COMP236, Spring 2006: Tentative Course Organization

Table of Contents:

1. Lecture 1
2. Lecture 2
3. Lecture 3
4. Lecture 4

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Lecture 1: Course Introduction
 
 

• Course Outline
• Introduction
• Material Covered
• Grading Policy
• Homeworks
• Books and Course Notes
• Pre-requisites
• COMP235
• Portions of COMP136
• Linear Algebra
• Programming in C/C++
• Computer Graphics
• What is computer graphics?
• Why is it important?
• Brief history of computer graphics.
• Course Overview
• Polygon Rasterization Pipeline
• Hidden Surface Removal
• Physics: Interaction between Light and Object
• Rendering: Mappings, Ray Tracing, Radiosity Methods
• Curves and Surfaces; Solid Modeling
• Course Project
• Significant portion of the final grade
• Potential for extra credit
• Should have a novel component (in terms of idea, research etc.)
• Any topic related to computer graphics
• Teams of 2-3 students are allowed

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Lecture 2: Mathematical Fundamentals and Transformations

 Reading Material: Chapter 1, Watt & Watt; Chapter 5, Foley, van Dam et al.

• Affine Transformations
• Translations
• Rotations
• Homogeneous Coordinates
• Changing Coordinate Systems
• Vectors
• Dot Product and Cross Product
• Normal Vector Reflection
• Scene Graph and OpenGL
• Quaternions

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Lectures 3 & 4: Graphical Pipeline & Geometric Transformations

 Reading Material: Chapter 5, Watt & Watt; Chapter 5, Foley, van Dam et al.; Chapter 3, Woo et al.

• Coordinate Spaces
• Graphical Pipeline and Polygonal Representation
• Local Coordinate Spaces
• World Coordinate Spaces
• View Coordinate Spaces
• Operations performed in the View Space
• Three Dimensional Screen Space
• Perspective Transformation
• View Volume and Depth
• Introduction to OpenGL

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Lecture 5 & 6 : Clipping and Scan Conversion

Reading Material: Clipping (Foley et al. Chapter 3,6 and 18). Scan-Conversion (Foley et al. Chapter 16,18) Check out: Tutorial on Sutherland-Hodgeman Clipping Algorithm .

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Lecture 5 & 6 : Clipping and Scan Conversion

Reading Material: Clipping (Foley et al. Chapter 3,6 and 18). Scan-Conversion (Foley et al. Chapter 16,18)

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Lecture 7: Visibility: I

Reading Material: Chapter 15, Foley et al.; Chapter 4, Rogers;

Slides available here: Lecture 1 on visibility

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Lecture 8: Visibility: II

Reading Material: Chapter 15, Foley et al.; Chapter 4, Rogers;

Slides available here: Lectures 2,3 on visibility

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Lecture 9: Visibility: III

Reading Material: Chapter 15, Foley et al.; Chapter 4, Rogers;

Slides available here: Lectures 2,3 on visibility

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Lecture 10: Curves and Surfaces: I

Slides on Mathematical Background: Powerpoint Acrobat

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Lecture 11: Curves and Surfaces: II

Bezier Curves Powerpoint Acrobat

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Lecture 12: Curves and Surfaces: III

Bezier Curves Powerpoint Acrobat

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Lecture 13: Curves and Surfaces: IV

Rational Bezier Curves & B-Splines Powerpoint Acrobat

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Lecture 14: Curves and Surfaces: V

Tensor Product Surfaces Powerpoint Acrobat

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Lecture 15: Solid Modeling: I

Slides

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Lecture 16: Solid Modeling: II

Slides

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Lecture 17: Modeling: Special Topics

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Lecture 18: Light/Matter Interaction (Mark Harris)

Slides

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Lecture 19: Lighting and Shading (Mark Harris)

Slides

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Lecture 20: Texture and Environment Mapping I (Paul Zimmons)

Slides

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Lecture 21: Texture and Environment Mapping II (Paul Zimmons)

Slides

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Lecture 22: Ray Tracing I (Andrew Zaferakis)

Slides

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Lecture 23: Ray Tracing II (Andrew Zaferakis)

Slides

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Lecture 24: Shadows I(Kenny Hoff)

Slides

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Lecture 25: Shadows II (Kenny Hoff)

Slides

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Lecture 26: Radiosity (Kenny Hoff)

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Lecture 27: Graphics Architectures I (Karl Hillesland)

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Lecture 28: Graphics Architectures II (Karl Hillesland)

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Lecture 29: Conclusion