F INAL PROJECT

The purpose of the final project is to provide hands-on experience designing, implementing, and evaluating a new visualization method, algorithm or tool. Projects will be carried out by a team of 1-2 people. Your project should address a concrete visualization problem and should propose a novel, creative solution. The final deliverable will be an implementation of the proposed solution. -- please talk to the course staff if you have questions.

In addition, each group will be responsible for presenting the project twice. The initial presentation should describe the visualization problem that the project will address, relevant related work, current progress, and final milestones. Take advantage of this presentation as a chance to get feedback on the direction of the project from the rest of the class! At the end of the class we will have a public final project poster session so that groups can show their work to others.

Paper list

Schedule

  • Team Registration & Project proposal -- due 10/8
  • Project Progress Presentation 10/22 (Slides and progress report due 10/21 5pm)
  • Final Project Presentation 12/31

Project Progress Presentation

A good way to assess the strengths and weaknesses of your project is to present your ideas to your classmates for feedback. Thus, each group will be expected to present their project idea and current status to the rest of the class on Final Project Progress Presentation. The presentation should expand on the the project proposal and include the following material.

Your presentation to the class should include:

  • A description of the problem you will address and motivation explaining why it is worth addressing.
  • In your description you should mention 1-2 pieces of the most relevant prior work, and discuss how your project is different.
  • Your current progress. Use sketches, storyboards, and/or prototype images to communicate your ideas. It is a good idea to highlight issues of design or implementation for which you would like to get feedback from the class. We recommend that you end your talk with a slide containing questions you'd like feedback on.
  • Keep your presentation as brief as possible -- no more than a few (3-4) minutes. Use at least half of the time to discuss your design ideas and completion plan. It is difficult to communicate effectively in such a short time span: carefully revise your materials and practice your talk to avoid rambling and unnecessary description.

You should also submit a progress report, which include:

  • Project Plan. A list of milestones breaking the project into smaller chunks and a description of what each person in the group will work on.

Final Poster Presentation

We will hold a public presentation of the final projects on March 13th the Atrium of the Paul Allen Center. The poster session will give you a chance to show off the hard work you put into your project, and to learn about the projects of your peers. Be prepared to give a 5 minute oral presentation at your poster to both the instructors and visitors. You should include a demo of your project along with the poster. The poster will be considered a final deliverable, so don't forget to apply good visual design principles to your poster as well as your project. The final poster should include the following information:

  • Problem: A clear statement of the problem your project addresses.
  • Motivation: An explanation of why the problem is interesting and what makes it difficult to solve.
  • Approach: A description of the techniques or algorithms you used to solve the problem.
  • Results: Screenshots and a working demo of the system you built.
  • Future Work: An explanation of how the work could be extended.

Submission

Submit final deliverables on Baidu Cloud Disk(Account:tgeconf@gmail.com; Pwd:viscourse) by 12/24.

The final deliverables include:

  • your slides in pdf
  • progress report
  • poster
  • code
  • readme

p.s.: Name the files slides-stu1-stu2.pdf, progress-stu1-stu2.pdf and poster-stu1-stu2.pdf (e.g., slides-jheer-kanitw.pdf, progress-jheer-kanitw.pdf and poster-jheer-kanitw.pdf)