CS 665 Schedule

Instructor: Kavita Bala

Cornell University

Fall 2006

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

Lecture
Date
Topic
Homework
Week 1
1
Aug. 24
Introduction (6 per page)

Week 2
2
Aug. 29
Ray Tracing and Physics of Light (6 per page)
3
Aug. 31 Radiometry (6 per page)
Week 3
4
Sep. 5
Rendering Equation (6 per page)
5
Sep. 7
Shading Models (6 per page)

Week 4
6
Sep. 12
Monte-Carlo Integration I (6 per page) HW 1 out.
7
Sep. 14 Monte-Carlo Integration II (6 per page)
Week 5
8
Sep. 19
No class
9
Sep. 21
Monte-Carlo Integration III (6 per page)
Week 6
10
Sep. 26
Monte-Carlo Rendering I (6 per page)
11
Sep. 28
Monte-Carlo Rendering II (6 per page)
HW 2 out.
Week 7
12
Oct. 3
Monte-Carlo Rendering III (6 per page)
13
Oct. 5
Monte-Carlo Rendering IV (6 per page)
Week 8


Fall Break

14
Oct. 12
Photon Mapping (6 per page)
HW 3 is out.
Week 9
15
Oct. 17
Acceleration Structures/Project Ideas (6 per page)
16
Oct. 19
High-Complexity Rendering: Environment Maps (6 per page)

Week 10
17
Oct. 24
High-Complexity Rendering: Scalable Illumination (6 per page)
18
Oct. 26
High-Complexity Rendering: Scalable Illumination II (6 per page)

Week 11
19
Oct. 31
Rendering in Movies (6 per page)
20
Nov. 2
Shadows (6 per page)

Week 12
21
Nov. 7
In-class Exam
22
Nov. 9
Rendering in Movies

Week 13
23
Nov. 14
Interactive Ray Tracing
24
Nov. 16
Perceptually-Based Rendering
Week 14
25
Nov. 21
Mid-Project presentations


Thanksgiving

Week 15
26
Nov. 28
Perceptually-Based Rendering/PRT
27
Nov. 30
PRT/Conclusions

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