CS 7301 – Visual Languages and Visualization

This course is research-oriented, and targets at students who are interested in research into using graphs as a programming means in solving problems, to represent program executions, and networked information, just to name a few applications of visual languages. Topics in information visualization will also be discussed. Assessable projects in the course include program-solving using visual languages, innovative information visualization, state-of-the-art survey of related areas, and technical presentation and discussion. Students need to devote considerable time in research topics relevant to their own research interests as well as visual languages and visualization in general. They are encouraged to collaborate to complement each other in pursuing relevant topics, aiming at producing publishable papers.

Desirable prior knowledge: computer graphics, compiler, human-computer interface, and UML.

To learn more about visual programming and visual languages, check the bibliography site at http://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~burnett/vpl.html.

To learn what we have done at UTD Visual Computing Lab, please visit

http://viscomp.utdallas.edu and

http://www.utdallas.edu/~kzhang/publication.html