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From: will@rins.ryukoku.ac.jp (will)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.visualization
Subject: Re: Out of the lab, into the classroom 2nd try
Summary: Interesting...
Message-ID: <216@rins.ryukoku.ac.jp>
Date: 5 Apr 91 06:45:07 GMT
References: <1991Apr2.202227.13796@agate.berkeley.edu> <1779@eru.mt.luth.se>
Organization: Ryukoku Univ., Seta, Japan
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u (Andy Rose) writes:
|(I posted this once, but didn't see it so here it is again.)
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|What coursework is appropriate for this subject?
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|Is anyone teaching or planning to teach a class in visualization? What
|text to use? What is the course called?

	I am working on these types of projects here.  I have already finished
	the undergraduate course here (well, let us say 80%, I am now debuging
	it, and will continue to refine it through the next 2 courses).  The
	basis of the course include several different books, and my own writings
	which filled in the blanks were no other books or references could.  We
	are only experimenting with such things now.  I wrote all of the window
	related and interactive code under the X window system.  The current
	course is just to teach Introductory Computer Graphics, and in some
	cases represents Hyper Card on the Mac, although I have never used that
	system (but I have seen pictures of it).  I am now writing a paper on
	the system for publication (I call it RiGS-e).

	If you are interested, send me email, and after my paper is approved
	for publication, I will inform you were it is published and send an
	text copy of it to you.

	My next project (which starts today) is to developed the RiGS-e system
	into the RiGS-v system.  (v as in visulization).  I am not sure how I
	should go about it.  But as always, I am sure there must be a way.

In article  <1779@eru.mt.luth.se> sow@cad.luth.se (Sven-Ove Westberg) writes:
>I dont think it is possible to give a course in visualization without
>some "real" applications where the students understand the application.
>
	A point well made, I suppose I can find real data.  I acually imploy
	the same idea to the RiGS-e system, (using real case studys in the more
	advanced areas).  The RiGS-e system teaches more than just theory, one
	of it's main goals was to educated how to apply the theory in real
	cases.


	I am interested in hearing from others that work in this fantastic area
	of CG.


                                        William Dee Rieken
                                        Researcher, Computer Visualization
                                        Faculty of Science and Technology
                                        Ryukoku University
                                        Seta, Otsu 520-21,
                                        Japan

                                        Tel: 0775-43-7418(direct)
                                        Fax: 0775-43-7749
                                        will@rins.ryukoku.ac.jp