CS-GY 6313: Information Visualization - Fall 2025
Instructor: Claudio Silva (csilva@nyu.edu)
TA (Labs): Ryan Kim (rkim.dev)
Meeting Times: Fridays 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Classroom: Jacobs Hall, Room 215, Brooklyn Campus
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Announcements
Course materials will be posted as the semester progresses
Upcoming Classes
Week 1 (Sept 5) - Introduction and Evaluation
Slides: Course Introduction & Syllabus Lab: Observable & Vega-Lite - Topics: Course overview, What is visualization?, Evaluation frameworks
- Lab: Setup Observable accounts, Create first Vega-Lite charts
- Assignment: Exercise 1 - Visualization critique and basic Vega-Lite charts (due Sept 11)
Week 2 (Sept 12) - Analytical Questions and Data Transformation
- Topics: Visual queries, Data types, Transformation operations
- Lab: Vega-Lite data transformations, Working with real datasets
- Assignment: Exercise 2 - Data questions and transformations (due Sept 18)
Assignments
Exercises (35% of grade)
- Exercise 1: Visualization critique and basic Vega-Lite charts - Due Sept 11
- Exercise 2: Data questions and transformations - Due Sept 18
- More exercises TBA
Mini-Projects (35% of grade)
- Mini-Project 1: Geographic data visualization - Details TBA
- Mini-Project 2: Temporal data visualization - Details TBA
- Mini-Project 3: Network data visualization - Details TBA
Group Project (25% of grade)
- Team formation - Week 3
- Project milestones - Throughout semester
- Final presentations - Weeks 14-15
Quick Links
- Discord: Join Course Discord
- Brightspace: [Course materials and submissions]
- Observable: [Create account at observablehq.com]
- Office Hours: TBD