COS 426:
Computer Graphics
Spring 2008

Weeks		Lectures (click for notes)	Readings
1	Tu 2/5	Introduction	H&B 1, 2.1-2.2, 12, Appendix A
	Th 2/7	Image Processing I	H&B 10.8-10.9, [Smith95b]
2	Tu 2/12	Image Processing II	H&B 4.17, [Hanrahan95]
	Th 2/14	Image Composition	[Smith95a], [Smith95c], [Beier92]
3	Tu 2/19	Modeling Overview	H&B 8.1-8.7
	Th 2/21	Modeling with Polygonal Meshes
4	Tu 2/26	Modeling with Subdivision Surfaces	Chapters 1-2 of [Zorin00]
	Th 2/28	Modeling with Parametric Curves	H&B 8.8-8.18
5	Tu 3/4	Modeling with Parametric & Implicit Surfaces
	Th 3/6	Modeling with Solid Representations	H&B 8.19-8.28, [Kaufman00]
6	Tu 3/11	Modeling with Scene Graphs	H&B 5, 14
	Th 3/13	First Midterm (Old midterms)	Bring an 8.5x11" cheat sheet
7	Tu 3/18	No class - spring break
	Th 3/20	No class - spring break
8	Tu 3/25	Rendering Overview	H&B 2-9, 3.1-3.4, 3.14-3.16
	Th 3/27	Rendering with Ray Casting	H&B 10.11
9	Tu 4/1	Rendering with Direct Illumination	H&B 10.1-10.7
	Th 4/3	Rendering Polygon Pipeline	H&B 6, 7
10	Tu 4/8	Rendering with Shading & Textures	H&B 10.10, 10.17-10.18, [Heckbert86]
	Th 4/10	Animation and Simulation Overview	[Witkin01a], [Witkin01b]
11	Tu 4/15	Animation with Keyframes
	Th 4/17	Simulation with Active Dynamics	H&B 13
12	Tu 4/22	Global Illumination	H&B 9, 10.12-10.14
	Th 4/24	Final Project Planning
13	Tu 4/29	Final Project Proposal Presentations: part 1
	Th 5/1	Final Project Proposal Presentations: part 2
	Tu 5/13	Final Project Demo Day