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CSCI 4550 - Interactive Visualization

Visualizing data is a key step in understanding many problems. This course is designed to introduce students to methods of visualizing many different types of data, such as images, three-dimensional surfaces, flow fields, and medical data. Both existing visualization software and program custom visualizations using C++ and OpenGL will be used. Course activities include discussion of recent and classic research papers, weekly homework assignments, in-class critiques of visualization artifacts, and a final project to explore creative uses of these techniques. This is a communication-intensive course.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: CSCI 2300 and CSCI 2600, or permission of instructor.

When Offered: Spring term even-numbered years.



Cross Listed: CSCI 6550. Students cannot receive credit for both CSCI 4550 and CSCI 6550.

Credit Hours: 4


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