CMSC 691V: Visualization Techniques
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Autumn 1998
Time: M, W, 11:00-12:15pm CP 207
Room:
Instructors:
Dr. Penny Rheingans, 215 ECS,
,Phone:(410)455-3965
Description: 
This course will cover topics in visualization: scientific visualization,
medical visualization, information visualization, and volume rendering
techniques. The format for the course will be group discussions of papers,
some lectures by the instructors, and some student presentations of papers.
The grading will be based on participation in class and class projects.
Class projects may be done individually or in groups. Projects have the
potential of leading to work that forms the basis of a Master's project
or Ph.D. research topic. A partial list of topics includes the following:
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Volume Visualization Techniques
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Hybrid Visualization Techniques
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Information Visualization Techniques
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Medical Visualization Techniques
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Sterescopic & VR Techniques for Visualization
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Signal Processing & Visualization
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Perception and Visualization
Tentative Schedule
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Week 1 : Organization and Introduction to visualization
rendering, data representation, goals
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More to come....
Textbook: None, but the following books may be useful as references.
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The Visualization Toolkit, by William Schroeder, Ken Martin, Bill Lorensen,
2nd Edition, 1997
- Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition, Foley,
van Dam, Feiner, Hughes, Addison Wesley, 1993.
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Texturing and Modeling: A Procedural Approach, Second Edition,
Ebert, et. al., AP Professional, 1997.
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Radiosity and Realistic Image Synthesis, Cohen and Wallace, AP Professional
1994.
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Principles of Digital Image Synthesis, Andrew Glassner, Morgan Kaufman
1994.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Contact David Ebert, ebert@cs.umbc.edu
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