Computer Graphics

Number:

CSD 15-462

Instructor:

Teaching Assistants:

Felipe Gomez-Frittelli (fgomezfr)
Vio Yiqing Zhu (yiqingz)
Yuzuko Nakamura (ynakamur)

Office Hours:

Srinivas:	By Appointment
Felipe:	Mon 8:00-10:00 PM
Vio:	Thur 8:00-10:00 PM
Yuzuko:	Wed 8:00-10:00 PM

Time:

MW 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm

Location:

GHC 4215 (Lecture)
GHC 5201 (Office Hours)

Discussion Board:

Piazza
(Email TAs if you did not receive invitation)

Summary


	This course provides a comprehensive introduction to computer graphics modeling, animation, and rendering. Topics covered include basic image processing, geometric transformations, geometric modeling of curves and surfaces, animation, 3-D viewing, visibility algorithms, shading, and ray tracing.

Overview


	Prerequisites The programming assignments in this course will be written in C++ and require knowledge of mathematics involving matrices, vectors, etc. Therefore successful completion of the following courses is required: 15-213/18-243 Introduction to Computer Systems and either 18-202 Mathematical Foundations of Electrical Engineering or both 21-241 Matrix Algebra, and 21-259 Calculus in Three Dimensions Once you've completed 15-462, you may be interested in other courses offered by the Carnegie Mellon Graphics Lab. Textbook There are two required textbooks for 15-462 this semester: Shirley, Peter et. al. Fundamentals of Computer Graphics. 3rd ed. Wellesley: A K Peters, 2009. OpenGL® Architecture Review Board. OpenGL® Programming Guide. 6th ed. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2007. An older edition of the OpenGL® Programming Guide (covering the OpenGL® 1.1 specification) may be found online here and should be sufficient for the purposes of this course. However, the printed text may be of interest as it is newer than the online version and covers the OpenGL® 2.1 specification. Assignments & Grading (10%) Project 1 (15%) Project 2 (15%) Project 3 (15%) Project 4 (15%) Project 5 (15%) Midterm Exam (15%) Final Exam You will be given a total of three "late days" for the semester. You may use these late days to extend the deadline of any programming or written assignment without penalty. Once all three late days have been used, further extensions will only be granted at the instructor's discretion and may incur a grading penalty. Note: Please use Piazza as a primary resource rather than emailing TAs directly. This will yield a more timely response as all the TAs will be browsing Piazza and your question may even have been answered already!

Syllabus

Note: This syllabus may change during the course. Keep checking back.

Introduction

Name:	Introduction
Date:	Mon 08/25
Slides:	Lecture 1 Slides

Name:	OpenGL®
Date:	Wed 08/27
Slides:	Lecture 2 Slides
Reading:	Red Book Ch. 1 and 2
Notes:	Project 1 Assigned
Project:	Project 1 Description
Project:	Project 1 Handout

Name:	Labor Day [no class]
Date:	Mon 09/01
Note:	First Day of Office Hours

Geometry

Name:	Math for Computer Graphics
Date:	Wed 09/03
Slides:	Lecture 3 Slides
Notes:	Math notes

Name:	Transformations
Date:	Mon 09/08
Slides:	Lecture 4 Slides
Notes:	Transformation notes

Name:	Viewing/Camera
Date:	Wed 09/10
Slides:	Lecture 5 Slides
Notes:	Viewing notes

Name:	Curves and Splines
Date:	Mon 09/15
Slides:	Lecture 6 Slides
Notes:	Splines Notes
Notes:	Project 1 Due

Name:	Meshes and Surfaces
Date:	Wed 09/17
Slides:	Lecture 7 Slides
Notes:	Subdivision SIGGRAPH Course
Notes:	Subdivision Notes
Notes:	Project 2 Assigned
Project:	Project 2 Description
Project:	Project 2 Handout

Light

Name:	Lighting and Shadows
Date:	Mon 09/22
Slides:	Lecture 8 Slides

Name:	Materials + Texture Mapping
Date:	Wed 09/24
Slides:	Lecture 9 Slides
Slides:	Texture Mapping Slides

Name:	Shaders
Date:	Mon 09/29
Slides:	Shaders Slides
GLSL Tutorial:	Lighthouse3D Tutorial

Ray Tracing

Name:	Raycasting/raytracing
Date:	Wed 10/01
Slides:	Lecture 10 Slides

Name:	Spatial Data Structures
Date:	Mon 10/06
Slides:	Lecture 11 Slides
Notes:	Project 2 Due
Notes:	Project 3 Assigned
Project:	Project 3 Description
Project:	Project 3 Handout

Midterm Exam

Name:	Midterm Review
Date:	Wed 10/08

Name:	Midterm Exam
Date:	Mon 10/13

Indirect Lighting

Name:	Radiosity
Date:	Wed 10/15
Slides:	Radiosity Reading
Slides:	Lecture 12 Slides

Name:	Photon Mapping
Date:	Mon 10/20
Slides:	Lecture 13 Slides
Notes:	Photon mapping reading

Name:	Subsurface and Volumetric Scattering
Date:	Wed 10/22
Slides:	Lecture 15 Slides
Slides:	Further reading

Name:	Direct-Global Separation
Date:	Mon 10/27
Slides:	Lecture 14 Slides
Notes:	Project 3 Due
Notes:	Project 4 Assigned
Project:	Project 4 Description
Project:	Project 4 Scenes

Animation

Name:	Animation and Motion-capture
Date:	Wed 10/29
Slides:	Lecture 17 Slides
Notes:	Reading

Name:	Differential Equations
Date:	Mon 11/03
Slides:	Lecture 18 Slides
Notes:	Reading: Differential Equation Basics
Notes:	Reading: Implicit Methods

Name:	Particle Systems
Date:	Wed 11/05
Slides:	Lecture 19 Slides

Images

Name:	Image processing
Date:	Mon 11/10
Slides:	Lecture 20: Image Processing

Name:	High Dynamic Range Imaging
Date:	Wed 11/12
Slides:	Lecture 21 Slides

Name:	Photo and Webcam Clipart
Date:	Mon 11/17
Link:	Lecture 21 Reading

Hardware

Name:	Cameras
Date:	Wed 11/19
Link:	CVPR Tutorial on Computational Imaging
Notes:	Project 4 Due
Notes:	Project 5 Assigned
Project:	Project 5 Description
Project:	Project 5 Handout

Name:	GPUs
Date:	Mon 11/24

Name:	Thanksgiving Holiday [no class]
Date:	Wed 11/26

Name:	Displays
Date:	Mon 12/01
Link:	Water Drop Display
Link:	Light Sensitive Display
Link:	360 degree Light Field Display

Final

Name:	Final Review and Project Showcase
Date:	Wed 12/03
Notes:	Project 5 Due

Name:	Final Exam
Date:	Sun 12/14 8:30 AM