| Date |
Topic (click for notes) |
Readings |
Assignments |
| Mon, Sep 15 |
Introduction; 3D object representations |
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| Wed, Sep 17 |
Mesh data structures; intro to decimation |
Luebke 01 |
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| Mon, Sep 22 |
Mesh simplification |
Garland 97,
Hoppe 96,
Hoppe 97
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| Wed, Sep 24 |
Mesh signal processing |
Guskov 00 |
Exercise #1 due |
| Mon, Sep 29 |
Subdivision surfaces |
SIGGRAPH 2000 Course Notes |
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| Wed, Oct 1 |
Splines and parametric surfaces |
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| Mon, Oct 6 |
Implicit surfaces |
Bloomenthal 02 |
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| Wed, Oct 8 |
Volumetric representations |
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Assignment #1 due |
| Mon, Oct 13 |
Managing scene complexity |
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| Wed, Oct 15 |
Visibility computation |
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| Mon, Oct 20 |
Image-based modeling and rendering |
Levoy 96, Gortler 96 |
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| Wed, Oct 22 |
Image and light field sampling |
Chai 00 |
Exercise #2 due |
| Mon, Oct 27 |
No class - fall break |
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| Wed, Oct 29 |
No class - fall break |
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| Mon, Nov 3 |
(Class canceled) |
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| Wed, Nov 5 |
Local illumination and BRDFs |
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Assignment #2 due |
| Mon, Nov 10 |
Global illumination |
Kajiya 86 |
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| Wed, Nov 12 |
Monte Carlo path tracing |
SIGGRAPH 2001 course notes |
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| Mon, Nov 17 |
Radiosity |
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Exercise #3 due |
| Wed, Nov 19 |
Monte Carlo details |
Lafortune 94; Lafortune 93 |
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| Mon, Nov 24 |
Kinematics |
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| Wed, Nov 26 |
No class - happy Thanksgiving! |
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| Mon, Dec 1 |
Particle systems and passive dynamics |
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| Wed, Dec 3 |
Active dynamics |
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Assignment #3 due |
| Mon, Dec 8 |
Differential Geometry and Suggestive Contours |
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| Wed, Dec 10 |
Final project proposal talks |
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| Mon, Jan 12 |
Final project presentations |
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| Tue, Jan 13 |
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Final project writeups |
