CMSC 427 – Tentative Course Plan
Fall 2005, Amitabh Varshney
Sep 1 Motivation, Overview Sep 6 Graphics APIs and Pixel Operations
applications, graphics pipeline event-driven computing, OpenGL, GLUT
Sep 8 Geometric Primitives and Transforms Sep 13 2D and 3D Transformations
linear algebra, 2D Transforms hierarchical transforms, rotations
homogeneous coords, composition
Sep 15 Line Drawing Sep 20 3D Viewing
overview, algorithms parallel, perspective
Assignment 1 given
Sep 22 3D Viewing and Screen Picking Sep 27 Polygon Drawing
canonical views, selection overview, algorithms
Sep 29 Color and Transparency Oct 4 Culling and Collisions
models, dithering, blending VFC, back-face, visibility
Assg 1 due, Assg 2 given depth cues, collision detection
Oct 6 Visibility Determination Oct 11 Illumination and Shading
object-order, image-order ambient, diffuse, specular
Z-buffer, cells/portals, BSP trees flat, Gouraud, Phong
Oct 13 Textures Oct 18 Sampling and Filtering
use, types, mapping anti-aliasing
Assg 2 due, Assg 3 given
Oct 20 Course Recap Oct 25 Ray Tracing
overview, acceleration
Oct 27 Mid-Term Exam Nov 1 Shadows
based on Sept 1 – Oct 20 shadow matrices, shadow z-buffer
Nov 3 Radiosity Nov 8 Modeling Overview
overview various primitives, mesh LOD
Assg 3 due, Assg 4 given
Nov 10 Curves and Surfaces Nov 15 Graphics Display Technology
B´
ezier and B-splines vector/raster, CRT, LCD, DMD
human visual system
Nov 17 Graphics Processing Units Nov 22 Point-based Rendering
architecture, applications overview, approaches
Assignment 4 due
Nov 29 Image-based Rendering Dec 1 Volume Rendering
overview, approaches overview, applications
Dec 6 Computer Animation Dec 8 Virtual Environments
overview technology, applications
Dec 13 Wrap-up Review Dec 19 Final Exam 10:30am – 12:30pm