TEACHING (2008-2009)

Robert Laurini

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Visual Information Systems (International Master in Information Systems)

Objectives:

This course is devoted to visual information systems with both meanings, i.e. Systems of Visual Information, and Visual Systems of Information. So, the objective of this course is to give the students the fundamentals to understand and to design information systems using images, raster or vector, not only for graphic user interfaces, but also on image contents. Especially, will be studied geographic information systems, images information systems, portals, etc.

It is only an excerpt of the 4IF course. Some preliminary elements can be found here in English.

The contents are as follows:

  • 0 - Introduction to the Course
  • 1 - Introduction to Graphic Semiology
  • 2 - GIS: Data Modeling
  • 3 - GIS: Data Processing
  • 4 - Introduction to Image Databases
  • 5 - Visual Access to Multimedia Databases
  • 6 - Visual Portals to Multimedia Information Systems
  • 7 - Introduction to GeoWeb
  • 8- Virtual 3D Cities
  • 10 - Image Extensions of ORACLE

    • Prerequisites: database design, information systems design, computational geometry, image processing