COS 426:
Computer Graphics
Spring 2018
COS 426:
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General | Syllabus | Coursework
| Week | Lectures (click for notes) | Readings | Assignments due | |
| 1 | Tue 2/6 | Introduction & Color | Ch. 1, 2, 19 | |
| Thu 2/8 | Digital image processing | [Smith95b], Sections 1-2 of [Paris09] | ||
| Precept 1 | Learning javascript | |||
| 2 | Tue 2/13 | Sampling, resampling, and warping | Ch. 6.15, [Hanrahan95] | |
| Thu 2/15 | Compositing and morphing | Ch. 5.3, [Beier92] | Assignment 0 | |
| Precept 2 | Image processing I | |||
| 3 | Tue 2/20 | 3D Modeling | Ch. 13 | |
| Thu 2/22 | Polygonal Meshes | Sections 1-3 of [Botsch07] | ||
| Precept 3 | Image processing II | |||
| Sun 2/25 | → | Assignment 1 | ||
| 4 | Tue 2/27 | Parametric curves and surfaces | Ch. 14 | |
| Thu 3/1 | Subdivision surfaces | Sections 1, 2.1, 4, 5 of [Zorin00] | ||
| Precept 4 | Halfedge structure | |||
| 5 | Tue 3/6 | Implicit surfaces and solid models | Ch. 15 | |
| Thu 3/8 | Scenes & transformations | Ch. A.1, A.2, A.5, 7, 9, 11 | ||
| Precept 5 | Mesh processing | |||
| Sun 3/11 | → | Assignment 2 | ||
| 6 | Tue 3/13 | More on transformations, Exam Q&A | Ch. 8, 10 | |
| Thu 3/15 | In-class exam #1: Content through shape representations | |||
| Precept 6 | Open office hour (Wed only; no Thu precept) | |||
| Spring break | ||||
| 7 | Tue 3/27 | Rendering & Ray casting | Ch. 16, 21.1 | |
| Thu 3/29 | Lighting & reflectance | Ch. 17-18 | ||
| Precept 7 | GLSL & Ray tracing I | |||
| 8 | Tue 4/3 | Global illumination | Ch. 21 | |
| Thu 4/5 | 3D Rasterization Pipeline | Ch. 6 | ||
| Precept 8 | Ray tracing II | |||
| Sun 4/8 | → | Assignment 3 | ||
| 9 | Tue 4/10 | Scan Conversion | ||
| Thu 4/12 | Non-photorealistic Rendering | |||
| Precept 9 | Rasterizer | |||
| 10 | Tue 4/17 | Passive dynamics & particle systems | [Reeves83] [Witkin01a] [Witkin01b] | |
| Thu 4/19 | Character animation | |||
| Fri 4/20 | → | Assignment 4 | ||
| Precept 10 | Animation I | |||
| 11 | Tue 4/24 | Games | ||
| Thu 4/26 | Fabrication | |||
| Precept 11 | Open office hour | |||
| Sun 4/29 | → | Assignment 5 | ||
| 12 | Tue 5/1 | Project Proposals I (in class) | ||
| Thu 5/3 | Project Proposals II (in class) | |||
| Precept 12 | Open office hour (Wed only; no Thu precept) | |||
| Tue 5/8 | No class this week - reading week! | |||
| Tue 5/15 | Dean's Date: final project writeup due | |||
| Wed 5/16 | Final Project demos I (4:30-6pm) | |||
| Thu 5/17 | Final Project demos II (noon-1:30pm) | |||