638 Calendar for Fall, 1999

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Assignments may not be placed on the calendar before they are announced. Anything here is subject to revision, especially the topic schedule!

Right now, the topic schedule is mainly here to give you an idea of what we will be covering.

The reading assignments listed here are the required readings. A description of the readings is given in the lecture description (linked to from each date). Optional readings are also described on that page. HBn means chapter n of Hearn and Baker. Bracketted names refer to papers in the reader. GL refers to chapters in the GL book.

September

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thur

Fri

1

2 Welcome and Policies

3

6

7 Overview and Intro
Reading: HB1, HB2

8

9 Images Basics
Reading: [Gamma], HB 14-3
Homework #1 Due!

10

13
fltk
help

14 Color
Reading: HB14-4, HB15

15

16 Image Representation
(no reading)
HW #2 Due!

17

20

21 Sampling
Read: [hanrahan], web notes

22

23 Compositing
Reading: [PorterDuff] [Smith]
HW #3 Due!

24

27

28 More imaging
Reading: [BlinnSmith],HB4-8

29

30 Imaging Wrap Up

October

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thur

Fri

4

5 Raster Algorithms
Reading: HB 3

6

7 2D Objects & Modeling
Reading: HB 4

8

11

12 Transformations
Reading: HB5

13

14 More Transformations and 2D Stuff
Reading: HB7

15

18

19 2D Transforms and GL
Project 1 Due!

20

21 GL, Animation, Transforms
HB5 and 7

22

25

26 Curves
Reading: HB 10-6,7,8,9

27

28 More Curves
HW #4 Due!

29

November

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thur

Fri

1

2 3D Basics Viewing
Reading: HB9, HB 11, HB 12
HW #5 Due!

3

4 3D Viewing and Transformations
Reading: HB 11 and 12

5

8

9 3D Transformations and Geometry
Reading: HB 11, 12, HB 10-1 to HB 10-6

10

11 Curves and Surfaces
Reading: HB 10-6 to HB 10-15

12

15

16 Rendering Basics
HB: 13 (skim 13-7 on), 14-5
Project 2 Due

17

18 Illumination
HB: 14-1,2,7,8,9

19

22

23 Surfaces and Shading
Reading: HB 14

24

25 Thanksgiving

26

29

30 Rendering Algortithms

December

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thur

Fri

1

2 Texture Mapping
HB: 14-9

3

6

7 Simulation and Visualization
Project #3 Due!

8

9 Hot Topics in Graphics

10

13

14 Review

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16

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Final Exam: Sunday, December 19th, 10AM