CS 5625 Spring 2012

Lecture

Date

Topic

Reading

Assignments

Week 1

1

Jan. 30

Introduction

2

Feb. 1

Shading Models

Cook Torrance: A Reflectance Graphics Model for Computer
Ward: Measuring and Modeling Anisotropic Reflection

Week 2

3

Feb. 6

Textures 1

RTR: Chap 6

4

Feb. 8

Textures 2

RTR: Chapter 8.4, 8.5

 PA 1 out

Week 3

5

Feb. 13

Textures 3

6

Feb. 15

Textures 4

7

Feb. 17

Make up class: Graphics Pipeline 1

Week 4

8

Feb. 20

Graphics Pipeline 2

9

Feb. 22

Shadows 1

Week 5

10

Feb. 27

Shadows 2

PA 1 due
PA 2 out

11

Feb. 29

Ambient Occlusion

Week 6

12

Mar. 5

Ambient Occlusion and GI

13

Mar. 7

Acceleration Structures 1

Week 7

14

Mar. 12

Acceleration Structures 2

PA 2 due
Project Proposal Assignment 

15

Mar. 14

Prelim 1

Week 8 SPRING BREAK

Week 9

16

Mar. 26

Acceleration Structures

17

Mar. 28

Modeling 1

Project Proposal Assignment Due

Week 10

18

Apr. 2

PA 3: New code base

PA 3(a) out

19

Apr. 4

Modeling 2

Week 11

20

Apr. 9

Modeling 3

PA 3(a) due, PA 3(b) out

21

Apr. 11

Modeling 4

Week 12

22

Apr. 16

Animation 1

PA 3(b) due
PA 4 out

23

Apr. 18

Course review

Week 13

24

Apr. 23

Animation 2

PA 4 due

25

Apr. 25

Prelim 2

Week 14

26

Apr. 30

Imaging, GPGPUs, Hot topics in CG

27

May 2

Conclusions

Week 15

Finals week