INFT 875/CSI 803 Scientific and Statistical Visualization
(3:3:0). Prerequisites: STAT 554 or CS 651. Visualization methods provide
new insights and intuition concerning measurements of natural phenomena and
scientific and mathematical models. Presents case study examples from a
variety of disciplines to illustrate what can be done. Topics include human
perception and cognition, an introduction to the graphics laboratory, elements
of graphing data, representation of space-time and vector variables,
representation of 3-D and higher dimensional data, dynamic graphical methods,
and virtual reality. Students are required to work on a visualization project.
Emphasizes software tools on the Silicon Graphics workstation but other
workstations and software may be used for the project.
Taught by D. Carr, E. Wegman
Syllabi Available from D. Carr, E. Wegman