CMSC 427 – Tentative Course Plan
Spring 2009, Amitabh Varshney
Jan 27 Motivation, Overview Jan 29 Graphics APIs and Pixel Operations
applications, graphics pipeline event-driven computing, OpenGL, GLUT
Feb 3 Graphics Meshes Feb 5 Illumination & Shading
overview, representations ambient, diffuse, specular
flat, Gouraud, Phong
Feb 10 Textures Feb 12 2D and 3D Transforms
use, types, mapping homogeneous coords, composition
Assg 1 given hierarchical transforms, rotations
Feb 17 3D Viewing and Screen Picking Feb 19 Visibility Determination
parallel, perspective object-order, image-order
canonical views, selection Z-buffer, cells/portals, BSP trees
Feb 24 Color, Transparency, & Shadows Feb 26 Modeling Curves and Surfaces
blending, dithering, shadow algorithms modeling overview
Assg 1 due, Assg 2 given B´
ezier curves and surfaces
March 3 Culling and Collisions March 5 Physically-based Modeling
VFC, back-face, visibility particles, mass-spring models
depth cues, collision detection
March 10 Graphics Processing Units March 12 Shader Programming
architecture, applications vertex and fragment programs
Assg 2 due, Assg 3 given
March 24 General-Purpose GPU Programming March 26 Procedural Graphics
linear algebra, CUDA textures and geometry synthesis
March 31 Implicit Modeling Apr 2 Mid-Term Exam
metaballs, blobby models
April 7 Ray Tracing April 9 Radiosity
overview, acceleration overview
Assg 3 due, Assg 4 given
April 14 Graphics Display Technology April 16 Line and Polygon Drawing
vector/raster, CRT, LCD, DMD incremental algorithms
April 21 Sampling and Filtering April 23 Volume Rendering
anti-aliasing overview, applications
Assg 4 due
April 28 Point-based Rendering April 30 Computer Animation
overview, approaches overview
May 5 Level of Detail for 3D Meshes May 7 Salient Visualization
operators, algorithms, error saliency, enhancement, uses
May 12 Wrap-up Review May 14 Final Exam 8:00am – 10:00am