I took Colin Ware’s Visualization course at UNH. It was an excellent course and his books are must reads if you’re interested in the field of visualization. Colin is a professor at UNH where I’m currently enrolled as a graduate student. Last Summer I had the privilege of speaking to Colin about some of the things he’s working on. I’m hoping Colin will be involved in my thesis work (if I ever get there!).
There’s a cool writeup about some work Colin did for the Smithsonian Institution.
http://www.unh.edu/news/cj_nr/2008/nov/bp13ware.cfm