Schedule

Mondays, Wednesdays
1–2:30pm ET
45-230

Thursdays
3–4pm ET
45-102

Thursdays
4–5pm ET
32-082

Quick jump to current week ⬇️

Week 1

Mon, Feb 3	The Value of Visualization & Intro the Housing Crisis assigned A1: Data, Visualization, and Housing
Asynchronous	Tech Stack Setup
Wed, Feb 5	Data & Image Models (Optional) Interactive Workbook: Practicing Data Types, Graphical Marks, and Visual Encoding Channels with Vega-Lite
Thu, Feb 6	Intro to Web Technologies & HTML
Thu, Feb 6	Norman, D. A. (1993). Chapter 3: The Power of Representation. In Things That Make Us Smart: Defending Human Attributes in the Age of the Machine.

Week 2

Mon, Feb 10	Visualization for Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) due A1: Data, Visualization, and Housing assigned A2: Exploratory Visual Analysis
Wed, Feb 12	Election Spending EDA with Tableau Lecture Recording Polaris: A System for Query, Analysis, and Visualization of Multidimensional Relational Databases
Thu, Feb 13	CSS & Design Systems
Thu, Feb 13	D’Ignazio, C. and Klein, L. (2020). Chapter 3: On Rational, Scientific, Objective Viewpoints from Mythical, Imaginary, Impossible Standpoints. In Data Feminism.

Week 3

Tue, Feb 18	Effective Visual Encoding: Designing for Perception
Wed, Feb 19	Expressive Visual Encoding: Space & Annotation due A2: Exploratory Visual Analysis assigned A3: Visualization Critique & Redesign
Thu, Feb 20	JavaScript
Thu, Feb 20	He, H. A., Walny, J., Thoma, S., Carpendale, S., & Willett, W. (2023). Enthusiastic and grounded, avoidant and cautious: Understanding public receptivity to data and visualizations. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics.

Week 4

Mon, Feb 24	Narrative Visualization
Wed, Feb 26	Race, Gender, and the Ethics of Numbers due A3: Visualization Critique & Redesign assigned A4: Persuasive/Deceptive Visualization assigned FP0: Team Formation
Thu, Feb 27	Svelte.js I (Templating & Control Flow)
Thu, Feb 27	Lee, C., Yang, T., Inchoco, G., Jones, G.M., & Satyanarayan, A. (2021). Viral Visualizations: How Coronavirus Skeptics Use Orthodox Data Practices to Promote Unorthodox Science Online. ACM CHI 2021.

Week 5

Mon, Mar 3	Data Client (MAPC) Visits Lecture Recording A Home for Everyone - Massachusetts’ Statewide Housing Plan
Wed, Mar 5	Housing History and Policy Priorities in Massachusetts due A4: Persuasive/Deceptive Visualization due FP0: Team Formation assigned FP1: Project Pitch Lecture Recording
Thu, Mar 6	Svelte.js II (Loading Data & Reactivity)
Thu, Mar 6	Homes for Profit: Speculation and Investment in Greater Boston

Week 6

Mon, Mar 10	A Tour through the Interaction Zoo
Wed, Mar 12	Intro to Developing Web-Based Visualization Lecture Recording
Thu, Mar 13	Visualizing categorical data with D3
Thu, Mar 13	Pattillo, M. (2013). Housing: Commodity Versus Right. Annual Review of Sociology 39: 509-31.

Week 7

Mon, Mar 17	Interaction Techniques with Svelte + D3 Lecture Recording
Wed, Mar 19	FP Pitch Presentations due FP1: Project Pitch assigned FP2: Proof-of-Concept
Thu, Mar 20	Visualizing quantitative data with D3
Thu, Mar 20	Bach, B., Freeman, E., Abdul-Rahman, A., Turkay, C., Khan, S., Fan, Y., Chen, M. (2022). Dashboard Design Patterns. IEEE VIS 2022.

Week 8

Spring Break

Week 9

Mon, Mar 31	Maps, Map Projections & Cartographic Design
Wed, Apr 2	Intro to GIS, Spatial Analysis, and Census Data
Thu, Apr 3	Geospatial visualizations
Thu, Apr 3	Connolly, N. D. B., Winling, L., Nelson R. K., and Marciano, R. (2018). Mapping inequality: ‘Big data’ meets social history in the story of redlining. In The Routledge Companion to Spatial History, pp. 502-524.

Week 10

Mon, Apr 7	Narrative Design I
Wed, Apr 9	Narrative Design II: Chris Couch on thinking like a journalist due FP2: Proof-of-Concept assigned FP3: Minimal Viable Product
Thu, Apr 10	Animation & Scrollytelling
Thu, Apr 10	Setlur, V., Tory, M. (2022). How do you Converse with an Analytical Chatbot? Revisiting Gricean Maxims for Designing Analytical Conversational Behavior ACM CHI 2022.

Week 11

Mon, Apr 14	Accessibility I
Wed, Apr 16	Accessibility II
Thu, Apr 17	Accessibility
Thu, Apr 17	Chundury, P., Patnaik, B., Reyazuddin, Y., Tang, C., Lazar, J., & Elmqvist, N. (2021). Towards Understanding Sensory Substitution for Accessible Visualization: An Interview Study. IEEE TVCG

Week 12

Mon, Apr 21	Patriots’ Day
Wed, Apr 23	Guest Lecture: Jeremy White, Graphics Editor, The New York Times About Jeremy White

Week 13

Mon, Apr 28	Final Project MVP Presentations due FP3: Minimal Viable Product assigned FP4: Final Deliverables
Wed, Apr 30	Color Theory & Design

Week 14

Mon, May 5	Error & Uncertainty (Guest Lecture: Michael Correll, Northeastern University) About Michael Correll
Wed, May 7	Visualization + AI (Guest Lecture: Angie Boggust, MIT CSAIL)

Week 15

Mon, May 12

Final Project Showcase due FP4: Final Deliverables