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DSC 106

Data Visualization

DSC 106, Winter 2025 at UC San Diego

Sam Lau

Sam Lau

he/him

lau@ucsd.edu

Lecture: Wed, Fri 11:00am-11:50am (A00), 12:00pm-12:50pm (B00) in Center Hall 109

March 25, 2025: The Winter 2025 offering of DSC 106 has concluded. Please visit our Final Project Showcase page to see our students’ final projects, including our award winners!

Week 1

Wed Jan 8

LEC 1

The Value of Visualization

Fri Jan 10

LEC 2

Data & Image Models

LAB 1

Lab 1

DISC 1

Disc 1

Week 2

Tue Jan 14

PROJ 1

Project 1 Checkpoint

Wed Jan 15

LEC 3

(In)Effective Visual Encoding

Fri Jan 17

LEC 4

Perception

DISC 2

Disc 2

LAB 2

Lab 2

Week 3

Tue Jan 21

PROJ 1

Project 1: Expository Visualization

Wed Jan 22

LEC 5

Health Data (Guest Lecture: Ben Smarr)

Fri Jan 24

LEC 6

Color

LAB 3

Lab 3

DISC 3

Disc 3

Week 4

Tue Jan 28

PROJ 2

Project 2 Checkpoint

Wed Jan 29

LEC 7

JavaScript

Fri Jan 31

LAB 4

Lab 4

DISC 4

Disc 4

LEC 8

JS (Part 2) and D3.js

Week 5

Tue Feb 4

PROJ 2

Project 2: Deceptive Visualization

Wed Feb 5

LEC 9

D3 (Part 2)

Fri Feb 7

LEC 10

Interaction

LAB 5

Lab 5

DISC 5

Disc 5

Week 6

Tue Feb 11

PROJ 3

Project 3 Checkpoint, Project 2 Peer Review

Wed Feb 12

LEC 11

Maps

Fri Feb 14

LAB 6

Lab 6

LEC 12

Narrative Visualization

DISC 6

Disc 6

Week 7

Tue Feb 18

PROJ 3

Project 3: Interactive Visualization

Wed Feb 19

LEC 13

Animation

Fri Feb 21

LEC 14

Uncertainty

DISC 7

Disc 7

Week 8

Tue Feb 25

PROJ 3

Project 3 Peer Review

LAB 7

Lab 7

FINAL PROJ

Final Project Proposal

Wed Feb 26

CANCELED

NO Lecture - Sam traveling

Fri Feb 28

LAB 8

Lab 8

DISC 8

Disc 8

CANCELED

NO Lecture - Sam traveling

Week 9

Tue Mar 4

FINAL PROJ

Final Project Prototype

Wed Mar 5

LEC 15

Uncertainty & Review

Fri Mar 7

LEC 16

Final Project Feedback

LAB 9

Lab 9

DISC 9

Disc 9

Week 10

Tue Mar 11

FINAL PROJ

Final Project Demo Video

Wed Mar 12

LEC 17

Mock Showcase

Fri Mar 14

LEC 18

Video Showcase

DISC 10

Disc 10

Week 11

Mon Mar 17

FINAL PROJ

Final Project

Tue Mar 18

LEC 19

Final Project Showcase