Lecture Information Visualization

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Andreas Butz
Tutorials: Carl Oechsner Changkun Ou
Hours per week: 2 (Lecture) + 2 (Tutorial)
ECTS-Credits: 6
Module: WP16: Computergrafik 3 (for Master Medieninformatik)
Contact: Please send any requests concerning the course to iv2122 ät medien.ifi.lmu.de

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• Teaching Format
• Dates and Locations
• Content

News

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Teaching Format

• The lecture and the tutorials will take place in presence. 3G rules will apply. For students who can't attend the presence lecture, please send us a message.
• Registration and grading is performed via Uni2Work.

Dates and Locations

• Lecture:
  Date: Tuesdays, 10am c.t. - 12pm
  Location: Schellingstr. 3, room S004
• Tutorials:
  
  

  Tutorial	Weekday	Time	Location
  Tutorial 01	Thursdays	2-4 pm c.t.	Amalienstraße 73A, Raum 220
  Tutorial 02	Thursdays	2-4 pm c.t.	Zoom
  Tutorial 03	Thursdays	10am - 12pm c.t.	Schellingstraße 3, Raum R309
  Tutorial 04	Thursdays	2-4 pm c.t.	Professor-Huber-Platz 1, Room V005
  Tutorial 05	Thursdays	4-6 pm c.t.	Amalienstraße 73A, Raum 220

Content

The lecture introduces core aspects in information visualization. The focus will be on human visual perception, visualization of multivariate data, and interaction concepts for visualization systems. Based on these concepts, strategies will be introduced that allow graphs, networks, trees, text-based data and time-based data to be visualized. Furthermore, the lecture presents techniques to efficiently use limited display space.

The lecture course is suitable for:

• Students of media informatics (Medieninformatik) (Diplom, Master) and computer science (Informatik) (Diplom, Master) with prior knowledge in media informatics (Medieninformatik), Obligatory lecture for Master MCI

The lecture is targeted at master students. However, participation is also possible for bachelor students. Please be advised that credits can cannot be provided to bachelor students prior to enrollment for a master program.

Further information regarding the lecture, tutorial and exam will be annouced soon.