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Specialization Course
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Design and Visualization of Information

This FBAUP course, in partnership with FCUP has, as its fundamental goal, the objective of showing what is visualization of information, its theoretical and practical foundations, as well as to present tools for the implementation of visualization of information projects.

The Specialization Course in Design and Visualization of Information is aimed at training a group of professionals who intend to combine a superior technological and scientific-based capacity, arising from the increasing need to process scientific data, extract information and generate knowledge.

Its main objectives are:

– Knowing and knowing how to apply information design principles and how their context changes in different scientific or artistic professionals;
– To make known the concepts, the theoretical and practical framework and the essential tools for professional practice in the area of ​​information visualization;
– Present an information visualization as an integral part of the reality of several organizations, providing them with professionals specialized in this area;
– Provide students with knowledge and a critical sense regarding the graphical statistical description of data;
– Make known the main biases and problems related to data quality, as well as strategies on how to deal with this problem;
– Equip students with skills to prepare data for visual and/or statistical analysis.

With communication a highly practical component, it hopes that students, in addition to improving scientific and technical skills, acquire a strong sense of using scientific and technical knowledge, such as their advanced work skills and their ability to work. 

Informations

– Designers interested in acquiring skills that allow them to work on information visualization projects;
– Programmers, data analysts and scientists who want to complement their training with information design and information visualization resources;
– Journalists looking for skills to do journalism with data, with an interest in information design and information visualization as a communication tool and as a narrative process; 
– Qualified staff from organizations responsible for data production and dissemination of statistical information;
– Professors and researchers in different fields; 
– Professionals who have specific needs related to the visual communication of information;
– Technicians from companies, business associations, sectoral observatories, libraries, organizations, structures of higher education institutions, dissemination units of public institutes, etc.
– Any individual interested in learning to present data in an effective way, managing to attract the reader to the visualization of complex information.

It is important to draw attention to the interest of this training for all professionals, who in one way or another, within the scope of their duties, have to analyze or communicate information. In the current context, the importance that graphic communication assumes in the functions of professionals who interact with information is increasing, either through the knowledge of good practices in the presentation of information, or the mastery of visualization tools and the use of advanced methods of visualization to improve the analysis of data, which constitute very important added value in numerous areas and professional functions.

Academic training of 1st cycle of higher education completed (with a minimum grade of 12), professional experience in the area.

Candidates may be admitted who, due to their academic, scientific or professional curriculum, the Scientific Committee of the course recognizes that they meet the necessary requirements for the realization of this specialization course.

Note: For candidates who do not hold a degree at the time of application, but who meet the necessary conditions to complete it by the date of enrollment in this training, evidence of the curricular average at the date of application (which must be equal to or greater than to 12 values)

Number of Vacancies: 30

For applications, please visit SIGARRA.

– Degree with a minimum grade of 12 values ​​– 40%
– Professional experience in the area – 30%
– Letter of motivation – 30%

Information to provide - scanned documents:
- ID Card
– Bachelor’s Degree Completion Certificate
– Curriculum Vitae
– Exhibition supporting the application (Motivation Letter)

1st Phase
Candidatures – 01 to 30 June 2022
Provisory Results - 04 July 2022
Prior Hearings - 05 to 18 July 2022
Definitive Results - 22 July 2022
Student Registrations - 25 to 29 July 2022

2nd Phase (remaining vacancies)
Candidatures - 01 to 31 August 2022
Provisory Results - 05 September 2022
Prior Hearings - 06 to 19 September 2022
Definitive Results - 20 September 2022
Student Registrations - 21 to 23 September 2022

Fridays from 14h00 to 18h00

Saturdays from 9h00 to 13h00

Opening Year - Includes 28% Discount
1.250€  –  to pay in 4 provisions

Programmatic Content

Unidade de formaçãoHoursECTS
Visual Literacy213
Information Design and Infographics213
Literacy in Statistics213
Seminar466
Project I466
Formation UnitHoursECTS
Information, Representation and Scientific Comunication213
Design on Visualization of Information213
Interactive Visualization213
Data Treatment and Visualization213
Project II709

Lecturers

Ana Teixeira-Costa

Ana Costa holds a Ph.D. in Biomedicine (FMUP) and performed post-doctoral activity at the University College London and the University of Porto (i3s and IBMC). Her extensive path as scientific researcher is reflected in 10 peer-reviewed publications with more than 200 citations.

In 2017, Ana initiated a journey as an information designer, obtained a master’s degree in Image Design, and merged her science and information visualization knowledge. Such versatility has led her to BestHealth4U start-up and later to the consulting company Innovayt. Currently, she is working in the eHealth area at Promptly.

Cristina Ferreira (FBAUP)

Cristina Ferreira, born in Porto (Portugal), graduated in Communication Design, Master in Art and Multimedia and PhD in Art and Design from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto. In 1997 she received the Engenheiro António de Almeida Foundation Award as the best student in the Communication Design Course. Assistant Professor at the Department of Design at FBAUP, where she teaches in the areas of graphic design, visual communication and photography. Worked as schoolbook illustrator for over a decade in one of the country's main publishing houses. Develops research in the epistemological field of image, intersecting the fields of communication design, visual literacy and photography.

 Integrated member of i2ADS (Institute for Research in Art, Design and Society) since 2022 and collaborator of ID+ (Institute for Research in Design, Media and Culture) since 2014. Member of the Health Literacy Creation Lab of the University of Porto (LACLIS).

Emília Dias da Costa (FBAUP)

Emília Dias da Costa is a professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto. Designer, Master in Multimedia Art (FBAUP) and PhD in Design (FBAUP) with the thesis “Information Visualization as a process and thought in Design”.

She has collaborated in several research projects in the area of Information Visualization.

The work carried out in this context led, in particular, to collaboration with the FMUP, during the Covid-19 pandemic in support of the SNS and collaboration with the Institute of Health Intelligence of the University of São Paulo, in advising the State Government in the field of health care. lockdown.

João Viana (CINTESIS)

João Viana is a student in PhD program in clinical and health services research (Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto) and a researcher of the 2D4H – Secondary Data for Healthcare Research group of CINTESIS. He received his Licentiate and Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, computer networks and electronics (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto) and a Master’s degree in Medical Informatics (Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto).

For the last 9 years, the focus of his work has been data analytics and visualization applied to healthcare and also performance, management and clinical indicators in an in-hospital or emergency care setting.

Óscar Felgueiras

Óscar Felgueiras (FCUP)

Óscar Felgueiras is a professor at the FCUP and a researcher at the Centro de Matemática da Universidade do Porto and at the Unidade de Investigação Clínica da ARS Norte.

Holding a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor and a degree in Mathematics from the FCUP, he works in statistics and mathematical modelling with an emphasis on the area of infectious diseases, namely tuberculosis. His interest in these areas led to a collaboration with the ARS Norte during the Covid-19 pandemic and become one the experts who advised the government. He participated in the Infarmed meetings and was one of the authors of the national unlocking plan started in March 2021.

Gil Costa

Gil Costa

Gil Costa is a Scientific Designer and Illustrator. 

He has a background in Biology and a PhD in Neurosciences currently based between Lisbon and Brussels. He works with scientists and scientific institutions around the world, helping to improve their scientific communication via their figures and covers for publications or grants, brochures and reports, exhibitions and videos, brands and identities. Gil has worked at the Champalimaud Foundation, Gulbenkian Foundation and is now both a Freelancer and a Senior Scientific Illustrator at the Medical Communication section of Adecco/Akkodis.

Client Affiliate:
Amsterdam Vriej Univ. (NL)
Antalgenics SA (SP)
Brandeis University (US)
Champalimaud Foundation (PT)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
Cold Spring Harbor Lab (US)
Columbia University (US)
Demcon-Nymus3d (NL)
Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)
FENS (BE / EU)
Inst. Gulbenkian de Ciência (PT)
Harvard University (US)
Inst. Higiene Medicina Tropical (PT)
Inst. Medicina Molecular (PT)
Inst. Superior Técnico (PT)
MIT (US)
Northwestern University (US)
Oxford University (UK)
Princeton University (US)
Rice University (US)
Sainsbury Wellcome Centre (UK)
Scite – Science Crunchers (PT)
Stanford University (US)
Trends in Africa (TZ)
Univ. Basel (UK)
Univ. Birmingham (CH)
Univ. Coimbra (PT)
Univ. Copenhagen (DK)
Univ. College Cork (IRL)
Univ. College Dublin (IRL)
Univ. College London (UK)
Univ. Catholique Louvain (BE)
Univ. Geneva (CH)
Univ. Hospital Lyon (FR)
Univ. Oregon (US)
Univ. Pennsylvania (US)
Univ. Sussex (UK)
Univ. Miguel Hernandez (SP)
Univ. Trento (IT)
Univ. Utrecht (NL)
Vienna BioCenter (AUT)
Washington Univ. (US)

 

Board Members
Emília Dias da Costa (FBAUP)

Scientific Comission
Cristina Ferreira (FBAUP)
Emília Dias da Costa (FBAUP)
Óscar Felgueiras (FCUP)

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