ECE 69500 - Introduction to Visual Analytics
Note:
Fall 2009 - CRN 37738
Course Details
Lecture Hours: 3 Credits: 3
Counts as:
Experimental Course Offered:
Fall 2009,Fall 2013
Catalog Description:
This course introduces students to visual analytics: the use of interactive visual interfaces to facilitate analytical reasoning. The course contents will include both theoretical foundations of this interdisciplinary science as well as practical applications of integrated visual analysis techniques on real-world problems.
Required Text(s):
None.
Recommended Text(s):
None.
Lecture Outline:
| Week | Major Topics |
|---|---|
| 1 | Overview of food, energy and water systems |
| 3 | Food: Ecophysiology of plant growth |
| 1 | Food: Impact of energy and water inputs on crop production |
| 3 | Energy: Overview of sustainable energy sources, particularly solar power |
| 1 | Energy: Tradeoffs with food and water production |
| 3 | Water: Overview of water resources |
| 1 | Water: Key interactions with food and energy production |
| 1 | Student presentations: key papers in food, energy and water systems |
| 1 | Student presentations: concepts for solutions effectively integrating food, energy and water systems |
Assessment Method:
none