Computer Graphics : 15-462/662 Fall 2017

CMU 15-462/662

COMPUTER GRAPHICS

Basic Info

Mon/Wed 1:30-2:50pm

GHC 4215

Instructor: Keenan Crane

See the course info page for more info on policies and logistics.

Fall 2017 Schedule

Aug 28	Course Introduction Assignment 0.0 out
Aug 30	Math Review Part I (Linear Algebra)
Sep 4	No class (Labor Day) Assignment 0.0 due/Assignment 0.5 out
Sep 6	Math Review Part II (Vector Calculus)
Sep 11	Drawing a Triangle Assignment 0.5 due/Assignment 1 out
Sep 12	TA Recitation: OpenGL Tutorial
Sep 13	Coordinate Spaces and Transformations
Sep 18	3D Rotations and Complex Representations
Sep 20	Perspective Projection and Texture Mapping
Sep 25	The Rasterization Pipeline Assignment 1 due/Assignment 2 out
Sep 27	Introduction to Geometry
Oct 2	Meshes and Manifolds
Oct 4	Digital Geometry Processing
Oct 9	Geometric Queries
Oct 11	Accelerating Geometric Queries
Oct 13	Assignment 2 due
Oct 16	Midterm Review
Oct 18	MIDTERM EXAM
Oct 19	Assignment 3 out
Oct 23	Midterm Recap
Oct 25	Color
Nov 1	Radiometry
Nov 6	The Rendering Equation
Nov 8	Numerical Integration
Nov 13	Monte Carlo Ray Tracing
Nov 15	Variance Reduction
Nov 17	Assignment 3 due/Assignment 4 out
Nov 20	Variance Reduction
Nov 22	No class (Thanksgiving)
Nov 27	Introduction to Animation
Nov 29	Dynamics and Time Integration
Dec 4	Introduction to Optimization
Dec 6	Physically Based Animation and PDEs Assignment 4 due
TBD	FINAL EXAM

Assignments and Projects

(Due 9/4)	Assignment 0.0: Linear Algebra Review/Preview	(Due 9/11)	Assignment 0.5: Vector Calculus Review/Preview
(Due 9/26)	Assignment 1: DrawSVG	(Due 10/13)	Assignment 2: MeshEdit
(Due 11/13)	Assignment 3: PathTracer	(Due 12/6)	Assignment 4: Animation

Acknowledgments

Thanks to past course contributors: Kayvon Fatahalian, Stelian Coros, Michael Choquette, Se-Joon Chung, Sky Gao, Qiuyi Jia, Zach Shearer, Bryce Summers.