This schedule will be updated as the semester progresses.
Readings:
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Week |
Class Dates | Assignments | Topics and Readings |
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1 |
Wed, Jan 18 | Review and fundamentals of graphics math (Skim as needed) Shirley chapter 1: Introduction, chapter 2: Miscellaneous Math, chapter 5: Linear Algebra, chapter 6: Transformation Matrices |
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| 2 | Mon, Jan 23 | Shirley chapter 3: 3.1
Raster Displays, 3.2 Monitor Intensities and Gamma, 3.3 RGB Color, 3.4 The Alpha Channel |
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| Wed, Jan 25 | |||
| 3 | Mon, Jan 30 | Basic ray tracing, shooting rays, ray/sphere
intersection Shirley chapter 10: Ray Tracing |
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| Wed, Feb 1 (Ed out of town) | |||
| 4 | Mon, Feb 6 | Ray/polygon intersection,
surface shading Shirley chapter 9: Surface Shading |
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| Wed, Feb 8 | |||
| 5 | Mon, Feb 13 | Anti-aliasing Shirley chapter 4: Signal Processing Assignment 1 discussion |
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| Wed, Feb 15 | |||
| 6 | Mon, Feb 20 | Assignment 1 Due | Stochastic sampling (Cook TOG 86 paper) |
| Wed, Feb 22 | |||
| 7 | Mon, Feb 27 | ||
| Wed, Mar 1 | Midterm Exam | ||
| 8 | Mon, Mar 6 | Distributed ray tracing (Cook SIGGRAPH 84 paper) |
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| Wed, Mar 8 | |||
| Mon, Mar 13 (Spring break) | |||
| Wed, Mar 15 (Spring break) | |||
| 9 | Mon, Mar 20 | Measuring light, the rendering
equation Shirley chapter 19, (Watt Chapter 7), (Kajiya SIGGRAPH 86 paper) |
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| Wed, Mar 22 | Assignment 2 Due | ||
| 10 | Mon, Mar 27 | ||
| Wed, Mar 29 | |||
| 11 | Mon, Apr 3 | Advanced global illumination, path tracing, particle tracing, photon mapping (Watt Chapter 10) | |
| Wed, Apr 5 | |||
| 12 | Mon, Apr 10 | ||
| Wed, Apr 12 | Assignment 3 Due | ||
| 13 | Mon, Apr 17 | ||
| Wed, Apr 19 | Research area presentations 1, 2 | ||
| 14 | Mon, Apr 24 | Research area presentations 3, 4 | |
| Wed, Apr 26 | Research area presentations 5, 6 | ||
| 15 | Mon, May 1 | Research area presentations 7, 8 | |
| Wed, May 3 | Final Project Due | Research area presentation 9 | |
| Fri, May 5, 12−3 PM | Final Exam Period | Final project presentations |