General description

Information visualization focuses on presenting data and information in the most efficient ways in various contexts. The course deals with the different ways of presenting information in static and interactive means. In addition to visual methods, the course covers spoken, auditory, haptic and olfactory information presentation methods, including their combined use. The course covers both generic principles and domain specific, such as industrial, media and healthcare specific information presentation needs. Specific topics include XR visualizations techniques and AI approaches for information visualization.

The course includes numerous practical exercises, including a mini-project done in groups. All hands-on assignments are related to real-world information visualization problems. The basic course (5 cu) covers design and evaluation of information visualization techniques, and it can be extended (10 cu) to cover also implementation aspects in the form of an extended project work.

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of the course the student should:
- know the most common information visualization techniques
- know the most common alternative techniques for information presentation
- be familiar with advanced information presentation techniques (XR and AI)
- be able to design and evaluate interactive visualizations for real-world problems

Contents

The course includes the following topics, but is not limited to them
- principles of information visualization
- interactive visualizations
- spoken, auditory, haptic and olfactory information presentation
- domain specific visualizations
- Advanced topics, such as XR and AI

Teaching methods

The course consists of meetings, online-material, assignments, student presentations and a mini-project.

Teaching language

English

Evaluation

Numeric 1-5.

Study materials

In the course Moodle.

Belongs to following study modules