Week 15 (Mon, Dec 11-Fri, Dec 15) – The Finale!
- Mon, Dec 11 : Class: Topic Modeling Visualization and Serendip
- Wed, Dec 13 : Class: Summary (warning: no office hours)
- Fri, Dec 15 : No Class: Class Ends
- Reading: Week 15 – Presentations and Animation
- Discussion 15: Presentations and Animation (first post due 12/12)
- Seek and Find 15: Pick Something (due 12/15)
- Design Challenge : DC3 – Final (due 12/13)
We’ve gotten to the end of the semester.
Last week, we spoke about 3D and scientific visualization – although the two are really separate. Sadly we didn’t get to cover either in depth. Also, you (hopefully) are making good progress on design challenge 3.
This week, the topics are a little less focused. The “readings” cover two things that I wanted to get to in class, but may not get to discuss in lectures: animation and presentations. These are useful topics.
In class on Monday, we’ll talk about topic model visualization, in honor of a visitor (Prof. Eric Alexander, who got his start in visualization in the 2012 edition of this class). On Wednesday, we’ll have a “summary” lecture and I’ll talk about one of the last topics (presentations).
Remember that DC3 assignments are due on Sunday, December 17th. This is a pretty tight deadline – since I need to get grading done. (I am aware that I am behind on grading – in particular, I had hoped to get DC2 back to you).
If you haven’t already done so, please do the course evaluation aefis.wisc.edu.
Learning Goals (for this week)
This week is really “leftovers” – but these are two topics that I really want to be able to get to.
- Appreciate the “art” of presentations, and have some ways to think about it effectively to improve your own practice.
- Understand how animation can be used in visualization (and vice versa)
