Advanced Computer Graphics

Description:	This course will cover advanced topics in computer graphics, including:  Realism: ray tracing, path tracing, and radiosity Speed: occlusion culling, level-of-detail, texture tricks Hardware: rendering pipeline, graphics architectures Non-traditional rendering: pen-and-ink, painterly rendering Animation: physically-based modeling, collision detection, particle systems Image-based rendering: image warping, sprites, layered-depth images.  Programming assignments will explore several of these topics. Though we will use professional software systems and libraries such as OpenGL, Maya, and Renderman, the course will focus on understanding the underlying principles rather than mastering the tools.  Strong C/C++ programming skills and previous computer graphics experience are assumed.
Texts:	Required: None Suggested: Advanced Animation and Rendering Techniques: Theory and Practice by Watt and Watt, Addison-Wesley (1992). Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice by Foley, van Dam, Feiner, and Hughes, Addison-Wesley (1993). OpenGL Programming Guide: The Official Guide to Learning OpenGL, Version 1.1 by Mason Woo et al., Addison-Wesley (1997).
Documentation:	The PPM file format.
Infrastructure:	In order to use the infrastructure in place in the class account, you'll need to make some modifications to your unixlab account.
Handouts:
Lectures:	Lecture Date Topic 1 1/18/01 Introduction, pretty pictures 2 1/23/01 Ray tracing: the basics 3 1/25/01 Ray tracing: accelerating basic ray tracing 4 1/30/01 Antialiasing 5 2/1/01 Fourier theory, convolution, etc (transparencies) 6 2/6/01 Prefiltering, supersampling 7 2/8/01 Stochastic sampling, texture map antialiasing 8 2/13/01 Advanced ray tracing, intro to radiosity 9 2/15/01 Radiosity -- 2/20/01 QUIZ #1 -- 2/22/01 Class cancelled (snow day) 10 2/27/01 Radiosity Continued 11 3/1/01 Level of Detail: fundamentals 12 3/6/01 Sadly, lecture 12 has been lost 13 3/8/01 Level of Detail conclusion 14 3/20/01 Guest lecture [Dave Brogan]: Making Movies 15 3/22/01 Image-based rendering: Light fields 16 3/27/01 Image-based rendering: View-dependent rendering 17 3/29/01 Occlusion culling: cells & portals 18 4/3/01 Occlusion culling: hierarchical z-buffer, HOM 19 4/5/01 Image-based simplification 20 4/10/01 Collision detection 21 4/12/01 Real-time programmable shading 22 4/17/01 Perceptually driven interactive rendering -- 4/19/01 Lab: work on final projects -- 4/24/01 Lab: work on final projects 23 4/26/01 Review for final exam -- 5/1/01 Lab: work on final projects -- 5/4/01 FINAL EXAM (all day)