ECS163 Schedule and Readings

Week 1: January 9

Readings

1/10: Course overview
1/10: Homework 1 assigned
1/12: Introduction to Visualization
1/13: Discussion: Intro and general outline of projects and Tableau tutorial
Visualization Analysis and Design, by Tamara Munzner, Chapter 1: What's Vis, and Why Do It?

Week 2: January 16


1/16: Homework 1 due 11:55 pm
1/17: Intro to Visualization (continued); Data Types and Visual Encodings
1/17: Homework 2 assigned
1/19: Visual Encodings
1/20: Discussion: HTML/CSS/Javascript tutorial
Visualization Analysis and Design, by Tamara Munzner, Chapter 2: What: Data Abstraction

Week 3: January 23

1/24: Visual Encoding (continued)
1/25: Homework 2 due 11:55pm
1/26: Homework 1 in-class presentations.
1/26: Project 1 assigned
1/27: Discussion: Project 1 overview and D3 tutorial #1
Visualization Analysis and Design, Chapter 5: Marks and Channels, and Chapter 6: Rules of Thumb

Week 4: January 30

1/31: Space
2/01: Project 1 Milestone due 11:55pm
2/02: Homework 2 in-class presentations
2/03: Discussion: D3 tutorial #2
Visualization Analysis and Design, Chapter 7: Arrange Tables, and Chapter 8: Arrange Spatial Data

Week 5: February 6

2/07: Color
2/08: Project 1 due 11:55pm
2/09: Project 1 in-class presentations
2/09: Project 2 assigned
2/10: Discussion: Project 2 overview and D3 tutorial #3
Visualization Analysis and Design, Chapter 10: Map Color and Other Channels

Week 6: February 13

2/14: User Interfaces
2/16: Graph and Network Visualization
2/17: No Discussion
2/17: Project 2 Milestone due 11:55pm
Visualization Analysis and Design, Chapter 9: Arrange Networks and Trees

Week 7: February 20

2/21: Graph and Network Visualization (continued)
2/21: Interactive Visualization
2/23: Storytelling using Visualization
2/24: No Discussion
Visualization Analysis and Design, Chapter 3: Task Abstraction, and Chapter 4: Analysis: Four Levels for Validation

Week 8: February 27

2/27: Project 2 due 11:55pm
2/28: Project 2 in-class presentations
2/28: Final project assigned
3/02: Project 2 in-class presentations
3/03: Discussion: Final project overview
Visualization Analysis and Design, Chapter 11: Manipulate View

Week 9: March 6

3/07: User Studies
3/08: Final project proposals due 11:55 pm
3/09: Final project proposal in-class presentations
3/10: (Discussion Session Time) Final project proposal in-class presentations
Visualization Analysis and Design, Chapter 12: Facet into Multiple Views

Week 10: March 13

3/14: Perception
3/16: Midterm Exam
3/17: No Discussion

Week 11: March 20

3/20: Final Project including the write-up due 11:55 pm
3/21: Final Project demos (1pm-5pm, 1105 Kemper Hall)
Visualization Analysis and Design, Chapter 13: Reduce Items and Attributes, and Chapter 14: Focus+Context


Further Readings