CMSC 635: Advanced Computer Graphics
Tentative Course Calendar
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Spring 1999
Spring 1999
| Week | Date | Topics | Chapter | Lab |
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| 1 | Feb. 1 | Introduction; overview; | 1 | |
| Feb. 3 | view pipeline review. illumination review | |||
| 2 | Feb. 8 | Hidden Surface Removal Characterization, Coherence, HSR - Image Space Techniques |
Characterization..., A-buffer paper |
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| Feb. 10 | HSR - Start of Object Space Techniques | Initial Lab4 proposals due Feb. 12 |
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| 3 | Feb. 15 | Finish HSR, Intro to Edge, Illumination and Lighting |
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| Feb. 17 | Illumination and Lighting Local Illumination models, shading |
2.1-2.6, Cook & Torrence |
Lab 1 : advanced illumination | |
| 4 | Feb. 22 | Advanced Illumination: Light Characteristics, Cook-Torrance |
2.6, 5, Oren & Nayer |
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| Feb. 24 | Transparency Intro Shadow Generation |
5 | ||
| 5 | Mar. 1 | Shadow Generation: Shadow edges, polygons, volumes, Intro Radiosity |
11 | Lab 4: Proposal Due |
| Mar. 3 | Radiosity Intro Global Illumination |
11 | ||
| 6 | Mar. 8 | Global Illumination: radiosity, raytracing, rendering equation | 12 | |
| Mar. 10 | Review for Midterm |
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| 7 | Mar. 15 | Progress Reports; No Class |
Lab1 Due | |
| Mar. 17 | Midterm | |||
| 8 | Mar. 29 | Review Midterm Texture Mapping: Introduction |
6 | Lab 2 Assigned: Texture Mapping |
| Mar. 31 | Texture mapping | 6, Heckbert | ||
| 9 | Apr. 5 | pre-integrated texture mapping : mip-mapping and summed area tables | Lab4 Initial Report Due | |
| Apr. 7 | Bump mapping; Environmental, 2D Procedural Texturing | 7, 7.2, | ||
| 10 | Apr. 12 | Solid Texturing: Introduction | 7, 7.2, Perlin, Peachey |
Jacobs, Wheatley |
| Apr. 14 | Noise and Stochastic 3D textures | Lab 2 Due 4/16 Assign Lab 3: Procedural Techniques Rhudy, Morris |
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| 11 | Apr. 19 | Noise and turbulence | Ebert, Gardner, |
Su - missed |
| Apr. 21 | Short class because of Perlin's visit | Lab 4 Progress Reports due 4/22 Greenwell |
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| 12 | Apr. 26 | Aliasing: Fundamentals, sampling and Fourier Synthesis, Anti-Aliasing Techniques: filtering, supersampling, stochastic techniques | 4.1, 4.2, Cook's paper, Blinn's tutorial | Eller, Mager |
| Apr. 28 | Anti-Aliasing: ray tracing, texture mapping, color, time | 4.3-4.5 | Cunningham, Tracy, Su | |
| 13 | May 3 | Procedural Techniques: Modeling | 7.1, 7.3 | Gee, Romano |
| May 5 | Procedural Modeling, L-systems, Particle Systems, Fractals | 14.1, 7.4, 7.5 | Lab 3 Due 5/7 Wan, Rowley |
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| 14 | May 10 | Review, Student Presentations | ||
| May 12 | Final Student Presentations | Lab 4 Due | ||
| 15 | May 17 | Final Exam 3:30 -5:30pm |