COS 426 - Computer Graphics

Spring 2011

Course home Outline and lecture notes Assignments


Readings

The textbook for the course is Fundamentals of Computer Graphics, Third Edition,
Peter Shirley et al., A.K. Peters, July 2009, ISBN: 978-1568814698.


Schedule

Date Lecture (click for notes) Readings Assignments
Tue, Feb 1 Introduction; color Ch. 1, 3.1-3.3, 21  
Thu, Feb 3 Digital Image Processing Ch. 3.4, 9  
Fri, Feb 4 Precept 0: Getting started    
Tue, Feb 8 Sampling and warping [Beier & Neely 1992]  
Thu, Feb 10 Compositing   Assignment #0 due
Fri, Feb 11 Precept 1: Assignment 1    
Tue, Feb 15 3D Modeling Ch. 12  
Thu, Feb 17 3D Meshes Ch. 1-3 of notes by Botsch et al. Assignment #1 due
Fri, Feb 18 Precept 2: OpenGL head start    
Tue, Feb 22 Subdivision surfaces Ch. 1, 2.1, 4, 5 of notes by Zorin et al.  
Thu, Feb 24 Parametric curves and surfaces Ch. 15  
Fri, Feb 25 Precept 3: Assignment 2    
Tue, Mar 1 Implicit surfaces and solid models Ch. 16  
Thu, Mar 3 Transformations and scene graphs Ch. 6  
Fri, Mar 4 Precept 4: Exam 1 Review Old exams  
Tue, Mar 8 More on transformations   Assignment #2 due
Thu, Mar 10 In-class exam #1: Covers content through transformations
Fri, Mar 11 No class - spring break
Tue, Mar 15
Thu, Mar 17
Fri, Mar 18
Tue, Mar 22 Midterm review; Rendering overview Ch. 4.1, 8.1  
Thu, Mar 24 Ray Tracing Ch. 4, 7  
Fri, Mar 25 Precept 5: Assignment 3    
Tue, Mar 29 Lighting and reflectance Ch. 10  
Thu, Mar 31 Global illumination Ch. 13.1, 13.4, 24  
Fri, Apr 1 Precept 6: More on OpenGL    
Tue, Apr 5 Rasterization pipeline Ch. 8, 18 Assignment #3, part 1 due
Thu, Apr 7 More on Rasterization Ch. 11  
Fri, Apr 8 Precept 7: GLSL    
Tue, Apr 12 Character Animation Ch. 17  
Thu, Apr 14 Passive Dynamics   Assignment #3, part 2 due
Fri, Apr 15 Precept 8: Assignment 4    
Tue, Apr 19 Active Dynamics; Skinning    
Thu, Apr 21 Group Behaviors    
Fri, Apr 22 Precept 9: Exam 2 Review    
Tue, Apr 26 Review Old exams Assignment #4 due
Thu, Apr 28 In-class exam #2
Tue, May 10 Final project demos Final project writeup due



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