Techniques and algorithms for creating effective visualizations based on principles from graphic design, visual art, perceptual psychology, and cognitive science. Topics: graphical perception, data and image models, visual encoding, graph and tree layout, color, animation, interaction techniques, automated design. Lectures, reading, and project. There are no official prerequisites for the class, but familiarity with the material in CS 147, CS 148 and CS 142 is especially useful. Most important is a basic working knowledge of, or willingness to learn, web- programming, especially JavaScript, Vega-Lite and D3.js.
3-4 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit
Techniques and algorithms for creating effective visualizations based on principles from graphic design, visual art, perceptual psychology, and cognitive science. Topics: graphical perception, data and image models, visual encoding, graph and tree layout, color, animation, interaction techniques, automated design. Lectures, reading, and project. There are no official prerequisites for the class, but familiarity with the material in CS147, CS148 and CS142 is especially useful. Most important is a basic working knowledge of, or willingness to learn, web- programming, especially JavaScript, Vega-Lite and D3.js.
Offered in Autumn 2026 at Stanford University.