CS451: Advanced Computer Graphics

CS451: Advanced Computer Graphics
Spring 2008

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Course Summary

Lectures: T,Th 9:30-10:45 AM, Room: MEC 339

Instructor: Jason Lawrence - 212 Olsson (office hours: W 1:00-5:00 and by appointment)

TA: Pete Weistroffer - 227-6 Olsson (office hours: Th 2:00-5:00 and by appointment)

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Announcements

The final project presentations will be helf on May 6 from 2-5PM in MEC 339 (where we normally meet).

Course Description

This course will study advanced topics in computer graphics, focusing on fundamental developments in the field, and forms the second part of our undergraduate computer graphics sequence. We will cover the following topics:

representing and modeling 3d objects
light transport and physically-based rendering
image-based modeling and rendering
animation

Prerequisites

The prerequisite is CS445 (Introduction to Computer Graphics) or equivalent. This course will require some background in linear algebra, programming in C/C++, and fluency in OpenGL.

Textbook

This course will incorporate research papers and book excerpts (all distributed electronically).

Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge the use of slides and assignments from a similar course taught at Princeton (COS526: Advanced Computer Graphics).