Ivan Viola et al., fall semester (in English), 10 ECTS. 

This course (INF359) puts emphasis on essential visualization concepts and various application domains of visualization. It is an important basis course in the UiB Master study programme in informatics with focus on visualization (MAMN-INFVI).

Introduction

Advanced course in visualization provides in-depth information on essetial visualization principles which are currently in focus of the international research community in visualization. We will focus on visualization based on higher semantics and on interactive visual analysis. These concepts are demonstrated on application in various fields of science, medicine and oil&gas industry.

Objective(s)

The aim of this course is to make students familiar with principles that are behind images. As these principles will be partly explained through paper reading assignements, students will also become familiar with reading of scientific publications. Application of visualization will be presented in the context to understand the big picture of entire processing pipeline: data acquisition technologies, automated image analysis, and special-purpose hardware that enables specialized interaction with visualization. Part of the course are lab exercises where students learn programming techniques for interactive visualization using graphics hardware shading units.

Structure of course INF359

The structure of the course is divided into two main parts: lectures and lab exercises. Lectures will consist of talks given by various lecturers (also outside the regular course schedule!) and reading assignments.

During lab exercises real-time rendering pipeline using OpenGL is presented with special focus on flexible geometry, vertex, and fragment shading languages.

Lab Results

  spring semester 2008
  spring semester 2009
  spring semester 2010
  spring semester 2011

Material(s)

Materials for the lecture are exclusively the lecture slides and research papers that will be disrtributed on the lecture. Therefore it is essential to attend possibly every lecture!

Teacher(s) & Contact

Ivan Viola: responsible teacher and lecturer - contact Ivan Viola (via Ivan.ViolaUiB.no) if you have questions concerning the course in general or concerning the lecture content. 

Helwig Hauser: lecturer - contact Helwig Hauser (via Helwig.HauserUiB.no) if you have questions concerning the lecture content.

Julius Parulek: lecturer and lab exercises - contact Julius Parulek (via Julius.ParulekUiB.no) if you have questions concerning the lab exercises.

Steinar Heldal: course administration - contact Steinar Heldal (via Steinar.Heldalii.uib.no) with respect to administrative questions. 

Semester(s)

Course INF359, selected topics in visualization, is taught in spring. 

Per-semester information for INF359 is available at Mi Side:

  spring semester 2008

  spring semester 2009

  spring semester 2010

  spring semester 2011

Language

INF359, selected topics in visualization, is in English language. 

Prerequisites

It is recommended that students finish a course on computer graphics (INF251) and basic course on visualization (INF252) before INF359.

MAMN-INFVI Context

INF359, selected topics in visualization, is an important course in the UiB Master study programme in informatics with focus on visualization (MAMN-INFVI).  It should be taken in the second semester of these Master studies.

Embedding of INF359 in MAMN-INFVI: 

Evaluation

The evaluation of INF359 on selected topics in visualization is a combination of

  performance during a oral exam,

  results from lab exercises, and

  participation, esp. also during the papers hour. 

To successfully finish INF359, students have to pass the exam (a).  They also have to deliver sufficient results from lab exercises (b).  The participation in the course (c), esp. in the papers hour, also counts into the evaluation.

Credits

Students get 10 ECTS (when successfully finishing, of course).

Link(s)

Related web pages are:

  INF359 official page