Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad

Department of Information Technology

Course Syllabus

1. Name of the Course: Data Visualization

2. LTP structure of the course: 2-2-0

3. Objective of the course: This course covers graphical representation of information and data for information technology.

4. Outcome of the course: Students will learn fundamentals and able to apply these knowledge in practical problems.

5. Course Plan:

Component	Unit		Topics for Coverage
Component 1	Unit 1	Unit 1	Information Visualization, Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Power of Representation, Data-Ink and Graphical Redesign, Data Density, Interactive Data Visualization for the Web. Scalable, Versatile and Simple Constrained Graph Layout, Visualization of Adjacency Relations in Hierarchical Data
Component 1	Unit 2	Unit 2	Theory, Experimentation and the Application to the Development of Graphical Models, Layering Interactive Dynamics for Visual Analysis, Animated Transitions in Statistical Data Graphics Effectiveness of Animation in Trend Visualization
Component 2	Unit 3	Unit 3	Cartogram: Value-by-Area Mapping. Cartography Thematic Map Design and Adaptive Composite Map Projections. Information Visualization for Search Interfaces, Information Visualization for Text Analysis, Supporting Asynchronous Collaborative Information Visualization, Designing for Social Data Analysis,
Component 2	Unit 4	Unit 4	Tool based Visualization of different data, Visual analytics, Dashboard development, Exploratory visualization

6. Text Book:

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information (2nd Edition). E. Tufte. Graphics Press, 2001.
Envisioning Information, E. Tufte. Graphics Press, 1990.