LEARNING OUTCOMES
Information visualization offers instruments for reasoning about quantitative information, analyzing and communicating statistical information. The course overviews the main typologies of data graphics (data-maps, time-series, space-time narrative, relational diagrams, graphs and methods for dimensionality reduction) and provides a language for discussing data visualizations combined with a knowledge of the human perception of visual objects.
Credits: 5
Schedule: 26.02.2024 - 11.04.2024
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Petter Holme
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):
Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):
Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
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The course teaches how to visualize information effectively by using the statistical methods, combined with knowledge of the human perception and the basics of data graphics.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
valid for whole curriculum period:
Examination and exercise work.
Workload
valid for whole curriculum period:
24 + 12 (4 + 2)
DETAILS
Study Material
valid for whole curriculum period:
Lecture notes, and E. Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Graphics Press, 1983, and C. Ware, Information Visualization - Perception for Design, Morgan Kaufmann, 2004.
Substitutes for Courses
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Prerequisites
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FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
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Teaching Language : English
Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Spring IV
2023-2024 Spring IVEnrollment :
Registration for Courses: In the academic year 2021-2022, registration for courses will take place on Sisu (sisu.aalto.fi) instead of WebOodi.