Course Schedule (subject to change)

Jan

Topic
Readings
Assignments Due
18
W
Introduction


23
M
Splines review: B-splines and NURBS
WW3
25
W
Antialiasing in space & time
WW4

30
M
Image pyramids, mosaics, & metamorphosis
papers






Feb




1
W
Texture + modeling WW6,AKH5
6
M
Procedural textures WW7

8
W
Fire, wind, water
papers
P1: Image warping (Feb 9)
13
M
Particle animation
WB1,2

15
W
Collision detection and contact
WB3, AKH14

20
M
holiday -- no lecture


22
W
Springs
WB4

27
M
Holonomic constraints







Mar




1
W
Animating humans, animals
papers
P2: Particle animation

Spring recess


13
M
Advanced illumination models WW2,10

15
W
Radiosity & global illumination WW11,12

20
M
Radiosity solution methods papers

22
W
Advanced ray tracing WW8,9
27
M
Photon mapping papers

29
W
Volume rendering WW13





Apr




3
M
Cloth, hair, fur, skin papers P3: Photorealism
5
W
Non-photorealistic rendering AMH7
10
M
Non-photorealistic rendering papers
12
W
Image-based rendering AMH8
17
M
Model + motion capture for special effects
papers

19
W
Mesh simplification + compression methods papers

26
M
Shaders and GPU programming
TBA

26
W
P4 demos

P4: Advanced rendering