CS5310 Computer Graphics Schedule Spring 2011

College of Computer and Information Science, Northeastern University

Professor Fell

Last Modified
Week Date CS5310 Topics Reading
Shirley
Reading
Watt
Due
           
1 19-Jan Graphics Overview
Course Overview
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Color; ppm format
Mathematical Basics
Chapter 1
 
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Section 3.3, handout
Sections 2.1-2.6, 2.10, 2.11
 
 
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Pages 418-424
Section 1.3
 
           
2 26-Jan Ray Tracing
Ray-Sphere Intersection
Light: Diffuse Reflection
Phong Shading
Shadows
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Matrices
Transformations
Sections 10.1,10.2
Section 10.3.1
pages 191-193
Section 9.2
Section 10.5
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Chapter 5
Chapter 6
 
Sections 1.4.1, 1.4.2 Section 6.2
ection 6.2.1
Sections 9.1, 9.2, 12.1
 
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Section 1.1
Sections 5.1, 5.2
Assignment 0
due
Thursday, January 27
by midnight
           
3 2-Feb  
Viewing in 2D and 3D
 
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Recursive Ray-Tracing
Specular Reflection
Refraction
 
Chapter 7
 
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Section 10.4
Section 10.6
Section 10.7
Sections 12.2, 12.3
Section 1.3.5
Section 1.4.6
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4 9-Feb Raster Algorithms
Lines, Circles,Triangles
Antialiasing
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Ray-Plane
Ray-Triangle, Ray-Polygon
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ScanLine PolyFill
Flood Fill
 
Sections 3.5, 3.6
page 67
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Sections 10.3.2, 10.3.3
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handout
 
 
 
 
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Sections 1.4.3, 1.4.4
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Assignment 1 due
Thursday, February 10
by midnight
           
5 16-Feb Texture and Bump Maps
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2D-Viewport Clipping
Cohen-Sutherland
Liang-Barsky
Chapter 11
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handout
 
 
Sections 8.1, 8.4
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6 23-Feb Bezier Curves and Splines
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Parametric Bicubic Surfaces
Quadrics
Chapter 15
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Sections 2.7, 2.8
 
Section 3.1
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Section 3.4
Section 1.4.5
Assignment 2 due
Thursday, February 24
by midnight
           
  2-Mar Spring Break Week
           
7 9-Mar Poly Mesh
Visible Surface Determination
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noise, turbulence
clouds, marble
 
 
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Noise Samples
Noise Code
Section 4.1
Section 6.6
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8.7
 
 
           
8 16-Mar Color
Perception
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Animation
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
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Chapter 16
Chapter 15
 
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Chapter 17
 
           
9 23-Mar Assorted Topics, e.g.:
Fractals
Morphing
Radiosity
   
 
Section 16.4
Chapter 11
Assignment 3 due
Thursday, March 23
by midnight
           
10 30-Mar More Assorted Topics
   
Assignment 4 due
Thursday, March 31
by midnight
           
11 6-Apr EXAM - 3 Hours    
 
           
12 13-Apr Individual Discussions about Student Presentations    
 
           
13 20-Apr Student Presentations    
 
           
14 27-Apr Student Presentations    
 
           

Harriet Fell
College of Computer Science, Northeastern University
360 Huntington Avenue #202WVH
Boston, MA 02115

Phone: (617) 373-2198 / Fax: (617) 373-5121

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