CSCI 4530/6530 Advanced Computer Graphics
Spring 2014

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Course Calendar

Note: Lecture topics are tentative and will be updated as the term progresses.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Jan 20,
No classes
Jan 21, Lecture 1:
Introduction & Transformations
  Jan 23, Homework 0
OpenGL Warmup

due ASAP
(on homework server)
Jan 24, Lecture 2:
Mesh Adjacency Data Structures & Mesh Simplification

Reading Due:

Reminder: Post your comments/questions on Rensselaer LMS by 10am

  Jan 28, Lecture 3:
Curves and Surfaces

Reading Due:

  Jan 30, Homework 1
Simplification & Subdivision

Progress Post
due @ 11:59pm
(on LMS)
Jan 31, Lecture 4:
Subdivision Surfaces

Reading Due: (pick one)

Feb 3,
Last day to add classes
Feb 4, Lecture 5:
Volumetric Data Structures

Reading Due: (pick one)

    Feb 7, Lecture 6:
Particle Systems & Cloth Simulation

Reading Due:

Optional Reading:

Feb 10, Homework 1
Simplification & Subdivision

due @ 11:59pm
(on homework server)
Feb 11, Lecture 7:
Navier-Stokes, Fluid Simulation

Reading Due:

    Feb 14, Lecture 8:
Rigid Body Dynamics & Deformation

Reading Due: (pick one)

Optional Reading:

Feb 17,
No classes
Feb 18, Homework 2
Cloth & Fluid Simulation

Progress Post A
due @ 11:59pm
(on LMS)

Monday Schedule

    Feb 21, Lecture 9:
Fracture

Reading Due:

Feb 24, Homework 2
Cloth & Fluid Simulation

Progress Post B
due @ 11:59pm
(on LMS)
Feb 25, Lecture 10:
Inverse Kinematics

Reading Due: (pick one)

    Feb 28,
Quiz 1
Mar 3, Homework 2
Cloth & Fluid Simulation

due @ 11:59pm
(on homework server)
Mar 4, Lecture 11:
Ray Tracing & Distributed Ray Tracing

Reading Due: (pick one, but read the other before Homework 3)

    Mar 7, Lecture 12:
Local vs. Global Illumination & Radiosity

Reading Due:

Mar 10-14,
Spring Break
Mar 17, Homework 3
Ray Tracing, Radiosity, & Photon Mapping

Progress Post A2
due @ 11:59pm
(on LMS)

Final Project
Brainstorming Ideas & Team Forming Post
due @ 11:59pm
(on LMS)

Mar 18, Lecture 13:
Rendering Equation & Monte Carlo Rendering

Reading Due: (pick one)

    Mar 21, Lecture 14:
Irradiance Caching & Photon Mapping

Reading Due: (pick one)

Last day to drop classes

Mar 24, Homework 3
Ray Tracing, Radiosity, & Photon Mapping

Progress Post B
due @ 11:59pm
(on LMS)
Mar 25, Lecture 15:
Sampling & Aliasing

Reading Due:

  Mar 27, Final Project
Ideas post #2
due @ 11:59pm
(on LMS)
Mar 28, Lecture 16:
Subsurface Scattering

Reading Due: (pick one)

Mar 31, Homework 3
Ray Tracing, Radiosity, & Photon Mapping

due @ 11:59pm
(on homework server)
Apr 1, Lecture 17:
Graphics Pipeline
  Apr 3, Final Project
Proposal & Background Research
due @ 11:59pm
(on LMS)
Apr 4, Lecture 18:
Shadows

Reading Due: (pick one, but read both before Homework 4)

Apr 7, Homework 4
Stencil Buffer & GPU

Progress Post
due @ 11:59pm
(on LMS)
now due Monday Apr 14th
Apr 8, Lecture 19:
Programmable GPUs

Reading Due: (pick one)

Apr 9,
No classes
Apr 10, Final Project
Progress Post #1
(must post to at least 3 of 5 progress posts)

due @ 11:59pm
(on LMS)
Apr 11, Lecture 20:
Procedural Modeling
Apr 14, Homework 4
Stencil Buffer & GPU

due @ 11:59pm
(on homework server)
now due Monday Apr 21st
Apr 15, Lecture 21:
Non-Photorealistic Rendering

Reading Due:

  Apr 17, Final Project
Progress Post #2
(must post to at least 3 of 5 progress posts)

due @ 11:59pm
(on LMS)
Apr 18, Lecture 22:
Texture Synthesis

Reading Due: (pick one)

Pass/No Credit deadline

Apr 21, Final Project
Progress Post #3
(must post to at least 3 of 5 progress posts)

due @ 11:59pm
(on LMS)
Apr 22, Lecture 23:
Computational Photography

Reading Due:

  Apr 24, Final Project
Progress Post #4
(must post to at least 3 of 5 progress posts)

due @ 11:59pm
(on LMS)
Apr 25,
Final Project Work Day
Apr 28, Final Project
Progress Post #5
(must post to at least 3 of 5 progress posts)

due @ 11:59pm
(on LMS)
Apr 29,
Quiz 2
  May 1, Final Project
Written Report
due @ 11:59pm
(on homework server)
May 2,
Final Project Presentations

2:00 Eric & Steve
2:25 Andrew L. & Gerrett
2:50 Max
3:05 Jun & Logan
3:30 Zev & MeiXing
3:55 Michael D. & Michael L.
4:20 done!

  May 6,
Final Project Presentations

2:00 Victor & Wesley
2:25 Yuriy & Ben
2:50 Rebecca
3:05 Kevin & Dimitri
3:30 Nathan & Yumi
3:55 Gaby
4:10 Scott & Andy H.
4:35 done!

May 7,
Last day of classes
 
May 12-16,
RPI Final Exams
No Final Exam for Advanced Computer Graphics