Assignment 6 is a short essay on the topic of your course project.

This should be based on a crticial review or two or more high quality papers from the research literature.

It is important that you consider the visualization task(s) in your critique.

The best review papers are the result of a constructive synthesis. They tell a story and draw a conclusion. One way of obtaining a critical perspective on a published work is to look at the assumptions the authors are making, and the claims they are making. Then judge for yourself whether or not these are warranted. Look at the goals of the research and determine for yourself the extent to which they are attained. Are the claims for the results overly general? Does the study actually address the problem that was set out in the introduction? Since this course is about visualization, you should consider the effectiveness of the visualization technique described in your chosen topic.

Topic

The topic should be the same as your project. With minor alterations this paper will form the main part of the introduction to your course project.

This means that you will be constructing an argument for a particular line of research. You can conclude by advoctating research goals that go beyond what could be actually accomplished a course project, but you should not be too ambitious.

Sources (Wherever possible you should attempt to use high quality sources such as the following).

• IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
• IEEE Visualiztion Conference. IEEE InfoVis conference.
• Applications oriented journals and converence proceedings.
• ACM SIGGRAPH Proceedings
• ACM SIGCHI Proceedings
• Visualization Conference Proceedings

Google Scholar is a good way to find sources. So is citeSeer

Paper due November 21rd

About 1500 words (+/- 200 wd)

Marks based on

• Quality of expression (Coherence: Development: Synthesis)
• Organization, properly formatted and cited references, etc.
• Importance of ideas
• Soundness of ideas. What you say should make sense.
• Originality of ideas
• Revisions from original drafts

You may wish to use Connors Writing Center to discuss a draft of your paper.

Even a small amount Plagiarism will result in an automatic zero for the assignment. Substantial plagiarism will result in a zero for the cours and academic sanctions.

In-class 25 minute talk about your topic.

Establish problem domain and your approach to it.

Previous work done (at least two good examples-give names- references) I want some evidence of scholarship
A critical analysis is ideal. -- Here is a problem, here are some approaches to it.

What are the goals of the previous work?

How well does it meet those goals (in terms of visualation)?

How does it compare to other methods with similar goals?

Simple synopsis (of some prior work) is less than ideal but a good one is OK

You should devote the final third of your talk to what you have done for your project and what you plan to do.

The use of Powerpoint is recommended

No more than 8 points per slide - try to use visual information as much as possible

One slide every 2 minutes