SI 649 - Information Visualization (Fall 1999) - Furnas
PRELIMINARY SYLLABUS
See Course Info for administrative details
and requirements.
See the Reference List for the complete
reference information on the assignments listed below. Numbers refer to
item number in the CoursePak.
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.)
I. INTRODUCTION - (Week 1- 9/9/99)
II. GENERAL PRINCIPLES
A. Part 1 (Week 2 - 9/16/99)
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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
* Also: students pick, in lottery order, readings
to present - be ready with your preferences*
B. Part 2 (Week 3 - 9/23/99)
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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]
III. SMALL VIEWS OF LARGE INFORMATION WORLDS (VARIOUS)
A. Part 1 (Week 4 - 9/30/99)
*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 - 10/7/99)
* 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 - 10/14/99)
<<* 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]
V. INFORMATION VISUALIZATION FOR INFORMATION ACCESS
A. Part 1 (Week 7 - 10/21/99)
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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
B. Part 2 (Week 8 - 10/28/99)
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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]
VI. SPECIAL VISUALIZATION INTERACTION PARADIGMS (Week 9 - 11/4/99)
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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]
VII. INFO. VIS. FOR TASK/INTERACTION MANAGEMENT (Week 10 - 11/11/99)
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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]
VIII. OTHER TOPICS (TBD) and CONCLUSIONS (Week 11- 11/18/99)
* 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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Gaver 1994 (Auditory Icons) [CP18]
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Schumann, et al 1996 (Non-Photorealistic Rendering) [CP19]
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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]
** 11/25 - NO CLASS -- THANKSGIVING BREAK - HAPPY HOLIDAY! ***
IX. PROJECT REPORTS (Weeks 12 & 13 - 12/2/99 &12/9/99)
(ordering of group reports to be decided by lot)
* Final project writeups due Friday 12/10/99
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