Prepare (do before class)
none
Demos
- TimeSearcher, Maryland
 - Simile, time series widgets from MIT
 
Readings
- W. Aigner, S. Miksch, W. Muller, H. Schumann, C. Tominski, “Visual Methods for Analyzing Time-Oriented Data”, IEEE Trans. on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol. 14, No. 1, Jan.-Feb. 2008, pp. 47-60.
 - L. Byron & M. Wattenberg, “Stacked Graphs – Geometry & Aesthetics”, IEEE Trans. on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol. 14, No. 6, Nov.-Dec. 2008, pp. 1245-1252.
 - H. Hochheiser and B. Shneiderman. “Dynamic query tools for time series data sets: Timebox widgets for interactive exploration,”Information Visualization, Vol. 3, No. 1, Spring 2004, pp. 1-18.
 - T. Kapler and W. Wright, “GeoTime Information Visualization”, Information Visualization, Vol. 4, No. 2, Summer 2005, pp. 136-146.
 - P. McLachlan, T. Munzner, E. Koutsofios, and S. North, “LiveRAC: interactive visual exploration of system management time-series data,” Proc. of CHI ’08, April 2008, pp. 1483-1492.
 - C. Plaisant, et al, “LifeLines: Visualizing Personal Histories.” Proc. of CHI ’96, pp 221-227.
 - J. van Wijk and E. van Selow, “Cluster and Calendar based Visualization of Time Series Data”, Proc. of InfoVis ’99, Oct. 1999, pp. 4-9.
 
Videos
- Lifelines & Lifelines2, Univ. Maryland, CHI ’96, CHI ’08
 - LiveRAC, UBC, CHI ’08
 
Websites
- The TimeViz Browser
 - LifeLines, Maryland
 - LifeLines2, Maryland
 - Movie character timelines
 - Web browser percentage of market
 - Movie receipts over time from NY Times
 - History flow from IBM
 - Connected scatterplots exmaple, NY Times
 - In Praise of Connected Scatterplots, Alberto Cairo
 - History of Sampling