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)   * Students volunteers chosen to present next weeks readings *

  B. Part 2 (Week 3 - 9/21/00)[melledge,kntruong,coreys]

    * 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*    *TREES*    *1-DIM* B. Part 2 (Week 5 - 10/5/00)[atomaton,ehover,chunghw,pais]
   * Preliminary project proposals due *    *2-DIM*    *GRAPHS&NETWORKS*

IV. EVALUATION EXAMPLES (Week 6 - 10/12/00)[mrocco,aqusaiba,sch]

    <<* Final project proposals due*>>

V. INFORMATION VISUALIZATION FOR INFORMATION ACCESS

 A. Part 1 (Week 7 - 10/19/00)[zwright,johano,aschen]   B. Part 2 (Week 8 - 10/26/00)[sbrower,czeh,gangui,jdodds]

VI. SPECIAL VISUALIZATION INTERACTION PARADIGMS (Week 9 - 11/02/00)[jbirnhol,bagoas,raganj]

VII. INFO. VIS. FOR TASK/INTERACTION MANAGEMENT (Week 10 - 11/09/00)[srohling,bentley,apao]

VIII. OTHER TOPICS (TBD) and CONCLUSIONS (Week 11- 11/16/00)[linf,karavite,loumich]

** 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 *