The way we perceive information depends on our sensitivity, which is adjusted and limited to a certain spectrum or level of detail. Our mental/neurological abilities are partly influenced and formed through environmental structures and experiences. Technological hardware and software are able to acquire information in a quality and quantity that is no longer processable by human senses. This information has to be represented artificially at a level compatible to our perceptivity in order to become accessible. This course aims to provide students an introduction to the techniques of data visualization such as volume visualization, multiresolution methods; cognitive science and other sciences that employ visual representation and information design. Through tutorial exercise, students will be able to develop various visual representation techniques and learn the concepts of different design theories.

This course requires either co-teaching of a professor from science department and a professor from Creative Media or the presence of a faculty member with demonstrable experience as an artist and scientist.