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| + | <font size = 3>[[Media:IS428_Lesson01.pdf|Lesson 1 slides]]</font> | ||
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| + | == Content == | ||
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| + | Introduction to the course | ||
| + | * Why this course? | ||
| + | * What does it cover? | ||
| + | * Who is involved? | ||
| + | * What assignments? | ||
| + | * Rules to be followed | ||
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| + | Motivations of Visual Analytics | ||
| + | * Massive data | ||
| + | * Complex problem | ||
| + | * Visual Representation | ||
| + | * New visual paradigm | ||
| + | * Hidden insight | ||
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| + | The Visual Analytics Framework | ||
| + | * The Science of Analytical Reasoning | ||
| + | * Sense-Making Methods | ||
| + | * Components of visual analytics | ||
| + | * History of visual analytics | ||
| + | * The visual analytics process | ||
| + | * Application challenges | ||
| + | * Technical challenges | ||
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| + | A Gallery of Visual Analytics applications | ||
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| + | == Hands-on Session == | ||
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| + | Self-learning Tableau | ||
| + | * Getting Started [http://www.tableau.com/learn/tutorials/on-demand/getting-started] | ||
| + | * Tableau Interface [http://www.tableau.com/learn/tutorials/on-demand/tableau-interface] | ||
| + | * Connecting to Data: From Getting Started with Data to Data Blending | ||
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| + | My First Date with Tableau | ||
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| + | == Daily Readings == | ||
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| + | |Monday||60 mins||Why Visual Analytics [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uGRGqCFryg]'''Must view!''' | ||
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| + | A Tour through the Visualization Zoo [http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1805128]'''Must read!''' | ||
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| + | The beauty of data visualization [http://www.ted.com/talks/david_mccandless_the_beauty_of_data_visualization.html] | ||
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| + | Self-Learning Tableau (30mins) | ||
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| + | |Tuesday||60 mins|| | ||
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| + | Visual analysis for everyone [http://www.tableausoftware.com/whitepapers/visual-analysis-everyone] | ||
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| + | Visual Analytics - Mastering the Information Age [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i3xbitEVfs] | ||
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| + | Self-Learning Tableau (30mins) | ||
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| + | |Wednesday||60 mins||Demystifying Visual Analytics, ''IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, March/April 2009'' e-journal @smu library | ||
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| + | Tools for Visualising [http://www.visualisingdata.com/index.php/resources/] | ||
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| + | Data Visualisation, Australian Bureau of Statistics Research Paper, July 2007 [http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/1211.0.55.001] | ||
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| + | Self-Learning Tableau (30mins) | ||
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| + | |Thursday||60 mins|| | ||
| + | Andrew Gelman and Antony Unwin (2011) Infovis and Statistical Graphics: Different Goals, Different Looks [http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/research/published/vis14.pdf] | ||
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| + | Robert Kosara (2012) Visualization: It’s More than Pictures! [http://stat-computing.org/newsletter/issues/scgn-22-1.pdf] | ||
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| + | Self-Learning Tableau (30mins) | ||
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| + | |Friday||3 hours||Lesson discussion and hands-on exercise | ||
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| + | == References == | ||
| + | James J. Thomas & Kristin A. Cook (ed) (2005) Illuminating the Path: The Research and Development Agenda of Visual Analytics [http://vis.pnnl.gov/pdf/RD_Agenda_VisualAnalytics.pdf] | ||
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| + | == Discussion == | ||
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| + | [[Talk:Lesson01|Discussion Lesson 01]] | ||
Revision as of 22:24, 4 August 2016
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Introduction to Visual Analytics
Content
Introduction to the course
- Why this course?
- What does it cover?
- Who is involved?
- What assignments?
- Rules to be followed
Motivations of Visual Analytics
- Massive data
- Complex problem
- Visual Representation
- New visual paradigm
- Hidden insight
The Visual Analytics Framework
- The Science of Analytical Reasoning
- Sense-Making Methods
- Components of visual analytics
- History of visual analytics
- The visual analytics process
- Application challenges
- Technical challenges
A Gallery of Visual Analytics applications
Hands-on Session
Self-learning Tableau
- Getting Started [1]
- Tableau Interface [2]
- Connecting to Data: From Getting Started with Data to Data Blending
My First Date with Tableau
Daily Readings
| Day | Time required | Readings |
| Monday | 60 mins | Why Visual Analytics [3]Must view!
A Tour through the Visualization Zoo [4]Must read! The beauty of data visualization [5] Self-Learning Tableau (30mins) |
| Tuesday | 60 mins |
Visual analysis for everyone [6] Visual Analytics - Mastering the Information Age [7] Self-Learning Tableau (30mins) |
| Wednesday | 60 mins | Demystifying Visual Analytics, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, March/April 2009 e-journal @smu library
Tools for Visualising [8] Data Visualisation, Australian Bureau of Statistics Research Paper, July 2007 [9] Self-Learning Tableau (30mins) |
| Thursday | 60 mins |
Andrew Gelman and Antony Unwin (2011) Infovis and Statistical Graphics: Different Goals, Different Looks [10] Robert Kosara (2012) Visualization: It’s More than Pictures! [11] Self-Learning Tableau (30mins) |
| Friday | 3 hours | Lesson discussion and hands-on exercise |
References
James J. Thomas & Kristin A. Cook (ed) (2005) Illuminating the Path: The Research and Development Agenda of Visual Analytics [12]
