263-5701-00L  Visualization

SemesterAutumn Semester 2017
LecturersT. Günther
Periodicityyearly recurring course
Language of instructionEnglish


AbstractThis lecture provides an introduction into visualization of scientific and abstract data.
ObjectiveThe lecture introduces into the two main branches of visualization: scientific visualization and information visualization. The focus is set onto scientific data, demonstrating the usefulness and necessity of computer graphics in other fields than the entertainment industry. The exercises are mainly theoretical, practicing the mathematical foundations such as numerical integration, differential vector calculus, and flow field analysis.
ContentThis lecture opens with human cognition basics, and scalar and vector calculus. Afterwards, this is applied to the visualization of air and fluid flows, including geometry-based, topology-based and feature-based methods. Further, the direct and indirect visualization of volume data is discussed. The lecture ends on the viualization of abstract, non-spatial and multi-dimensional data by means of information visualization.
Prerequisites / NoticeFundamentals of differential calculus. Knowledge on numerical mathematics, computer algebra systems, as well as ordinary and partial differential equations is an asset, but not required.