Interactive Data Visualization

Course Overview

Information visualization overview, historical perspective • Vision, perception and cognition principles of information visualisation • Data principles, models, dimensions and analysis • Information taxonomy • Visual encoding of data • Mapping, cartography, geo-visualization • Visualization tools and strategies • Data stories and presentation.

Total Credits	4.0
Type	Theory
Lecture	1.0
Tutorial	2.0
Half Semester	N
Text Reference	• Bertin, Jacques. Seminology of Graphics: Diagrams, Networks, Maps. Esri Press, 2011.• Cairo, Alberto. The Functional Art. New Riders, 2013.• Few, Stephen. Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten. Analytics Press, 2.• Fry, Ben. Visualizing Data: Exploring and Explaining Data with the Processing Environment. O’Reilly Media, 2.• Harmon, Katherine. You Are Here. Princeton Architectural Press, 2004.• Harris, Robert L.. Information Graphics: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference. Oxford University Press, 2000.• Helfand, Jessica. Reinventing the Wheel. Princeton Architectural Press, 2006• Holmes, Nigel. Designer’s Guide to Creating Charts and Diagrams. Watson-Guptill, 1991.• Holmes, Nigel. Wordless Diagrams. Bloomsbury, 2005.• Institute for Information Design Japan. Information Design Source Book. Graphics-Sha, 2005.• Jacobson, Robert. Information Design. The MIT Press, 2000.• McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics Understanding Comics. Harper. Harper, 1994.• Mijksenaar, Paul and Westendrop, Piet. Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design, 1999.• Mijksenaar, Paul. Visual Function: An Introduction to Informaton Design. Princton Architectural Press, 1997.• Myer, Eric. K. Designing Infographics. Hayden Books, 1997.• Tufte, Edward. Envisioning Information. Graphics Press, 1990 (2003).• Tufte, Edward. Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative. Graphics Press, 1997.• Tufte, Edward. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. Graphics Press, 2001.• Ware, Colin. Information Visualization, Third Edition: Perception for Design. Morgan Kaufmann, 2.• Yau, Nathan. Visualize This: The Flowing Data Guide to Design , Visualization, and Statistics, Wiley, 2011.• Yau, Nathan. Data Points: Visualization That Means Something. Wiley, 2013.11.

About Instructor

Prof. Venkatesh Rajamanickam