Program Overview

Program Overview

The University of Calgary offers a concentration in Visualization and Analytics within the broader field of computer science. This area of study focuses on the algorithms, tools, and techniques used to address challenges involving large and complex data sets from various disciplines.

Concentration Description

Visualization and Analytics is an area of significant importance within the field of computer science. Many problems that people want to solve with computers involve inferring important results from large and/or complex data sets. This concentration allows students to be recognized for learning about the algorithms, tools, and techniques that can be used to address these challenges with additional experience in data science, statistics, and human computer interaction or computer graphics.

Concentration Requirements

To complete a concentration in Visualization and Analytics, there are restrictions on the option courses that students can choose in their degree program. The University of Calgary calendar provides details concerning the concentration requirements for each program.

Program Details

• The concentration in Visualization and Analytics is available to students pursuing a BSc degree.
• Successful completion of the concentration will result in "Concentration in Visualization and Analytics" appearing on the student's transcript.
• Instructors who specialize in courses associated with this concentration include:
  • Reda Alhajj
  • Usman Alim
  • Jörg Denzinger
  • Helen Ai He
  • Frank Maurer
  • Wesley Willett
  • Richard Zhao

Research Areas

The Department of Computer Science at the University of Calgary is involved in various research areas, including:

• Data Science and Visual Computing
• Information Security and Systems
• Mathematical Foundations of Computing
• People Centric Computing
• SoTL in Computing

University Context

The University of Calgary is situated on land traditionally known as Moh’kins’tsis to the Blackfoot, Wîchîspa to the Stoney Nakoda, and Guts’ists’i to the Tsuut’ina. The university acknowledges and pays tribute to the traditional territories of the peoples of Treaty 7, which include the Blackfoot Confederacy, the Tsuut’ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda. The city of Calgary is also home to the Métis Nation within Alberta. The University of Calgary strives to learn together, walk together, and grow together "in a good way."