After successful completion of the course, students are able to describe the theoretical concepts applied in information visualization and presented in the lecture (e.g., visualization of multimdimensional data, visualization of multivariate network data).
Information visualization is "the use of computer-supported, interactive, visual representations of abstract data to amplify cognition". The participants shall get acquainted to the concepts and techniques of information visualization. A short general introduction to visualization is followed by presentations of current research results in the field. The topics include:
There is an exercise accompanying the lecture.
Didactical Approach: With slides, an introduction to information visualization is given. (International) colleagues give guest lectures concerning current special topics.
All lecture materials can be found on TUWEL. Lectures take place Thursdays 3 p.m. (c.t.).
Lectures with slides.
ECTS Breakdown: 3 ECTS = 75 Stunden
After the introductory part, there will be a 15 minutes open book exam in TUWEL (30 points). At the end of the lecture, there will be a written exam. FBoth exams have to be positive (i.e., > 50% of the points) for a positive grade.
