IMSCIA - C21 Data Visualization Course Startup Questionnaire Please fill it at the start of the course and e-mail plain text (ASCII) to: mvalle@cscs.ch Thanks! Name: ______________________________________________________ e-mail:_____________________________________________________ 1. What are you interested in taking away from this course? 2. Which is your expertise area? 3. Which is your exposure to visualization? Have seen or done anything in the scientific visualization area? And in statistical or business visualization? 4. Do you have already used any visualization tool? At which level? 5. Please describe your comfort level with respect to using computer scripting languages (like TCL, Javascript, etc.) and high-level programming languages (like C, C++, Java). 6. Please describe what, if any, background you have in graphic arts or fine arts. 7. If you have a particular problem or project you would like to design and build a visualization for, please describe that here. 8. What is your first impression from the course structure? 9. Please add any other comments about course content, structure, etc.