Course syllabus

Welcome!

In this course you will learn about various concepts, techniques, and tools for visualization of scientific data. The GU course code is MMG640. The Chalmers course code is MVE080. The normal schedule is Mondays 13.15-15.00 and Wednesdays 08.00-11.45 in room MVF24 and MVF25. For details of the course schedule, click here.

Preliminary course outline (modified throughout the course):

• Course introduction (slides)
  Relevant links:
  Getting started with the Canvas learning platform
  Canvas video guides
  Python basics tutorial
  NumPy for MATLAB users
  The conda Python distribution
  Jupyter Notebook basics
• Colors and images (slides)
  Additional references:
  RGB color model
  HSV color model
• Velocity fields and streamlines in 2D (slides)
  Additional references:
  Vector fields
  Streamlines
• 3D plots in ParaView
  Relevant links:
  Download and install ParaView
  Paraview tutorial PDF
• Animating time-dependent data in ParaView
• Blender 3D and Python scripting (slides)
  Download Blender 3D
  Some PDF notes introducing Blender
  Blender manual pages
  Blender Fundamentals Video Tutorials
  Cheat sheet
  Blender Guru Video Tutorial
  Python scripting
• Rotations in 3D: quaternions (slides)
  Notes on quaternions
• Course project (slides)
• Visualization of particle dynamics using Blender (slides)
  PDF notes about Blender particles
  
• Take-home exam