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2018-06-27: InfoVis Spring 2017 Class Projects

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This may sound familiar , but yet again I'm way behind in posting about my previous offerings of CS 725/825 Information Visualization. (Previous semester highlights posts: Spring 2016 , Spring 2015 , Spring/Fall 2013 , Fall 2012 , Fall 2011 ) Here are a few projects that I'd like to highlight from Spring 2017. (All class projects are listed in my InfoVis Gallery .  This semester has its own page because there were 19(!) projects.)  All of the projects were implemented using the D3.js library. Because the Spring 2017 semester began with President Donald Trump's Travel Ban ( EO 13769 ) and we have a large international graduate student population, students were understandably interested in US immigration and refugee data.  The first two projects here focus on that.  In addition, one project looked at sentiment about the US Presidential candidates on social media on Election Day. The last two projects that I'll highlight are focused on the lighter topic of ...

2017-01-07: Two WS-DL Classes Offered for Spring 2017

"One of the primary reasons I got hired was because of the [ @WebSciDL ] courses I took at ODU." - @prasanna_sajjan ( @ODUnow , @oducs , MS '16) pic.twitter.com/hGJtRIQ8JY — ODU Computer Science (@oducs) December 5, 2016 Two WS-DL classes are offered for Spring 2017: CS 725/825 - Information Visualization , Dr. Weigle CS 432/532 - Introduction to Web Science , Dr. Nelson Information Visualization is being offered both online (CRNs 26614/26617 (HR), 26615/26618  (VA), 26616/26619 (US)) and on-campus (CRN 24698/24699).  Web Science is offered on-campus only (CRNs 25728/25729).  Although it's not a WS-DL course per se, WS-DL member Corren McCoy is also teaching CS 462/562 Cybersecurity Fundamentals this semester (see this F15 offering from Dr. Weigle for an idea about its contents). --Michael