Reading: Objective Metrics, Ranking Problems, Visualization

The two TED talks and the Lomborg chapter are required:

• TED Talk – Lomberg Links to an external site. – (the importance of priorities and the need of setting them)
• TED Talk – Rosling Links to an external site. – (example of visualizations for understanding global poverty)
• Lomborg, The Skeptical Environmentalist, Chap. 10 "Forests--are we losing them?"

Optional Readings related to Health in case you happen to be interested in that topic. These are not required:

• Voxiva (pg 361-379) Case study from Prahalad – Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid Links to an external site.
• Intelligent Technology for an Aging Population – AI Magazine
• NETRA: Interactive Display for Estimating Refractive Errors and Focal Range, VPamplona, A Mohan, M Oliveira, R Raskar, SIGGRAPH 2010 Links to an external site.