CS 248 - Introduction to Computer Graphics

Autumn Quarter, 2007
Instructor: Kurt Akeley

Course Schedule

Here is the current version of the course schedule. It will be updated as changes are made. In particular, lecture titles and project names will become clickable shortly after a lecture is given or a project assigned. Readings should be completed before the date on which they appear in the schedule.

Date	Lecture	Coursework	Reading
Tue, Sep 25	Introduction (ppt) (pdf)
Thu, Sep 27	OpenGL (ppt) (pdf)		Mark Segal and Kurt Akeley, The Design of the OpenGL Graphics Interface, unpublished OpenGL Programming Guide, Chapter 1 (Introduction to OpenGL) and Appendix D (Basics of GLUT: the OpenGL Utility Tool) Become familiar with www.opengl.org: OpenGL, GLU, GLUT specifications, extension specifications Optional: David Blythe, The Direct3D 10 System, SIGGRAPH 2006
Tue, Oct 2	Sampling and Aliasing (ppt) (pdf)	Project 1 assigned	FvD 14.10 (Aliasing and antialiasing) Browse OpenGL specification
Thu, Oct 4	Pre-Filter Antialiasing (ppt) (pdf)		FvD 3.17 Antialiasing
Tue, Oct 9	Rasterization (ppt) (pdf)	Project 1 source code submitted by 11:59pm	FvD 3.1-3.14 Rasterization
Wed, Oct 10		Project 1 demos
Thu, Oct 11	Multisample Antialiasing (ppt) (pdf)	Project 1 write-up due (no write up due for this project)	Paul Haeberli and Kurt Akeley, The Accumulation Buffer: Hardware Support for High-Quality Rendering, SIGGRAPH 1990 Kurt Akeley, RealityEngine Graphics, SIGGRAPH 1993 Optional: Marc Olano and Trey Greer, Triangle Scan Conversion Using 2D Homogeneous Coordinates, Graphics Hardware 1997
Tue, Oct 16	2-D Transformations (ppt) (pdf)	Project 2 assigned	FvD 5 SGI OpenGL multisample specification ARB OpenGL multisample specification
Thu, Oct 18	3-D Transformations (ppt) (pdf)		No reading assignment
Fri, Oct 19		Project 2 help session, 4:15pm-5pm in Gates B03
Tue, Oct 23	Viewing and Perspective (ppt) (pdf)	Project 2 write up submitted by 11:59pm	FvD 6 OpenGL Chapter 3
Thu, Oct 25	Texture Mapping (ppt) (pdf)		FvD 17.4 OpenGL Chapter 9 Optional: Heckbert, P., A Survery of Texture Mapping, IEEE Computer Graphics, 1986. (figures)
Mon, Oct 29	Midterm 7-9pm in Gates B01
Tue, Oct 30	Modern Game Techniques (Andrew Adams) (source code) (ppt) (pdf)	Project 3 assigned	Work through the tutorial at http://www.lighthouse3d.com/opengl/glsl
Thu, Nov 1	Illumination and Direct Reflection (ppt) (pdf)		FvD 16.7
Mon, Nov 5		Project 3 proposal due
Tue, Nov 6	Z-buffer (ppt) (pdf)		FvD 15.1-15.5
Thu, Nov 8	Graphics Hardware (ppt) (pdf)		David Blythe, Rise of the Graphics Processor. This paper will be emailed to the class. Please do not distribute.
Tue, Nov 13	Graphics Performance, Debugging and Optimisation (Guest Speaker: Dave Oldcorn, AMD) (ppt) (pdf)		OpenGL 2.1 specification sections 2.8 and 2.9
Wed, Nov 14		Project 3 first critiques
Thu, Nov 15	Clever Uses of OpenGL (ppt) (pdf)		Michael Abrash's Graphics Programming Black Book
Tue, Nov 20	Thanksgiving
Thu, Nov 22	Thanksgiving
Tue, Nov 27	Color Theory (ppt) (pdf)
Thu, Nov 29	Perception (ppt) (pdf)
Tue, Dec 4	Computational Photography (Guest speaker: Marc Levoy)
Wed, Dec 5		Project 3 competition
Thu, Dec 6	Focus Cues (ppt) (pdf)
Fri, Dec 7		Project 3 write-up due
Thu, Dec 13	Final 7-10pm