Computer Graphics

Number:

CSD 15-462

Instructor:

Teaching Assistants:

Kai Kang(kaik1)
Yu Mao(ymao1)
Sohail Sidique(ssidique)

Office Hours:

Pollard:	By Appointment
Kai:	Friday 6-8pm
Yu:	Thursday 8-10pm
Sohail:	Tuesday 8-10pm

Time:

MW 10:30 am - 11:50 am

Location:

HH B131(Lectures)

Discussion Board:

Piazza

Final:

TBD

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: (15213 and 21240 and 21259) or (15213 and 21241 and 21259) or (18202 and 18213) Once you've completed 15-462, you may be interested in other courses offered by the Carnegie Mellon Graphics Lab. Textbook There is no required textbook for 15-462, though a variety of books may provide good supplementary material: Pete Shirley and Steve Marschner with Michael Ashikhmin, Michael Gleicher, Naty Hoffman, Garrett Johnson, Tamara Munzner, Erik Reinhard, Kelvin Sung, William B. Thompson, Peter Willemsen, and Bryan Wyvill Fundamentals of Computer Graphics. A K Peters, 2009 [ On Amazon ] John F. Hughes, Andries van Dam, Morgan McGuire, David F. Sklar, James D. Foley, Steven K. Feiner, and Kurt Akeley Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice [ On Amazon ] Matt Pharr and Greg Humphreys Physically Based Rendering: From Theory to Implementation [ On Amazon ] This book (PBRT) is the book for learning about modern ray tracing techniques. It has a great website with full source code online for an advanced physically-based ray tracer. It even won an oscar for its impact on the film industry! Assignments & Grading (15%) Project 1 SVG Renderer (15%) Project 2 Mesh Editor (20%) Project 3 Pathtracer (15%) Project 4 TBD (15%) Midterm Exam (20%) Final Exam You will be given a total of 5 "late days" You can only use them on the first three assignments. If you run out of latedays, we will take 10 out 100 off from any late assignments. No assignment will be accepted more than three days past the deadline Note: Please use the Bulletin Board as a primary resource rather than emailing TAs directly. It will yield a more timely respones as all the TAs will be browsing it and your question may even have been answered already!

Syllabus

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

Introduction

Name:	Course Introduction
Date:	Mon 01/11
Slides:	Lecture 1 Slides

Name:	Drawing a Triangle(+ Introduction to Sampling)
Date:	Wed 01/13
Slides:	Lecture 2 Slides

Name:	No class MLK day
Date:	Mon 01/18

Name:	Triangle "inside test" and Transforms
Date:	Wed 01/20
Slides:	Lecture 3 Slides
Notes:	Project 1 Out
Notes:	Project 1

Name:	More Transforms
Date:	Mon 01/25
Slides:	Lecture 4 Slides

Name:	3D Rotations And Projection
Date:	Wed 01/27
Slides:	Lecture 5 Slides

Name:	Barycentric
Date:	Mon 02/01
Slides:	Lecture 6 Slides

Name:	Textures
Date:	Wed 02/03
Slides:	Lecture 7 Slides

Name:	Graphics Pipeline
Date:	Mon 02/08
Slides:	Lecture 8 Slides

Name:	Guest Lecture - Jim McCann, Disney Research
Date:	Wed 02/10

Geometry

Name:	Intro to Geometry
Date:	Mon 02/15
Slides:	Lecture 9 Slides

Name:	Curves, Surfaces and Meshes
Date:	Wed 02/17
Notes:	Project 2 Out
Notes:	Project 2
Slides:	Lecture 10 Slides

Name:	Geometric Processing
Date:	Mon 02/22
Slides:	Lecture 11 Slides

Name:	More Geometry Processing
Date:	Wed 02/24
Slides:	Lecture 12 Slides

Midterm

Name:	Midterm Review
Date:	Mon 02/29
Slides:	Midterm Review

Name:	Midterm Exam
Date:	Wed 03/02

Name:	Spring Break
Date:	Mon 03/07

Name:	Spring Break
Date:	Wed 03/09

Light, Rendering, and Materials

Name:	Measuring Light: Radiometry and Cameras
Date:	Mon 03/14
Notes:	Project 3 Out
Slides:	Lecture 14 Slides
Notes:	Project 3

Name:	Numerical Integration and Quadrature
Date:	Wed 03/16
Notes:	Project 2 Due
Slides:	Lecture 15 Slides

Name:	Reflection and Materials
Date:	Mon 03/21
Slides:	Lecture 16 Slides

Name:	Accelerating Geometric Queries
Date:	Wed 03/23
Slides:	Lecture 17 Slides

Name:	CANCELLED
Date:	Mon 03/28

Name:	Global Illumination
Date:	Wed 03/30
Slides:	Lecture 18 Slides

Animation

Name:	Advanced Sampling and Rendering
Date:	Mon 04/04
Slides:	Lecture 19 Slides

Name:	High Performance Ray Tracing
Date:	Wed 04/06
Slides:	Lecture 20 Slides
Notes:	Project 4 Out
Notes:	Project 4

Name:	Project 3 Due
Date:	Fri 04/08

Name:	Intro to Animation
Date:	Mon 04/11
Slides:	Lecture 21 Slides

Name:	Dynamics and Integration
Date:	Wed 04/13
Slides:	Lecture 22 Slides

Color and Image Processing

Name:	Theory of Color
Date:	Mon 04/18
Slides:	Lecture 23 Slides

Name:	Image Processing Basics
Date:	Wed 04/20
Slides:	Lecture 24 Slides

Name:	The Light Field and Computational Cameras
Date:	Mon 04/25
Slides:	Lecture 25 Slides

Final Exam

Name:	Final Exam Review
Date:	Wed 04/27
Notes:	Project 4 Due
Slides:	Review Slides

Name:	Final Exam
Date:	Mon 05/02
Notes:	Location: Wean 7500