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Introduction to Visualization in Science and Engineering
(Schlüsselqualifikation)
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Overview
WS 2009/10
2V (Lecture)
Intended Audience: General audience, Schlüsselqualifikation
Compentence Area: Methods competence, scientific-technical understanding
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Important Notes
- The lecture will start on Tuesday,
20. October.
Course Contents
Goals
Students will obtain a general overview of, and some basic knowledge about,
visualization techniques, algorithms, and data structures as well as visual
literacy and acquaintance with applications of visualization in science and
engineering.
Summary
Visualization deals with all aspects that are connected with the visual
representation of data sets from scientific experiments, simulations, medical
scanners, and the like in order to achieve a deeper understanding or a simpler
representation of complex phenomena. To achieve this goal, both well-known
techniques from the field of interactive computer graphics and completely new
methods are applied. This course covers basic knowledge and practical
applications of visualization by discussing the following topics:
- Course introduction, historical remarks
- Introductory visualization examples
- Visualization pipeline
- Basics of visual design and visual literacy
- Aspects of human visual perception (color perception, Gestalt
principles)
- Data acquisition and representation (sampling and reconstruction;
grids and data structures)
- Basic mapping concepts
- Visualization of scalar fields (isosurface extraction, volume
rendering) and vector fields (particle tracing)
- Information visualization and statistical graphics
Literature
Recommended books:
- C.D. Hansen, C.R. Johnson (eds.): The Visualization Handbook,
Elsevier, 2005.
- C. Ware: Information Visualization, Morgan Kaufmann, 2nd edition,
2004.
- H. Schumann, W. Müller: Visualisierung. Grundlagen und allgemeine
Methoden, Springer, 1999.
- J. Böhringer, P. Bühler, P. Schlaich: Kompendium der
Mediengestaltung für Digital- und Printmedien, Springer,
2006.
Course Material
Updates and extensions of the course slides will be provided during the
course of the lectures.
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