Final Class

MDST 3559: DataestheticsProf. Alvarado05/03/2011

Business

• Final Projects vs. Final Essays• Projects– What you are presenting today– Due this Thursday (5 May)

• Essays– Timed take-home final exam– To be handed out Thursday at noon– Officially due next Tuesday (10 May)

• Project extensions are possible – talk to me

Course Review

Tools, Process, Argument

Course Review: Tools

• Data– Formats: CSV, XML, SQL

• Code– PHP, JavaScript (jQuery)

• Interface– HTML + CSS

• Visualizations– Word Cloud, Image Grid, HyperGraph, Adjacency

Matrix, etc.

Course Review: Process

• Capture data as CSV• Organize into relational database– Enrich by adding related sets– Create views from joins

• Transform data with code (e.g. PHP)– Employ transitive logic

• Exports to visualization engines– jQuery, GraphViz, Google, ManyEyes, Protovis, etc.

• Contextualize in web site or other media form

Course Review: Argument

• Are visualizations arguments? • How is the use of space and color different

from the use of language?• How are they to be integrated with traditional

modes of argument?

Lightning Talks

Process

• Describe your “thesis”• Describe your process• Tell us where you are in the project– Show exhibits

• Tell us where you hope to go• Make any observations you want

Sequence

1. Me2. Filip3. Rehema4. Elizabeth5. John6. Yushin7. Megan8. Evan9. Yonji

http://studio1.shanti.virginia.edu/~rca2t/dataesthetics/04-28/relationships.php?dot=0

Sequence

1. Me2. Filip3. Rehema4. Elizabeth5. John6. Yushin7. Megan8. Evan9. Yonji

Have a happy summer!