SRM INSTITUTE

OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF CSE
COURSE PLAN
Course Code : 15CS326E
Course Title : VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES
Semester : VI
Course Time : Jan-May 2018
A,B,C,D,E,F
Day
Hour Timing
9:45am-
Day 1 3&4 11.30am
Day 2 -
Day 3 4 10:40pm-11:30pm
Day 4 -
Day 5 -

Location : Tech Park

Faculty Details
Sec. Name Office Office hour Mail id
Batc
h1 Tech
Mr.Sibi Amaran Park Monday to Friday sibiamaran.a@ktr.srmuniv.ac.in
708D

TEXT BOOK

1. Colin Ware “Information Visualization Perception for Design”,3 rd edition, Morgan Kaufman
2012. (UNIT 1)
2. Stuart.K.Card, Jock.D.Mackinlay and Ben Shneiderman, “Readings in Information Visualization
Using Vision to think”, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 1999. (UNIT 3)
3. Thomas Strothotte, “Computer Visualization–Graphics Abstraction and Interactivity”, Springer
Verlag Berlin Heiderberg 1998. (UNIT 2,4,5)
REFERENCE BOOKS

1.Chaomei Chan, “Information Visualization”,Beyond the horizon, 2nd edition, Springer Verlag, 2004.
2.Pauline Wills, “Visualisation: A Beginner’s Guide”, Hodder and Stoughlon, 1999.
3.Benedikt. M, “Cyberspace: Firot Steps”,MIT Press, 1991.
ONLINE REFERENCES

http://www.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/v30n3-4/visual.htm
http://www.silvalifesystem.com/articles/visualization-techniques/
www.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/tocs/5943970X.pdf
http://turing.cs.washington.edu/papers/nips08.pdf
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/computational-visualization-thomas-strothotte/1111486638
 OBJECTIVES

1. To learn about different Visualization Techniques

2. To study the Interaction techniques in information visualization fields
3. To understand various abstraction mechanisms
4. To create interactive visual interfaces
Assessment

Cycle Test – I : 15 Marks

Surprise Test – I : 5 Marks
Cycle Test – II : 25 Marks
Quiz and Assignment : 5 Marks

Test Schedule

S.No. DATE TEST TOPICS DURATION

1 As per Academic Cycle Test - I Unit I & II 2 periods
2 Calendar Cycle Test - II Unit III & IV &V 3 periods

Outcomes

Students who have successfully completed this course will have full understanding of theFollowing concepts
Course outcome Program outcome

This course aims at understanding Information and To learn about different Visualization techniques,
Scientific visualization techniques and gives a clear To study the Interaction techniques in information
picture of various abstraction mechanisms visualization fields, To understand Various
abstraction mechanisms, To create interactive
visual interfaces

Detailed Session Plan

UNIT I – FOUNDATIONS FOR DATA VISUALIZATION (9 hours)

Introduction to Visualization – Visualization stages – Experimental Semiotics
based on Perception – Gibson‘s Affordance theory – A Model of Perceptual Processing – Costs and Benefits
of Visualization – Types of Data.
Session
Time Teaching
No. Topics to be covered Ref Testing Method
(min) Method
Introduction to Visualization Group discussion
1 50 T1 BB
Quiz
Visualization stages Group discussion
2 50 T1 BB
Quiz
Experimental Semiotics based on Group discussion
3 50 T1 BB
Perception Quiz
Gibson‘s Affordance theory Group discussion
4 50 T1 BB
Quiz
Gibson‘s Affordance theory Group discussion,
5 50 T1 BB Illustration by examples

6 A Model of Perceptual Processing 50 T1 BB Quiz, Assignment

A Model of Perceptual Processing Group discussion

7 50 T1 BB
Quiz
Costs and Benefits of Visualization Group discussion
8 50 T1 BB Quiz
Costs and Benefits of Visualization – Types Group discussion
9 50 T1 BB
of Data. Quiz

UNIT II – COMPUTER VISUALIZATION (9 hours) Non-Computer Visualization – Computer

Visualization: Exploring Complex Information Spaces –Fisheye Views – Applications – Comprehensible
Fisheye views – Fisheye views for 3D data – Non Linear Magnification – Comparing Visualization of
Information Spaces – Abstraction in computer Graphics – Abstraction in user interfaces.

10 Non-Computer Visualization 50 T1 BB Quiz, Assignment

Computer Visualization: Exploring Group discussion
11 Complex Information Spaces 50 T1 BB
Fisheye Views – Applications Group discussion
12 50 T1 BB
13 Comprehensible Fisheye views 50 T1 BB Discussion

14 Fisheye views for 3D data 50 T1 BB Discussion, Illustration

by examples
15 Non Linear Magnification 50 T1 BB Group discussion

ComparingVisualization T1 Group discussion,

16 50 BB
of Information Spaces Quiz
Abstraction in computer Graphics Group discussion,
17 50 T1 BB
Illustration by examples
18 Abstraction in user interfaces 50 T1 BB Group discussion
UNIT III – MULTIDIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION (9 hours)
1D, 2D, 3D – Multiple Dimensions – Trees – Web Works – Data Mapping:
Document Visualization – Workspaces.

1D – Multiple Dimensions Quiz

19 50 T1 BB Group discussion

2D – Multiple Group discussion,

20 50 T1 BB
Dimensions Illustration by examples
3D – Multiple
Group discussion ,
21 Dimensions 50 T1 BB
Quiz

22 Trees 50 T1 BB Group discussion

23 Web Works 50 T1 BB Group discussion

Data Mapping Quiz,
24 50 T1 BB
Illustration by examples
25 Document Visualization 50 T1,T1 BB Group discussion,
Illustration by examples
26 Workspaces Group discussion ,
50 T1 BB
Quiz
workspace Group discussion ,
27 50 T1 BB
Quiz
UNIT IV – TEXTUAL METHODS OF ABSTRACTION (9 hours)
From Graphics to Pure Text – Figure Captions in Visual Interfaces – Interactive 3D illustrations with
images and text – Related work –Consistency of rendered – images and their textual labels – Architecture –
Zoom techniques for illustration purpose – Interactive handling of images and text.

From Graphics to Pure Text Group discussion

28 50 T1 BB
Assignment
Figure Captions in Visual Interfaces Group discussion
29 50 T1 BB
Quiz
Interactive 3D illustrations with images Group discussion
30 50 T1 BB
and text – Related work Assignment
Consistency of rendered Group discussion
31 50 T1 BB
Assignment
32 images and their textual labels 50 T1 BB Group discussion
images and their Group discussion
33 textual labels – 50 T1 BB
Architecture

34 Zoom techniques for illustration purpose 50 T1 BB Group discussion

Zoom techniques for illustration purpose Group discussion ,

35 50 T1 BB
Quiz
36 Interactive handling of images and text Quiz
50 T1 BB
Group discussion
UNIT V – ABSTRACTION IN TIME AND INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS (9 hours)
Animating non Photo realistic Computer Graphics – Interaction Facilities and High
Level Support for Animation Design – Zoom Navigation in User Interfaces – Interactive Medical
Illustrations – Rendering Gestural Expressions – Animating design for Simulation – Tactile Maps for Blind
People – Synthetic holography – Abstraction Versus Realism– Integrating Spatial and Non Spatial Data.
.
37 Animating non Photo realistic Computer 50 T1 BB Group discussion
Graphics
38 Interaction Facilities and High 50 T1 BB Group discussion,
Level Support for Animation Design Illustration by examples
39 Zoom Navigation in User Interfaces 50 T1 BB Group discussion
Interactive Medical Illustrations Group discussion,
40 50 T1 BB
Quiz
Rendering Gestural Expressions Group discussion,
41 50 T1 BB
Illustration by examples
42 Animating design for Simulation 50 T1 BB Group discussion
43 Tactile Maps for Blind People – Synthetic 50 T1 BB Group discussion
holography
Abstraction Versus Realism Group discussion,
44 50 T1 BB
Quiz
45 Integrating Spatial and Non Spatial Data 50 T1 BB Group discussion

BB – Blackboard

(SIBI AMARAN)