CS617 Data Analysis and Visualization
This course provides an overview of techniques and algorithms for creating effective visualizations based on principles from graphic design, visual art, perceptual psychology, and cognitive science. Topics include data and image models, visualization as a cognitive process, graphical perception, shapes and colors, narrative, and text visualization. These topics are explored using tools/packages/libraries, with a focus on understanding how to use and interpret output from this software as well as how to visualize results. In each topic area, the methodology, including underlying statistical theory, assumptions and the mechanics of how it all works along with appropriate interpretation of the results, are discussed.