Cmpt 467/767 - Visualization
- Instructor:
- Torsten Möller
Office: TASC 8021
Office Hours:
F 12:30-1:30 (or by appointment)
Phone: 778-782-2215
Email:
torsten AT cs DOT sfu DOT ca
Meeting Place: WMC 3510
Meeting Time: MWF 1:30-2:20
Mailinglist:
cmpt-467@sfu.ca
(archive)
Note: Please make use of the mailinglist. I cannot guarantee, that
I will be able to read and answer your personal mail in time. I will prioritize
email send to the mailinglist.
- Content Description:
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Visualization deals with all aspects that are connected with the visual
representation of data sets from scientific experiments, simulations,
medical scanners, databases, web system, and the like in order to achieve
a deeper understanding or a simpler representation of complex phenomena
and to extract important information visually. To obtain these goals,
both well-known techniques from the field of interactive computer graphics
and completely new methods are applied. The objective of the course is to
provide knowledge about visualization algorithms and data structures as
well as acquaintance with practical applications of visualization.
Through several projects the student is expected to learn methods to
explore and visualize different kinds of data sets.
- Introduction and historical remarks
- Abstract visualization concepts and the visualization pipeline
- Data acquisition and representation (sampling and reconstruction;
grids and data structures).
- Basic mapping concepts
- Visualization of scalar fields (isosurface extraction, volume rendering)
- Visualization of vector fields (particle tracing, texture-based
methods, vector field topology)
- Tensor fields, multi-attribute data, multi-field visualization
- Human visual perception + Color
- Space/Order + Depth/Occlusion
- Focus+Context; Navigation+Zoom
- Visualization of graphs and trees and high-dimensional data
- Evaluation + Interaction models
- Prerequisites:
- undergrads: CMPT 361 and MACM 316.
grads: Basic graphics knowledge is necessary (Cmpt 361).
Some basic algebra/numerical concepts are necessary.
Tentative Class Schedule
(includes class notes)
- Grading:
- Assignments: 10% + 15%
Project: 50%
Participation: 10%
Presentation: 15%
- I'll make use of the gradebook.
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(Cheating)
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Last modified: September 2010
Torsten Möller /
torsten AT cs DOT sfu DOT ca