Workshop Information Visualization with Processing

Lecturer: Prof. Hussmann
Tutorials: Daniel Buschek
Hours per week: 4
ECTS credits: 6
Modul: P17: Vertiefende Themen der Medieninformatik (Bachelor), P 5.0.2 Gruppenpraktikum Fortgeschrittene Themen der Informatik (Master), Praktikum für Kunst-und Multimedia Studenten

News

• Die Anmeldung ist jetzt möglich. Siehe unten.

Dates and Locations

• Dates: 13.02. - 24.02. (without weekend), 9 to 16 (longer if necessary)
• Location: Amalienstraße 17, rear building

Contents

This course offers a practical introduction to Infovis with the "Processing" framework. The course takes place as a two-week full time workshop. After an introduction to Processing, participants work in small groups on visualisation projects for freely available datasets.

The course also covers basic topics of computer graphics, such as drawing geometric objects, also in 3D space, and affine transformations. Participants are expected to know at least the basics of object-oriented programming in any language, ideally in Java. Prior knowledge of Processing is not required.

Please note that you need to bring your own laptop. We are happy to offer the course in English if international students take part.

The course is suitable for:

• Students of Media informatics (Bachelor, Master)
• Students of Art and Multimedia (Bachelor)

Materialien

Blatt	Zusatzmaterial
Processing Cheatsheet
Übungsblatt 1
Übungsblatt 2
Übungsblatt 3
Übungsblatt 4
Übungsblatt 5
Übungsblatt 6
Projekt

Links

• Offizielle Processing Homepage
• Ben Fry, see conference 2008
• Max-Planck Research Networks
• Visual Complexity
• FlowingData
• Information Aesthetics
• Open Processing

Registration

This course requires an application via Uniworx. Please apply no later than 15.01.2017, and submit a zip-archive with the following information:

• Name
• Subject of study
• Semester
• Please describe relevant prior knowledge (e.g. Processing, Java, web programming, other programming projects, computer graphics, infovis, creative use of digital tools) and how you have obtained these skills (e.g. university, jobs).
• Describe your motivation for taking part in this course (about 100 words).
• Optional, if you already have a project idea: Describe a dataset or data API which you would like to work with during the course.
• A short description of your creative material (*).

(*) Please also add one or more images, or links to your website or videos, showcasing your past creative projects. These might be user interface designs, traditional art, digital art, photography, etc.; you are free to submit anything here that demonstrates visually creative (digital) work.

Application procedure:

• Participants are selected based on the information given above. The order of applications is not a criterion (i.e. no FCFS). Nevertheless, please apply as early as possible to help us with planning the course!
• Twelve participants will be selected, and will work in groups of two during the course. This course explicitly encourages applications from students of "Arts and Multimedia".