Learning outcomes

After this course, the students will have an overview of the field of information visualization and its place in the general context of human-computer interaction and related fields. The students will be familiar with the central theories of information visualization, the historical developments in the field and the seminal research.

Contents

The course introduces selected topics in information visualization. The topics include, but are not limited to, the following: models and theories of information visualization, visualization techniques, interaction in information visualization, and human factors in information visualization.

Teaching methods

Teaching method	Contact	Online
Lectures	24 h	0 h

Teaching language

English

Evaluation

Numeric 1-5.

Recommended year of study

3. year autumn
3. year spring

Or later, advanced level. The course is not lectured every year.

Study materials

1. In addition to selected research articles.
2. Ware, C., Information Visualization: Perception for Design. Morgan Kaufmann 2004
3. Spence, R., Information Visualization: Design for Interaction, 2nd edition. Prentice Hall 2007.

Further information

This course was previously a part of the course Information Visualization (Tiedon visualisointi). This course cannot be taken by students who have taken the previous course.

Belongs to following study modules