Course schedule

CS 248 - Introduction to Computer Graphics
Autumn Quarter, 2006
Marc Levoy
Handout #2

Here is the current version of the course schedule. It will be updated as changes are made. In particular, lecture titles and project names will become clickable shortly after a lecture is given or a project assigned. Readings should be completed before the date on which they appear in the schedule. Readings that are not in your textbooks will generally be handed out in class on the date they appear below.

Date	Lecture	Coursework	Reading
Tue Sep 26 Thu Sep 28	Introduction (as PPT or PDF ) Visual perception, raster displays		FvD 1, 4, 13.1
Tue Oct 3 Wed Oct 4 Thu Oct 5	Color theory, color spaces     A bit more on color, introduction to sampling theory	proj1 assigned proj1 help (Eddy) (PPT or PDF)	FvD 13.2-13.6 [Haeberli]   FvD 14.10
Tue Oct 10 Wed Oct 11 Thu Oct 12	Aliasing and antialiasing     Practical supersampling, and rasterization algorithms	proj1 demos proj1 writeup due	FvD 3.17.1-3.17.3     FvD 3.1-3.14 [Haeberli-Akeley]
Tue Oct 17 Wed Oct 18 Thu Oct 19	Practical polygon antialiasing, digital compositing     2D geometric transformations	proj2 assigned proj2 help (Zhang) (PPT or PDF or SWF)	FvD 17.6, [Blinn{16,17}]     FvD 5
Tue Oct 24 Wed Oct 25 Thu Oct 26 Fri Oct 27	3D geometric transformations     Texture mapping and rendering	proj2 demos proj2 writeups due midterm review (Eddy & Zhang)	FvD 17.4, [Heckbert], [Beier]
Mon Oct 30   Tue Oct 31 Wed Nov 1   Thu Nov 2   Fri Nov 3	Viewing I: the wonders of perspective   Viewing II: mathematics of perspective	Midterm, 7-9pm Gates B01 proj3 assigned proj3 help (Andrew)     OpenGL help (Zhang)	GL 1, 2, 3 FvD 6 (skip 6.2,.3,.5.1-.5.3) GL Appendix D
Mon Nov 6   Tue Nov 7     Thu Nov 9	Visibility I: Z-buffer, graphics hardware Visibility II: scanline, area, list priority	proj3 proposal due	FvD 15.1-15.5   FvD 15.6-15.7
Tue Nov 14   Thu Nov 16   Fri Nov 17	Visibility III: ray tracing   Real-time graphics, hardware shaders	proj3 first crits	FvD 15.10-15.11     MH 8, 9, 13, 14
Nov 20 - 24	Thanksgiving recess, no classes
Tue Nov 28     Thu Nov 30	Lighting I: illumination, diffuse reflection Lighting II: generalized lighting models		FvD 16.1-16.3, GL 5, 9
Tue Dec 5   Wed Dec 6   Thu Dec 7   Fri Dec 8	Volume rendering   Image-based modeling and rendering	proj3 final demos, game competition   proj3 writeup due, final exam review (Eddy & Andrew)
Mon Dec 11		Final exam, 12:15pm, Gates B01

Readings: (*) starred entries will be handed out in class. For papers, if its title is displayed in your browser as a link, click on it to download the paper.

[BeierNeely] Beier, T., Neely, S., Feature-Based Image Metamorphosis ,
Computer Graphics (Proc. SIGGRAPH), 26:2, pp. 35-42, 1992. (*)

[Blinn16] Blinn, J., Chapter 16: Compositing - Theory,
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Sep 1994. (*)
reprinted from Jim Blinn's Corner: Dirty Pixels. (*)

[Blinn17] Blinn, J., Chapter 17: Compositing - Practice,
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Nov 1994. (*)
reprinted from Jim Blinn's Corner: Dirty Pixels. (*)

[FvD] Foley, van Dam, Feiner, and Hughes,
Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice,
second edition in C, Addison-Wesley.
Click here for errata

[Haeberli] Haeberli, P., Paint by numbers,
Computer Graphics (Proc. SIGGRAPH), 24:4, pp. 207-208, 1990. (*)

[Haeberli-Akeley] Haeberli, P., Akeley, K.,
The Accumulation Buffer: Hardware Support for High-Quality Rendering,
Computer Graphics (Proc. SIGGRAPH), 24:4, pp. 309-318, 1990.

[Heckbert] Heckbert, P., A Survey of Texture Mapping, (PDF of text, PDF of figures)
IEEE Computer Graphics, 6:11, pp. 56-67, 1986. (*)

[MH] Möller and Haines,
Real-Time Rendering,
second edition, A K Peters, 2002.

[GL] Shreiner, Woo, Neider, and Davis,
OpenGL Programming Guide
fifth edition, Addison-Wesley.