CS 665 Schedule

Instructor: Kavita Bala

Cornell University

The following is a tentative schedule for CS 665. It is subject to change.

Lecture
Date
Topic
Homework
Week 1
1
Aug. 28
Introduction (Slides: 2 per page, 6 per page)

Week 2
2
Sep. 2
Models of Light and Radiometry (Slides: 2 per page, 6 per page)

3
Sep. 4
Rendering Equation and Review: RT, Radiosity (Slides: 2 per page, 6 per page)
Week 3
4
Sep. 9
Radiosity (Slides: 2 per page, 6 per page)

5
Sep. 11
Shading Models (Slides: 2 per page, 6 per page)
HW 1 out
Week 4
6
Sep. 16
Monte-Carlo Integration (Slides: 2 per page, 6 per page)
7
Sep. 18 Monte-Carlo Rendering (Slides: 2 per page, 6 per page)
Week 5
8
Sep. 23
Monte-Carlo Rendering: Direct and Indirect Illumination (Slides: 2 per page, 6 per page)
9
Sep. 25
Monte-Carlo Rendering: Metropolis and Photon Mapping (Slides: 2 per page, 6 per page)
HW 1 due (Sep 25 at 10am)
HW 2 out
Week 6
10
Sep. 30
Acceleration Structures (Slides: 2 per page, 6 per page)
11
Oct. 2
High-complexity rendering: interactive software rendering (Slides: 2 per page, 6 per page)

Week 7
12
Oct. 7
Sparse Sampling and Reconstruction (Slides: 2 per page, 6 per page)

13
Oct. 9
Sparse Sampling and Reconstruction (Contd.) (Slides: 2 per page, 6 per page)

Week 8


Fall Break


Oct. 16
Inaugural distinguished lectures
Extended HW 2 deadline: Oct 15 @ 10 am
Week 9
14
Oct. 21
Hardware Rendering (Slides: 2 per page, 6 per page)
HW 3 out
15
Oct. 23
Hardware Rendering II (Slides: 2 per page, 6 per page)

Week 10
16
Oct. 28
Shadows (Slides: 2 per page, 6 per page)

17
Oct. 30
Shadows II (Slides: 2 per page, 6 per page)

Week 11
18
Nov. 4
Shadows III (Soft Shadows) (Slides: 2 per page, 6 per page)
19
Nov. 6
Dynamic Scenes (Slides: 2 per page, 6 per page)
Project proposals due
Friday: HW 3 due
Week 12
20
Nov. 11
Image-Based Rendering (Slides: 2 per page, 6 per page)

21
Nov. 13
Image-Based Rendering (Slides: 2 per page, 6 per page)

Week 13
22
Nov. 18
Review for Exam
EXAM (7:30pm Hollister 206)
23
Nov. 20
NPR
Week 14
24
Nov. 25
Other topics in Rendering: movies, occlusion culling


Thanksgiving

Week 15
25
Dec. 2
Project review
26
Dec. 4
Conclusions
Final Project Presentations
25
Dec. 15
Final Project Presentations

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