Lecture Schedule and Assignment Due Dates

Lecture Schedule

Will be revised as class progresses!

Date Topic Lecture Slides Readings
W 8/24 Introduction PDF Shirley et al., chs. 1,2,3, and 5
M 8/29 Color PDF Shirley et al., chs. 21, 22, 23
W 8/31 Color continued
M 9/5 No Class
W 9/7 Shading PDF Shirley et al., ch. 10
M 9/12 Shading continued
W 9/14 Transformations
(Lecturer: Ren Ng)
Ren's slides
2D 3D
Shirley et al., chs. 5, 6
M 9/19 Ray Tracing PDF Shirley et al., chs. 4, 12, 13
W 9/21 Ray Tracing continued
M 9/26 Acceleration Data Structures PDF Shirley et al., ch. 12
W 9/28 Perspective PDF Shirley et al., ch. 7
M 10/3 Morphing
(Lecturer: Alyosha Efros)
PDF
W 10/5 Scan Conversion
(Lecturers: Cecilia Zhang and Jingyi Li)
PDF Shirley et al., ch. 8
M 10/10 3D Rotations and Perspective See 9/14 and 9/28
W 10/12 Hidden Surfaces
Textures
PDF
PDF
Shirley et al., ch. 8
M 10/17 Textures continued
W 10/19 Midterm
M 10/24 Curves and Surfaces PDF Shirley et al., ch. 15
W 10/26 B-Splines and NURBS PDF Shirley et al., ch. 15
M 10/31 B-Splines and NURBS continued
W 11/2 Subdivision PDF
M 11/7 Animation Introduction PDF Shirley et al., ch. 17
W 11/9 No class
M 11/14
W 11/16
M 11/21
W 11/23 No Class
M 11/28
W 11/30
Tr 12/15 Final Exam