Visualization ... ... is the use of computer graphics
(as well as of other necessary informatics technology)
to provide insight
in usually large and complex
datasets. Application domains of visualization ... ... are medical diagnosis & treatment planning,
ground exploration (to evaluate oil & gas reservoirs),
weather forecast presentation,
and many more. Visualization technology ... ... comprises volume rendering (for 3D visualization),
texture advection (for flow visualization),
linking& brushing (for interactive visual analysis),
and much more. Examples of visualization ...  a  b c
... are
(a) 3D visualization for planning the resection of a tumor from
the liver,
(b) the interactive visual analysis of large & time-dependent 3D
CFD simulation data (computational fluid dynamics),
and (c) the joint visualization of thousands of filled
questionaires from CRM (customer relationship management). This course aims at teaching a basic understanding of visualization.
After (successfully) finishing INF252, students know
what visualization is,
what visualization is good for, and
how visualization is done (for a reasonable subset
of relevant visualization cases/approaches). Structure of course INF252 INF252 on visualization is composed of
three main parts. Students attend a lecture of two hours per week -
this is the central (theoretical) part of this course.  schedule & room info. is provided during semester
via the Mitt UiB portal for INF252.
Note:
attendance is very much recommended!
It is difficult to successfully pass the exam otherwise.
Since there is no book for the course, all relevant information
(especially also for the exam) is provided in the lectures. Additionally, there is a papers hour (about one hour per week)
in which selected papers are discussed. reading assignments (RA) are provided during
the semester
via the
>Mitt UiB portal for INF252. Students read the RA
until the day before the papers hour and
hand in a short review via eMail. Lecture and papers hour are accompanied by
work on course assignments (account for ca. half
of the course). course assignments are provided at
particular dates
during the semester. There is no special book which accompanies the course,
related material can be found in articles (mostly) as well as in
selected books. related material is provided during the semester. Note:
Due to the lack of an accompanying text book, it is
very much recommended to attend the lectures. Stefan Bruckner:
responsible teacher & lecturer -
contact Stefan Bruckner (via Stefan.Bruckner UiB.no)
if you have any general question concerning the course
or in particular with respect to the lectures / papers hours.
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The Course INF252 on visualization is taught in spring.
Per-semester information for INF251 is available on Mitt UiB.
INF252 on visualization is given in English.
Also the exam is in English, accordingly. Two years of basics in informatics
(e.g., from a Bachelor study programme in informatics),
esp. in programming, are required. It is (very much!)
recommended that students take a course on computer
graphics (e.g., UiB course INF251) before INF252. INF252 on visualization is the central course of the UiB Master study programme in informatics with
focus on visualization
(MAMN-INFVI).
It should be taken in the first semester of these Master studies. INF252 is an important basis for most other parts of these Master studies on
visualization (such as course ''special topics in visualization'', the project
in visualization, and the Master thesis project). Embedding of INF252 in MAMN-INFVI:
 The evaluation of INF252 on visualization is a combination of the performance during an exam (oral exam), the results from the course assignments, and participation, esp. also during the papers hour.
To successfully finish INF252, students have to pass the exam with a result of >50% (a).
They also have to deliver sufficient (>50%) results from the assignments (b).
The participation in the course (c),
esp. in the papers hour, also counts into the evaluation.
Students get 10 ECTS (when successfully finishing, of course). |
