15-462 Schedule, Spring 2000

Schedule, Spring '00

This schedule is approximate.

Tue, 18 Jan. introduction, videos.
Thu, 20 Jan. raster part 1.
Tue, 25 Jan. raster part 2.
Thu, 27 Jan. image processing videos, curves part 1.
Tue, 1 Feb. parametric curves and surfaces
Thu, 3 Feb. ASSIGNMENT 1 DEMOS (paint program)
Tue, 8 Feb. parametric curves and surfaces
Thu, 10 Feb. polygon meshes, implicit surfaces, constructive solid geometry. HOMEWORK 1 DUE
Tue, 15 Feb. transformations. show assignment 1 video
Thu, 17 Feb. hierarchical modeling, generalized cylinders
Tue, 22 Feb. viewing, clipping. Lecture by Chris Rodriguez
Thu, 24 Feb. ASSIGNMENT 2 DEMOS (generalized cylinders)
Tue, 29 Feb. transforming normals, light & color
Thu, 2 Mar. reflectance & shading. Lecture by Adrian Perez. show assignment 2 video
Tue, 7 Mar. Direct3D, multi-pass and multi-texture filtering. Lecture by Adrian Perez. HOMEWORK 2 DUE
Thu, 9 Mar. MIDTERM
Tue, 14 Mar. keyframe & procedural animation
Thu, 16 Mar. dynamics. animation videos. midterms and asst2 feedback distributed. discussion of midterm.
Tue, 21 Mar. ASSIGNMENT 3 DEMOS (animation)
Thu, 23 Mar. line and polygon scan conversion graded HW1's, solutions to HW1 & midterm problems distributed. show assignment 3 video.
Tue, 28 Mar. no class - spring break
Thu, 30 Mar. no class - spring break
Tue, 4 Apr. visibility, painter's & z-buffer algorithms
Thu, 6 Apr. ray casting, ray-surface intersection testing. HW2 returned, assignment 3 feedback
Tue, 11 Apr. spatial data structures. HOMEWORK 3 DUE
Thu, 13 Apr. antialiasing, distribution ray tracing
Tue, 18 Apr. spatial data structures 2 (BSP trees)
Thu, 20 Apr. volume rendering
Tue, 25 Apr. virtual reality
Thu, 27 Apr. ASSIGNMENT 4 DEMOS (ray casting)
Tue, 2 May. hardware
Thu, 4 May. review. faculty/TA/course evaluations. Sign up to purchase class videotape. HW3 returned Mon afternoon
Tue, 9 May. FINAL EXAM, 5:30-8:30 pm, Wean 7500
Distribute copies of class animation videotape.

15-462, Computer Graphics 1
Paul Heckbert, Jan. 2000