FI:PV251 Visualization - Course Information
PV251 Visualization
Faculty of InformaticsSpring 2013
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/1. 3 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. RNDr. Barbora Kozlíková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Vilém Šustr (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- doc. RNDr. Petr Matula, Ph.D.
Department of Visual Computing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: prof. Ing. Jiří Sochor, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Visual Computing – Faculty of Informatics - Timetable
- Tue 8:00–9:50 G123
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
PV251/02: each odd Tuesday 10:00–11:50 B204, V. Šustr - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 12 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The goal is to provide students with the overview of the field of visualization and its principles and methods. The course includes basic concepts of visualization and its application to different input data sets. Students will be also acquainted with various interaction techniques for data manipulation and with practical applications of visualization, such as medicine, art etc. An important part of this course contains a practical exercises performed on various visualization tools. In the end of this course, students should be able to design and develop their own effective visualizations.
- Syllabus
- Introduction, history of visualization, visualization today, human perception and information processing
- Color, types of input data
- Visualization foundations
- Visualization techniques for spatial data
- Visualization techniques for geospatial data
- Visualization techniques for multivariate data
- Graphs and trees, networks
- Text and document visualization
- Interaction concepts and techniques
- Designing effective visualizations, comparing and evaluating visualization techniques
- Visualization tools and systems
- Specific applications of visualization - medical visualization, NPR, scientific visualization
- Literature
- recommended literature
- WARD, Matthew, Georges G. GRINSTEIN and Daniel KEIM. Interactive data visualization : foundations, techniques, and applications. Natick: A K Peters, 2010, xvii, 496. ISBN 9781568814735. info
- Teaching methods
- Theoretical lectures covering fundamentals, methods and algorithms for visualization. Lab work focused on usage of various visualization tools and design of visualizations. Short HW assignments demonstrating usage of methods discussed on lectures. Study materials: Slides, study materials and lectures video, text books and journals on visualization.
- Assessment methods
- Homework assignments must be completed before final examination. Final assessment is based on written exam.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Teacher's information
- http://www.fi.muni.cz/~xkozlik/PV251
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2013, recent)
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