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INFO250ProjectE.docxINFO 250 Information Visualization
Project E – Final Project
1. Team Project
This is the final project for this course. It is also designed as a team project.
How many members should I have in my team?
2-3 members.
Is it acceptable to have fewer members in a team?
Yes, you may have 1-person teams. Please contact me by the end of week 7 if you are interested to be in a small group. If you have special requirements, please email me as soon as you can. I will do my best to accommodate your requirements.
How long are we supposed to work on the final project?
From now till 9/5 Wednesday.
How does Project E compare to Project C in terms of its scope, size, and complexity?
Project E is expected to be as twice as large as your Project C in terms of its scope, the amount of data to be handled, and the degree of complexity.
2. Submission
Due Date: 9/5 Wednesday
2.1 Items to be submitted
Each team should make one submission only. Choose one member of your team to make the submission on your all behalf. The submission package should include the following items:
1. A report of 6 to 8 pages in MS Word or PDF, using the standard two-column IEEE TVCG paper submission format. Your report should describe the issue/problem, the approach/solution, the data, and visualization, and major conclusions. You should also put your work in a broader context by a brief search of how others, if any, have addressed the same/similar issue. Please include references when appropriate. If in doubt whether you should include particular references, include them.
2. You may include up to 5 high-resolution images in your report.
3. Optional: if you have additional information, include an appendix.
2.2 Guidance and Formatting Instructions
On how to write information visualization research papers, read Tamara Munzner’s guide:
http://www.cs.ubc.ca/labs/imager/tr/2008/pitfalls/pitfalls.pdf
Format your project report according to the two-column IEEE TVCG paper submission format.
3. Grading
All team members will receive the same grade as a team based on the assumption that all members make equal contributions. If a team requests grades proportional to uneven contributions, all team members should be notified before the request is sent to me. My decision on whether any adjustment should be made is final.
3.1 Grading Rubric
The following grading rubric will be used:
· Overall cohesiveness of the project
· Does the work clearly identify a specific problem?
· Does the work provide a focused analysis of the problem?
· To what extent is the team work cohesive?
· Quality of argument, analysis, evidence, and interpretation
· Does the work make a compelling argument in terms of the depth of analysis, evidence, and convincing interpretation?
· Does the work consider alternative perspectives and offer reasonable justifications of major decisions made?
· Quality of visualization
· Clarity of presentation
Software Tools
You may consider the following list of software tools in association with suitable types of data you want to analyze and visualize. This is not a comprehensive list. Instead, the purpose is to give you a starting point in planning for your Project E.
Tabular Data
If you will be dealing with data in tabular forms, e.g. spreadsheets and CSV data files, you may consider the following as your starting point:
Tableau
RAW
Many Eyes
Google Fusion Tables
Network Data
If your data is about a network or a graph, you may consider the following:
Gephi
Pajek
NodeXL
Social Network Image Animator
Hierarchical Data
SequoiaView
Bibliographic Data
CiteSpace
VOSViewer
Text Data
If your data is a collection of unstructured text documents, consider the following. CiteSpace has adaptors to convert bibliographic data to the format for Carrot and for Jigsaw.
Carrot2 Workbench
Jigsaw
Time Series Data
Timesearcher
GeoSpatial Data
Google Fusion Tables
Multi-Dimensional Data
