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Class Project Presentations

All projects will be presented on 03/02/2016.

Hand-In Instructions

The project must be finished and handed in on 01/02/2016 at 23:59 at the latest. This means:

• Zip your folder containing your Processing project and upload it somewhere on the Web. If you worked in Eclipse provide a jar+html (in case of an applet) or an executable jar file (do include your source code though). Please rename your zip so that it is formatted as NAME1_NAME2.zip.
• In your Zip file include:
  • a document (pdf and html preferred) with instructions on how to use your application, the possible interactions, and how you encoded the data.
  • a high-res screenshot representing your application (we will put this online)
• In the instructions document you also HAVE to cite your sources. These include code you may have used from books or online examples.
• Any piece of information you may judge relevant for grading your work must be included with the instructions (NOT in the email body).
• Send an e-mail to lonni.besancon@gmail.com with the title InfoVis Project + NAME1 ; NAME 2, and in the body the URL pointing to the ZIP file. Do NOT attach any file with the e-mail.
• If it is possible and you know how to do it, you may complement or replace the ZIP file with a public Web page containing all the requested material and information.
• Expect all of this to take extra time.

We will download your project and will bring our laptop for you to do your demo with. If we do not receive your code or your code does not work, we cannot give you credit for the project.

Demo Instructions

You will have 5 minutes to demo your application. You will be sitting in front of the class, using our laptop. Our laptop will have a QWERTY keyboard, a mouse, and will be running Eclipse under either Windows or Mac OS. The display will be a 1024x768 video projector. It's important you test your application with this resolution, although the resolution may be better. There is no guarantee that we will have wifi or that it will be very good. Your project should ideally NOT rely on an internet connection.

Bring your demo on your laptop as a backup in case we cannot get it to run at all. For timing reasons we prefer to avoid this, though.

In your demo, you should tell us a little bit about the process of how you came up with the visualization, what it shows and how to use it. Here is an example of a demo outline:

• Very briefly: what is your data is about
• Briefly explain how you visually encoded the data, i.e., how to read your visualization.
• Explain what do we initially learn from the data using your visualization
• Illustrate how we can learn more things by interacting and exploring the data
• When possible:
  • focus on the original or novel aspects of your tool, as opposed to what already exists
  • justify your design choices in terms of visual encoding and interactions (unless it's obvious)
• Optionally, briefly mention the difficulties you had while working on this project
• Optionally, mention some limitations/problems that your visualization still has and suggest possible extensions

Remember: a demo must be prepared as much as an oral presentation, maybe even more. You will need to show as much as possible in only 5 minutes. We WILL cut you off after 5 minutes.

Grading

Both your demo and your Processing application (including the document with instructions) will be graded.

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