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Information Visualization SpecializationNew York University

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The main goal of this specialization is to provide the knowledge and practical skills necessary to develop a strong foundation on information visualization and to design and develop advanced applications for visual data analysis.
This course aims at introducing fundamental knowledge for information visualization. The main goal is to provide the students with the necessary “vocabulary” to describe visualizations in a way that helps them reason about what designs are appropriate for a given problem. This module also gives a broad overview of the field of visualization, introducing its goals, methods and applications.

A learner with some or no previous knowledge in Information Visualization will get a sense of what visualization is, what it is for and in how many different situations it can be applied; will practice to describe data in a way that is useful for visualization design; will familiarize with fundamental charts to talk about the concept of visual encoding and decoding.

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Enrico Bertini

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Computer Science and Engineering

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Cristian Felix

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Computer Science and Engineering

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4 Courses

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New York University

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week

Week 1

2 hours to complete

Introduction to Information Visualization

2 hours to complete

20 videos (Total 70 min), 1 reading, 2 quizzes

20 videos

Introduction to the Specialization6m

Introduction to the Course1m

Information Visualization Definition1m

Visualization Example: Introductory Demo with Tableau2m

Key Concepts and Definitions51s

The InfoVis pipeline (Diagram of Data Visualization Process)1m

Key Concept: Computer Based Graphical Representations and Visualizing Abstract Data3m

Key Concept: Interactivity1m

Key Concept: Amplifying Cognition6m

Example of Amplifying Cognition: "The Game of 15"3m

Why Visualize Data?2m

Why Use Visualization?3m

Example of Explanatory Visualization4m

Examples of Exploratory and Confirmatory Visualization6m

Examples of Explanatory Visualizations and Tools3m

Why Use a Graphical Representation?5m

Problems with Summary Statistics2m

Why Use Computers to Visualize Data?2m

Why Use Interaction?2m

Assessing the Quality of a Visualization6m

1 reading

A Tour Through the Visualization Zoo30m

2 practice exercises

What is Information Visualization20m

A Tour through the Visualization Zoo10m

Week

Week 2

3 hours to complete

Data Abstraction

3 hours to complete

9 videos (Total 56 min)

Week

Week 3

4 hours to complete

Fundamental Graphs and Data Transformation

4 hours to complete

11 videos (Total 64 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz

11 videos

Overview: Fundamental Graphs and Data Transformation1m

How to Visualize?3m

Fundamental Graphs9m

Alternate Representations Part 111m

Alternate Representations Part 26m

Going Beyond Two Attributes6m

Scatter Plots + Faceting4m

Data Transformation6m

Common / Useful Data Transformations - Part 14m

Common / Useful Data Transformations - Part 25m

Summary3m

2 readings

Tutorial: The Tableau Interface10m

Tutorial: Getting Started with Tableau25m

Week

Week 4

3 hours to complete

Graphical Components and Mapping Strategies

3 hours to complete

18 videos (Total 105 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

18 videos

Overview: Graphical Components and Mapping Strategies6m

Marks + Channels1m

Marks5m

Channels, Part 16m

Channels, Part 27m

Examples for Graphical Components3m

Graphical "Decoding"8m

Quality of visual encoding: Expressiveness Principle7m

Quality of Visual Encoding: Effectiveness Principle, Part 110m

Quality of Visual Encoding: Effectiveness Principle, Part 24m

Evaluate Visualizations8m

Using the Principles to Design Visualization4m

Contextual Components: Legends, Labels, and Annotations4m

Annotations5m

Contextual Components: Axes, Grids, Reference Lines7m

Quick Summary4m

Conclusion1m

Interview with Moritz Stefaner7m

1 reading

Evaluation of Artery Visualizations for Heart Disease Diagnosis30m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM INFORMATION VISUALIZATION: FOUNDATIONS

by TTSep 5, 2019

Great course, it really game the skills and confidence to know what to do given a dataset

by ATAug 22, 2019

Great course, thorough, easy to follow and full of resources to deepen the knowledge.

by ESDec 6, 2019

A very good introductory course on the information visualization foundations.

by KGMar 22, 2021

I really liked the scientific approach to data visualization and the methodology taught to critique and improve graphs.

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About the Information Visualization Specialization

This specialization provides learners with the necessary knowledge and practical skills to develop a strong foundation in information visualization and to design and develop advanced applications for visual data analysis.

The specialization is characterized by two main complementary features: (1) providing a strong understanding of visual perception and the theory of visual encoding to design and evaluate innovative visualization methods; (2) providing the necessary skills to develop advanced web-based applications for visual data analysis. The specialization is organized around four courses that cover fundamentals, applied perception, advanced visualization method and interactive visualization. The specialization is meant to prepare students to work on complex data science projects that require the development of interactive visual interfaces for data analysis. The courses can also be taken individually to improve relevant skills in visualization. For instance, the course on applied perception provides unique skills to evaluate and design innovative visualization in all sorts of scenarios.

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