ITCS 4121-5121
Information Visualization
Spring 2009
INFORMATION VISUALIZATION 4121-5121
Revision: 1.0
INSTRUCTOR:
Dr. Zachary Wartell
Phone: 687-8442
Email: zwartell@uncc.edu
WWW: http://www.cs.uncc.edu/~zwartell/
Office: Woodward 410C (also check lab in 412)
Office Hours: TBA (see website)
TA:
Brady Fulmer
Email: wfulmer@uncc.edu
Office: Woodward 412
Office Hours: TBA (see website)
MEETING TIMES:
Woodward 154
MW 5:00 – 6:15 PM
REQUIRED TEXTBOOK:
There is no required textbook for this course. Rather, many recent papers in the
field will be read in the class.
OPTIONAL:
1. Ware, Colin. Information Visualization: Perception for Design (2nd Edition).
Morgan-Kaufmann, 2004.
2. Tufte, Edward. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information (2nd Edition).
Graphics Press, 2001.
3. Tufte, Edward. Envisioning Information. Graphics Press, 1990.
4. Tufte, Edward. Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and
Narrative. Graphics Press, 1997.
5. Spence, Robert. Information Visualization. Addison-Wesley, 2001
Some of the books are available in the library. The students are encouraged to
borrow the books from the library.
GRADING:
Scale:
90-100% of total grade – A
80-90% of total grade - B or better.
70-80% of total grade - C or better.
60-70% of total grade - D or better.
ITCS 4121-5121
Information Visualization
Spring 2009
Passing grade on programming projects is required to pass the course.
Incompletes will be given, only under exceptional circumstances and at the
discretion of instructor.
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Projects [×2, 50%]
o group work (2-3 students)
o Parts:
 program
 written report (3-4 pages)
 presentation
Critiques [×7, 25%]
o individual work
Design Contests [×3, 15%]
o individual & group work
o presentation – 5-10 minutes
o class votes on 1st and 2nd place – attendance mandatory for all
Paper Presentation [×1, 10%]
o individual work
o student chosen paper/system – 5-10 minute
ATTENDANCE POLICY
Attendance of all scheduled classes is strongly encouraged, as the material covered in the
lectures will not necessarily be restricted to that in the prescribed reading. You are
responsible for all material covered in class.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
Cheating in any form is subject to disciplinary action (UNCC Catalog, pages 275-278).
As far as programming projects are concerned, you are allowed to discuss general
concepts and strategies for solving problems. No sharing of modules or parts of programs
will be allowed between assigned project groups.