optional: Eick and Wills 1993 (Navigating Large Networks with Hierarchies)
[CMS207-214]
IV. EVALUATION EXAMPLES (Week 6 - 10/12/00)[mrocco,aqusaiba,sch]
<<* Final project proposals due*>>
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Egan, Remde, Landauer, Lochbaum, and Gomez 1989 (Superbook) [CP06]
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Schaffer, et. al 1993 (Fisheye vs. Zooms) [CP07]
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Czerwinski, et al 1999 (Visualizing Implicit Queries) - handout
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PhD/749: CW ch 5
V. INFORMATION VISUALIZATION FOR INFORMATION ACCESS
A. Part 1 (Week 7 - 10/19/00)[zwright,johano,aschen]
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MacKinlay 1995 (Organic Citation Links) [CP08]
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Hearst 1995 (TileBars) [CP09]
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CMS Ch. 5 Intro: "Data Mapping: Document Visualization" [CMS 409-410]
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Skim: Subsequent intro.s and papers in CMS Ch. 5
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PhD/749: CW ch 6
B. Part 2 (Week 8 - 10/26/00)[sbrower,czeh,gangui,jdodds]
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Spoerri 1993 (Info Crystals) [CMS 140-147]
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Furnas and Zacks 1994 (MultiTrees) [CP10]
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Mukherjea and Foley 1995 (VisWWW) [CP11]
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Card, et al 1996 (Web Book/Forager) [CMS 544-550]
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optional: E. Rennison (Galaxy of News) [CMS 452-461]
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PhD/749: CW ch 7
VI. SPECIAL VISUALIZATION INTERACTION PARADIGMS (Week 9 - 11/02/00)[jbirnhol,bagoas,raganj]
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CMS Ch. 3 Intro [CMS 230-234]
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CMS Sec. 3.1 Intro [CMS 235]
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Shneiderman 1994 (Dynamic Queries) [CMS 236-243]
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Ahlberg and Shneiderman 1994 (Visual Information Seeking...Starfield) [CMS244-250]
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Bier, Stone, Pier, Buxton, and DeRose 1993 (Magic Lenses) [CP12]
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Mackinlay, Card and Robertson 1990 (3D Movement) [CP13]
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Eick 1994 (Data Visualization Sliders)[CMS 251-252]
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optional: Chuah et al 1995 (SDM: Selective Dynamic Manipulation
of Visualizations) [CMS 263-275]
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optional: Tweedie 1997 (Characterizing Interactive Externalizations)
[CMS616-623
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PhD/749: CW ch 8
VII. INFO. VIS. FOR TASK/INTERACTION MANAGEMENT (Week 10 - 11/09/00)[srohling,bentley,apao]
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Henderson and Card 1986 (Rooms) [CP14]
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Hill, Hollan and Wroblewski 1992 (Edit-/Read-Wear) [CP15]
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Hendry and Harper (Informal InfoSeeking Environment) [CP16]
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optional: Andrews 1995 (Visualizing Cyberspace: ... Harmony Internet
Browser) [CMS 493-502]
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PhD/749: CW ch 9
VIII. OTHER TOPICS (TBD) and CONCLUSIONS (Week 11- 11/16/00)[linf,karavite,loumich]
* ALGORITHM ANIMATION & CODE VISUALIZATION
* DATA VISUALIZATION
* AUDITORY DISPLAY
* SKETCHED RENDERING
* VIRTUAL & AUGMENTED REALITY APPROACHES
* GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
* SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION
e.g.,
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Brown and Sedgwick 1984 (Algorithm Animation - Balsa) [CP17]
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Buja et al 1991 (Interactive Data Visualization) [CP18]
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Gaver 1994 (Auditory Icons) [CP19]
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Schumann, et al 1996 (Non-Photorealistic Rendering) [CP20]
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Tweedie, et al 1996 (Externalizing Abstract Math. Models) [CMS 276-284]
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CMS Ch. 8 (Applications and Implications) [CMS 625-635]
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CMS Ch. 9 (Conclusions) [CMS 637-640]
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PhD/749: CW ch10
** 11/23 - NO CLASS -- THANKSGIVING BREAK - HAPPY HOLIDAY! ***
IX. PROJECT REPORTS (Weeks 12 & 13 - 11/30/00 &12/07/00)
(ordering of group reports to be decided by lot)
* Final project writeups due Friday 12/08/00
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