Visual Analytics Seminar (24 hours)

Syllabus

Instructor: John Alexis GUERRA GÓMEZ

Description

• Visual Analytics is the field that combines techniques of interactive information visualization with the use of algorithms and methods of data analytics. It's main goal is the generation of insights that help users in the decision making process.
• Visual Analytics is used in diverse areas that include science, engineering, business and government. We can find different visual analytics applications in fields such as urban planning, gas explorations, finance, security, natural disasters, health monitoring among others.
• With this course you will learn the theoretical bases of Visual Analytics, as well as some fundamentals of rapid prototyping and practial applications.
• The short course uses a multidisciplinary approach that aims to help the students learn the skills needed to develop visual anlytics projects in real life.

Schedule

• Session 1: Introduction
  What, How and Why
• Session 2: Marks and channels
  Tableau Tutorial
  Visualization Design
  d3.js Tutorial
• Session 3: Multidimensional data
  Spatial visualization
• Session 4: Time visualizations
  Time visualization on d3.js
  Graphs and Trees
  d3.js Layouts and Force

Bibliography

• Tamara MUNZNER: Visualization Analysis and Design AK Peters 2014.
• Colin WARE: Visual Thinking for Design. Morgan Kaufman, 2008.

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