Course Information
Course title
資訊視覺化
Information Visualization 
Semester
108-1 
Designated for
VARIOUS PROGRAM  PROGRAM FOR KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT  
Instructor
蔡天怡 
Curriculum Number
LIS5079 
Curriculum Identity Number
126EU1440 
Class
 
Credits
3.0 
Full/Half
Yr.
Half 
Required/
Elective
Elective 
Time
Tuesday 2,3,4(9:10~12:10) 
Room
圖資資訊室 
Remarks
本課程以英語授課。知識管理學程資源領域選修課程。兼通識A6*。
The upper limit of the number of students: 30.
The upper limit of the number of non-majors: 5. 
Ceiba Web Server
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1081LIS5079 
Course introduction video
 
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Course Syllabus
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Course Description

Information can be abstract and needs to be processed so that messages are converted to things that make sense to the receivers. Utilizing various digital tools to visualize information helps us deliver information to our target audience in an intuitive and efficient way.
This course provides an overview about state of the art in information visualization. The course highlights the principles of producing effective visualizations and introduces practical visualization procedures, including how to visualize information with software and digital tools such as the Tableau, PlotDB, and Google fusion tables.
Specific topics include:
1. The history and background of information visualization;
2. Design principles of information visualization;
3. Data analysis methods and hands-on applications of visualization techniques;
4. Interface design issues in information visualization;
5. Future trends in information visualization.
The course will be delivered through a combination of lectures, presentations, class activities, and discussions.
 

Course Objective
This course aims to provide students with knowledge of how to effectively visualize information and hands-on experience in visualizing different types of information. The ultimate goal of this course is to provide non-technical students with tools to process, visualize, and analyze information of their own interests (e.g., data collected for their theses).
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
1. Describe the principles of information visualization;
2. Use data analysis methods and visualization tools, such as Tableau, to manage and analyze abstract information;
3. Identify interface design issues in visualization;
4. Apply visualization techniques to specific domains of their own interests.
 
Course Requirement
Students are expected to do weekly readings, to participate in class, and to work in groups for projects. Specific course requirements include:
1. Weekly readings
2. Participation and in-class activities
3. Midterm Project
4. Final Project 
Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week)
 
Office Hours
Appointment required. 
Designated reading
See course schedule 
References
Books and Articles
Börner, K., & Polley, D. E. (2014). Visual insights: a practical guide to
making sense of data. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press.
Few, S. (2009). Now you see it: Simple visualization techniques for
quantitative analysis. Oakland, CA: Analytics Press.
Few, S. (2012). Show me the numbers: Designing tables and graphs to enlighten
(2nd ed.). Burlingame, Calif.: Analytics Press.
Fry, B. J. (2004). Computational information design. MIT.
Intel IT Center (2013). Big data visualization: Turning big data into big
insights. Intel white paper.
Knaflic, C. N. (2015). Storytelling with data: a data visualization guide for
business professionals. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons.
Lankow, J. (2012). Infographics: The Power of Visual Storytelling. Hoboken, NJ:
Wiley.
Magnuson, L. (2016). Data visualization: A guide to visual storytelling for
libraries. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.
Mazza, R. (2009). Introduction to information visualization. London: Springer.
Spence, R. (2014). Information visualization: Design for interaction (3rd ed.).
New York: Springer.
Tufte, E. R. (1997). Visual explanations: images and quantities, evidence and
narrative. Cheshire, Conn.: Graphics Press.
Tufte, E. R. (2001). The visual display of quantitative information. Cheshire,
Conn.: Graphics Press.
Tufte, E. R. (2006). Beautiful evidence. Cheshire, Conn.: Graphics Press.
Ware, C. (2013). Information visualization (3rd ed.). Waltham, MA: Morgan
Kaufmann.

Online Resources
Dataviz website: http://www.improving-visualisation.org/case-studies
Google Charts website: https://developers.google.com/chart/
Lee, M. Data Visualization. Retrieved from http://muyueh.com/seeall/
PlotDB website: https://plotdb.com/
R project website: http://www.r-project.org/
R Tutorial. Retrieved from http://cyclismo.org/tutorial/R/ and
http://www.statmethods.net/graphs/index.html
Stefaner, M. Visual tools for the social semantic web. Retrieved from
http://well-formed-data.net/thesis
Tableau Free Training Videos: https://www.tableau.com/learn/training
Tableau Gallery: https://public.tableau.com/s/gallery
Tableau Whitepapers: https://www.tableau.com/learn/whitepapers
Visual methods: information visualization design for the people. Retrieved from
http://visualmethods.blogspot.tw/

Note: Tableau's data
visualization software
is provided through the Tableau for Teaching
program. 
Grading
 
No.
Item
%
Explanations for the conditions
1. 
Participation and class activities/assignments 
30% 
 
2. 
Mid-term project (group) 
30% 
 
3. 
Final project (group) 
40% 
 
 
Progress
Week
Date
Topic
第1週
09/09  Course Overview 
第2週
09/17  Introduction to Information Visualization: Overview, History, Relation to Other Disciplines
 
第3週
09/24  Big Data, Visualization, and Digital Humanities 
第4週
10/01  Visualization Design Principles  
第5週
10/08  Cleaning Data and Preparing for Visualization 
第6週
10/15  Visualization Systems and Tools 
第7週
10/22  Groupwork and Discussion 
第8週
10/29  Data Analysis and Table/Graph Design 
第9週
11/05  Midterm project presentations (online) 
第10週
11/12  Networks Visualization 
第11週
11/19  Hierarchies and Trees Visualization 
第12週
11/26  Temporal and multidimensional data displays 
第13週
12/03  Geographic Data Visualization 
第14週
12/10  Large Image Collections and Semantic Data Visualization 
第15週
12/17  Interaction Techniques and Distortion Current Trends in Information Visualization 
第16週
12/24  Final project presentations 
第17週
12/31  Final project presentations 
第18週
01/07  Final project presentations