Schedule

Topics and dates are subject to change.

date		topic	reading	reference	hw
22	Jan	introduction—GPU architectures		slides | notes
24	Jan	programming shaders		slides | notes
29	Jan	illumination models		slides | notes
31	Jan	rotations		slides | notes
5	Feb	texture maps		slides | notes
7	Feb	texture filtering		slides | notes
12	Feb	textures for reflections		slides | notes	pa1 due
14	Feb	textures for geometric detail		slides | notes
19	Feb	shadow textures and shadow maps		slides | notes
21	Feb	soft shadows		slides | notes
26	Feb	imaging on the GPU [code example]		slides | notes
28	Feb	imaging on the GPU continued		slides | notes
4	Mar	particle systems [SIGGRAPH course notes]		slides | notes	pa2 due
6	Mar	mesh deformations		slides | notes
11	Mar	(exam review)		slides | notes
13	Mar	(midterm exam)		slides | notes
18	Mar	—Spring Break—		slides | notes
20	Mar	—Spring Break—		slides | notes
25	Mar	spatial data structures		slides | notes
27	Mar	spatial data structures		slides | notes
1	Apr	final project proposals		slides | notes	pa3 due
3	Apr	(Wenzel)		slides | notes
8	Apr	mesh data structures		slides | notes
10	Apr	mesh simplification [SZL92] [GH97]		slides | notes
15	Apr	progressive meshes [Hoppe96] [Hoppe97]		slides | notes
17	Apr	interactive non-photorealistic rendering [ST90] [MKT+97]		slides | notes
22	Apr	interactive non-photorealistic rendering [HZ00] [GSG+99]		slides | notes
24	Apr	arbitrary BRDFs [Rusinkiewicz98] [KM99] [MPBM03]		slides | notes	pa4 due
29	Apr	bidirectional texture functions [MJM+04]		slides | notes
1	May	final project interim reports		slides | notes
16	May	Final Project Presentations (2pm)		slides | notes