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136013 VU Visualization of humanities data (2026S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 13 - Europäische und Vergleichende Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work
ON-SITE

URL https://teaching.vda.univie.ac.at/vis
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 03.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG
  • Friday 06.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3, Währinger Straße 29 3.OG
  • Tuesday 10.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG
  • Friday 13.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3, Währinger Straße 29 3.OG
  • Tuesday 17.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG
  • Friday 20.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3, Währinger Straße 29 3.OG
  • Tuesday 24.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG
  • Friday 27.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3, Währinger Straße 29 3.OG
  • Tuesday 14.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG
  • Friday 17.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3, Währinger Straße 29 3.OG
  • Tuesday 21.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG
  • Friday 24.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3, Währinger Straße 29 3.OG
  • Tuesday 28.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG
  • Tuesday 05.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG
  • Friday 08.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3, Währinger Straße 29 3.OG
  • Tuesday 12.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG
  • Friday 15.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3, Währinger Straße 29 3.OG
  • Tuesday 19.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG
  • Friday 22.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3, Währinger Straße 29 3.OG
  • Tuesday 26.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG
  • Friday 29.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3, Währinger Straße 29 3.OG
  • Tuesday 02.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG
  • Friday 05.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3, Währinger Straße 29 3.OG
  • Tuesday 09.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG
  • Friday 12.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3, Währinger Straße 29 3.OG
  • Tuesday 16.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG
  • Friday 19.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3, Währinger Straße 29 3.OG
  • Tuesday 23.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG
  • Friday 26.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3, Währinger Straße 29 3.OG
  • Tuesday 30.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Computer-based visualization systems provide visual representations of datasets intended to help people carry out some task more effectively. These datasets can come from very diverse sources, such as scientific experiments, simulations, medical scanners, commercial databases, financial transactions, health records, social networks.

This course introduces visualization as both an analytical method and a communicative practice. Beyond technical skills, it addresses the
rhetorical, aesthetic, and ethical dimensions of visualization.

We will also highlight specific examples, such as text editions, historical networks, and applications in museums. In this course we deal with effective
visual mappings as well as interaction principles for various data, understand perceptual and cognitive aspects of visual representations and learn how to evaluate visualization systems.

Topics covered will include (but are not limited to):

* Introduction and historical remarks
* Visual design principles and the visualization pipeline
* Design studies
* Data acquisition and representation
* Basic visual mapping concepts (marks + channels)
* Human visual perception + Color
* Visual mappings for tables and multi/high-dimensional data
* Visual mappings for networks, graphs and trees
* Visual mappings and algorithms for 2D+3D scalar, vector, and tensor fields
* Visual mappings for text data
* Principles of multiple coordinated views
* Data interaction principles including Brushing+Linking, Navigation+Zoom , Focus+context
* Principles of Evaluation of visual analysis systems
* some selected advanced topic

Course-specific goals -- students can:
* represent and interact with various data visually
* evaluate visual depictions of data and possible find improved presentations
* assist users in visual data analysis
* use different visual analysis tools, like Tableau

General goals -- students gain:
* insight into a new discipline and extend their scientific horizons
* an appreciation for the interplay of mathematical analysis and user-centered design

Assessment and permitted materials

handing in homework, 5x assignments
presentation
participation
test

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

There is no formal prerequisite.

The grading scale for the course will be:
1: at least 87.5%
2: at least 75.0%
3: at least 62.5%
4: at least 50.0%

In order to pass the course successfully, you will need to reach a minimum of 50% on all assignments combined, 25% of the points on the last assignment, as well as a minimum of 40% on the test. Additionally, the presentation of your last assignment is a mandatory requirement for the successful completion of the course.

Examination topics

applied exercises and tasks
readings

Reading list

T. Munzner: Visualization Analysis & Design: Abstractions, Principles, and Methods, CRC Press, 2014

various papers as presented on the course page

Association in the course directory

DH-S II
S-DH Cluster I, II, III, IV, V

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