After successful completion of the course, students are able to...

• categorize a state of the art (literature) search based on a problem definition and specification.
• describe these scientific solutions and results in the context of a seminar paper
• present and discuss these scientific solutions and results

Seminar on special topics in the area of media informatics with a focus on Information Visualization (InfoVis), Visual Analytics, and Information Design.

Topics: http://www.cvast.tuwien.ac.at/topics

TUWEL: https://tuwel.tuwien.ac.at/course/view.php?id=54160 

Within the context of the seminar, the student is guided by individual supervision to independently work on the given problem. This includes...

• a literature research on possible solutions for the given problem
• a critical analysis of the approaches found
• a derivation and discussion of results in the form of a written seminar paper

Another important part of the seminar is exercising "presentation skills" in the context of the final presentation of the work.

• Quality of the seminar paper
• Presentation of research results
• Discussion and defence of the chosen approach with the other seminar participants