Schedule

Mondays, Wednesdays
9:30–11am ET
45-230

Thursdays
3–4pm ET
1-190

Thursdays
4–5pm ET
32-082

Quick jump to current week ⬇️

Week 1

Mon, Feb 5	The Value of Visualization & Intro the Housing Crisis assigned A1: Data, Visualization, and Housing
Asynchronous	Tech Stack Setup
Wed, Feb 7	Data & Image Models Practicing Data Types, Graphical Marks, and Visual Encoding Channels with Vega-Lite
Thu, Feb 8	Intro to Web Technologies & HTML
Thu, Feb 8	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 12	Case Studies in Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) Questions Doc due A1: Data, Visualization, and Housing assigned A2: Exploratory Visual Analysis
Wed, Feb 14	Election Spending EDA with Tableau Questions Doc Lecture Recording Polaris: A System for Query, Analysis, and Visualization of Multidimensional Relational Databases
Thu, Feb 15	CSS
Thu, Feb 15	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 20	Designing for Perception Questions Doc
Wed, Feb 21	(In)Effective Visual Encoding Questions Doc due A2: Exploratory Visual Analysis assigned A3: Visualization Design
Thu, Feb 22	JavaScript Questions Doc
Thu, Feb 22	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 4

Mon, Feb 26	Narrative Visualization Questions Doc
Wed, Feb 28	Race, Gender, and the Ethics of Numbers Questions Doc due A3: Visualization Design assigned A4: Persuasive/Deceptive Visualization
Thu, Feb 29	Svelte.js I (Templating & Control Flow) Questions Doc
Thu, Feb 29	Lee-Robbins E, Adar E. (2022). Affective Learning Objectives for Communicative Visualizations. IEEE TVCG.

Week 5

Mon, Mar 4	Data Client (MAPC) Visits Questions Doc
Wed, Mar 6	Housing History and Policy Priorities in Massachusetts Questions Doc due A4: Persuasive/Deceptive Visualization assigned FP1: Science Fair Pitch
Thu, Mar 7	Svelte.js II (Loading Data & Reactivity) Questions Doc
Thu, Mar 7	Homes for Profit: Speculation and Investment in Greater Boston

Week 6

Mon, Mar 11	Intro to Developing Web-Based Visualization Questions Doc
Wed, Mar 13	Project Pitches Science Fair due FP1: Science Fair Pitch assigned FP2: Proof-of-Concept
Thu, Mar 14	Visualizing categorical data with D3 Questions Doc
Thu, Mar 14	Pattillo, M. (2013). Housing: Commodity Versus Right. Annual Review of Sociology 39: 509-31.

Week 7

Mon, Mar 18	A Tour through the Interaction Zoo Questions Doc
Wed, Mar 20	Animation Questions Doc
Thu, Mar 21	Visualizing quantitative data with D3 Questions Doc
Thu, Mar 21	Bach, B., Wang, Z., Farinella, M., Murray-Rust, D., & Henry Riche, N. (2018). Design Patterns for Data Comics. ACM CHI.

Week 8

Week 9

Mon, Apr 1	Maps, Map Projections & Cartographic Design Questions Doc
Wed, Apr 3	Intro to GIS, Spatial Analysis, and Census Data Questions Doc
Thu, Apr 4	Geospatial visualizations
Thu, Apr 4	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 8	Final Project Proof-of-Concept Presentations due FP2: Proof-of-Concept assigned FP3: Minimal Viable Product Room 45-230 Feedback Room 45-102 Feedback
Wed, Apr 10	Final Project Proof-of-Concept Presentations Room 45-230 Feedback Room 45-102 Feedback
Thu, Apr 11	Animation & Scrollytelling
Thu, Apr 11	Sarikaya, A., Correll, M., Bartram, L.R., Tory, M.K., & Fisher, D. (2019). What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Dashboards? IEEE TVCG.

Week 11

Wed, Apr 17	Error & Uncertainty (Guest Lecture: Lace Padilla, Northeastern University) Questions Doc About Lace Padilla
Thu, Apr 18	Debugging & Troubleshooting
Thu, Apr 18	Hullman, J. (2019). Why Authors Don’t Visualize Uncertainty. IEEE TVCG.

Week 12

Mon, Apr 22	Color Questions Doc
Wed, Apr 24	Accessibility Questions Doc
Thu, Apr 25	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 13

Mon, Apr 29	Final Project MVP Presentations due FP3: Minimal Viable Product assigned FP4: Final Deliverables Room 45-230 Feedback Room 45-102 Feedback
Wed, May 1	Final Project MVP Presentations Room 45-230 Feedback Room 45-102 Feedback

Week 14

Mon, May 6	Guest Lecture by Jeremy White, Graphics Editor, New York Times Questions Doc About Jeremy White
Wed, May 8	Visualization + AI (Guest Lecture: Enrico Bertini, Northeastern University) Questions Doc About Enrico Bertini

Week 15

Mon, May 13

Final Project Showcase due FP4: Final Deliverables