1. Course Welcome INLS 490-109: Information Visualization (aka INLS 507) Brad Hemminger

2. Background on Instructor SILS faculty for nine years. Interests include visualization, HCI, scholarly communications, information seeking/use, digital libraries, databases, biomedical informatics. Prior to that was researcher in Radiology department in the school of medicine. Worked on a number of visualizations/user interfaces for 2D and 3D display of medical images (3D Chest).3D Chest You can find out most of what you want to know about me from my SILS webpages.SILS webpages Family

3. Background on course One of my passions and large part of my research work is Information Visualization. I’ll share some examples during the course. This is the first time I’ve taught a course in Visualization. So this of this as a test pilot, and you’re the guinea pigs. I initially planned this as a seminar course for about a dozen students. We have a diverse collection of backgrounds and experiences in our class members. Student introductions.

4. Help Customize this Course! I have way too much material for this course. So I have to decide what to cover and in what detail. YOU HAVE SOME CONTROL in what we cover by telling me your interests (today and next week). I’ll use this information to customize the course, the presentations and assignments.

5. Next WEEK special meeting No class MLK On Wednesday at the same time I will hold class (replacement for missing Monday) on Wednesday. This will be for us to share visualizations, and for you to tell me in more detail what you would like to learn from this course. It will be informal workshop. 12:30-3pm in computer lab in library Jan 18 th.

6. What to Expect in this Course 2 readings a week, discussion in class about readings 2-3 In-Class exercises during classes 1 assignment every week, which we’ll review in class Instructor and student review and critique of examples and each others work (we will learn from each other) I believe you learn best by exposing you to ideas and information, giving you guidance on best practices, and then learning by doing. We will practice what we learn through exercises and assignments, and then being challenged to use our skills in a high quality effort on a larger scale (two projects).

7. House Keeping/Administrivia Assignment “0” Have you been on the course wiki pages? Let’s visit them. (http://gallifrey.ils.unc.edu/course_wikis/INLS_507/INLS507_ Course_Wiki/)course wiki pages Have you created a login on the CourseWork wiki? The Class Resources wiki? Have you added yourself to the email listserv? Have you found a good and bad visualization? Did you put your examples and an associated description up on the wiki?