Educational uses of visualization and data mining

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But first ...

• Human subjects form to fill out
• Written progress report due next week - post in WebBoard

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Educational uses of visualization and data mining

• Edward Tufte
  • Napoleon's invasion of Russia
  • Thunderstorm visualizations, before & after Tufte's visit to NCSA
• WEATHER.COM's weather animations
• NCSA's Internet traffic map
• CANIS' visualizations of the Internet
• SmartMarket.com's Map of the Market

Human visual processing

• evolutionarily earlier than more abstract thought
• easier to see patterns visually than more abstractly

VisIT: Visualization of Information Tool

• Dan Kauwell

Field trip to Beckman, Room 3023

• van trip up and back

For next week:

• if you haven't already done so, fill out and return the Human Subjects form for your major project
• post a written report of progress on your major project on WebBoard