Informationsvisualisierung - Information Visualization

Module IN 2139

Vorlesung im Sommersemester 2011
Prof. Gudrun Klinker, Ph.D. (with Manuel Huber and Eva Artinger and Tayfur Coskun and Andreas Dippon)

2V + 2Ü
5 ECTS Credits

The class will be taught in English.

Time & Location

Lecture: thursdays, 10:15 - 11:45, Room: MI 03.13.010
Start: Thursday, May 12, 2011 (2. week of the semester)

Exercises: mondays 10.00 - 11.30, Room: MI 03.13.010
Start: Monday, May 16, 2011 (2nd week of the semester)

Content

More Information

Intended audience:

• Diploma students: Hauptstudium Informatik I (Praktische Informatik)
• Senior bachelor students with interest in pursuing a bachelor's thesis in this area
• Master students (Informatik, Wirtschaftsinformatik, Bioinformatik)

Prerequisites:

• Grundstudium Informatik, Bachelor Informatik, Wirtschaftsinformatik, Bioinformatik

Exercises:

• The class consists of both a weekly lecture and weekly exercises!
• Exercises constitute half of the credits and thus will make up half of the grade (exam questions).
• Exam questions will be based on experiences gained by attending the excercise meetings and by working on the homework. It will not be enough to just read and understand solutions to the homework. The learning experience and insights gained by struggling with the assignments is essential.

Exams: written (closed book)

• Example Questions
• Duration: 90 minutes
• Language: assignment sheet in English, answers can be given in English or German
• Schedule: Friday, Aug. 5, 15:00 - 16:30 in room MW 1050
• There will be a 0.3 bonus for good project presentations

Project presentations: For project presentation as part of the demo day, please see DemoDaySs11.

Office hours:

• By appointment (email to Prof.Klinker)

Approximate Schedule (subject to change)

Date	Topic	links to slides (restricted)
12.5.2011	1. Introduction: what is visualization, issues	L1-IntroIssues.pdf
19.5.2011	2. Information representation: encoding of value	L2-Representation1.pdf
26.5.2011	2. Information representation: encoding of value (cont.)	-
9.6.2011	3. Information representation: encoding of relation	L3-Representation2.pdf
16.6.2011	4. Information presentation: space limitations	L4-Presentation1.pdf
30.6.2011	Lab visit	-
7.7.2011	5. Information presentation: time limitations	L5-Presentation2.pdf
14.7.2011	6. Interaction: continuous and stepped	L6-Interaction1.pdf
14.7.2011	7. Interaction: passive and composite; interaction dynamics	L7-Interaction2.pdf
21.7.2011	8. Case studies	L8-CaseStudies1.pdf L8-CaseStudies2.pdf
26.7.2011 (Tue)	Show and Tell: Project Presentations

Exercises

Date	Topic	links to slides	Solutions	Attachments	Deadline
16. May 11	Introduction to Processing	tutorial01.pdf	Exercise01.java, RecursionPlantSketch.java		22. May
23. May 11	Interactive Time-Series Charts and Data Dimensionality	tutorial02.pdf	tutorial2	iris_data.csv, Exercise2.java, RandomGraph.java	29. May
30. May 11	Object and Attribute Visibility	tutorial03.pdf	tutorial3.zip	auto-mpg.data, auto-mpg.names Tutorial3 Template	5. June
6. June 11	Sensitivity	Tutorial04.pdf	tutorial4.zip		19. June
13. June 11	Bank Holiday (Pfingsten)
20. June 11	Distortion	Tutorial05.pdf	tutorial5.zip	distortion_homework_x264.avi	26. June
27. June 11	Project Suggestions	Tutorial06.pdf			3. July
4. July 11	Project Kick-off Presentations
11. July 11	Project phase
18. July 11	Project phase
26. July 11	Project Final Presentations

Literature

The lecture is based on:

• Information Visualization: Design for Interaction second edition by: Robert Spence. PEARSON Education, 2007. ISBN-10: 0-132-0655-09.

Further reading:

• The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by: Edward R. Tufte. Graphics Press, Cheshire, CT, 1983.
• Envisioning Information by: Edward R. Tufte. Graphics Press, Cheshire, CT, 1990.
• Readings in Information Visualization by: Stuart K. Card, Jock D. Mackinlay, and Ben Shneiderman (eds.), Morgan Kaufmann, 1999.
• The Craft of Information Visualization: Readings and Reflections by: Benjamin B. Bederson, and Ben Shneiderman (eds.), Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive Technologies, 2003.
• Visual Cues: Practical Data Visualization by: Peter R. Keller and Mary M. Keller. IEEE Computer Society Press, 1993. ISBN 0-8186-3102-3.