Projects

Announcements

For assignment 8: Ray Tracing algorithm outline posted. Please see the assignment web page.

PROJECT PRESENTATIONS will be at the regular classroom (411 White Building) 12:30-3:30 pm, on May 4th. All the students are required to attend (including those registered to EECS 366).

FINAL EXAM: Final exam will be take-home. You can pick up the exam questions on Monday, April 26th between 12noon and 3pm from my office. It will be due 12 noon on Thursday, April 29th. You must work on the final by yourself. It will be honor system - you are not supposed to talk/discuss etc. with your fellow students or get help from anybody else. You can refer to published references (textbook and other supplementary books, papers etc.), but not any on-line resources.

PROJECTS: We will have a project presentations on May 4th, 12:30-3:30pm (the scheduled final time). All the students are required to attend (including those registered to EECS 366). Every project group needs to have a 10 min (sharp !) presentation to describe their project, methodology, and results, followed by a 3-4 min discussion. You are also strongly encouraged to have a demonstration of your project, or a movie of your results displayed on a computer. Each group also need to prepare and submit a ready-to-print 30 inches by 24 inches poster prepared in MS Powerpoint that describes their project, methodology, and results. The written report requirement of your project will be in the form of a web page. You need to set-up a web page which describes your project, including methodology, and results (including images or a movie). You need to email me a link to the project web page together with your poster, both due before the project presentations. I will put links to your project web pages from the class homepage.

Teaching Assistants

Contact information and office hours for the teaching assistants are now listed below.

Late Policy for Assignments

Your grade will be reduced 10% for every day it is late.

OpenGL / GLUT Information

• What is OpenGL ? http://www.opengl.org/about/overview.html
  Where can I download GLUT for Windows ? OpenGL v1.1 is included in Windows. See here.
  Where can I find an introduction to OpenGL ? http://www.opengl.org/resources/faq/getting_started.html
  What about more detailed documentation ?
  • Online resources: http://www.opengl.org/documentation/index.html
    
• You can find an online version of the OpenGL Programming Guide v1.1 here: http://www.docs.cs.huji.ac.il/OpenGL/
• OpenGL Reference Manual and Programming Guide are on reserve at the Kelvin Smith Library
  
  
• What is GLUT ? http://www.opengl.org/resources/libraries/glut.html
  Where can I download GLUT for Windows ? http://www.xmission.com/~nate/glut.html or http://www.opengl.org/resources/libraries/glut.html
  Where can I find GLUT documentation ? http://www.opengl.org/resources/libraries/glut/spec3/spec3.html

Assignments

• Assignment 1:(Linear Algebra Review) --- This is a written assignment.
  • Due January 21, 2004, Wednesday
  • Solution Set
• Assignment 2:(Introduction to OpenGL)
  • Due January 28, 2004, Wednesday, 5pm
• Assignment 3 :(A 3D Object Viewer)
  • Due February 11, 2004, Wednesday, 5pm
• Assignment 4 :(Transformations) --- This is a written assignment.
  • Due February 18, 2004, Wednesday, (lecture)
• Assignment 5 :(Projection and Ray Casting)
  • Due February 25, 2004, Wednesday, 5pm
• Assignment 6 :(Clipping)
  • Due March 22, 2004, Monday, 5pm (New due date!)
• Assignment 7 :(Scan Conversion, Z-buffer VSD, and Shading)
  • Due April 7, 2004, Wednesday, 5pm (New due date!)
• Assignment 8 :(Ray Tracing)
  • Due April 21, 2004, Wednesday, 5pm (New due date!)

Lectures

General Information

Course Schedule

Course Description

Basic elements of a computer graphics rendering pipeline. Fundamentals of input and display devices, scan conversion of geometric primitives. Geometrical transformations such as rotation, scaling, translation, and their matrix representations. Homogeneous coordinates, projective and perspective transformations. Algorithms for clipping, hidden surface removal, rasterization, and anti-aliasing. Rendering algorithms: introduction to local and global shading models, color, and lighting models for reflection, refraction, transparency. Real-time rendering methods and physical modeling for simulation.
Written assignments, weekly programming assignments using C/C++, OpenGL. Substantial programming project for graduate credit.

Prerequisites: EECS 233 (Introduction to Data Structures) or equivalent
Recommended: C or C++ Programming Experience, Elementary Linear Algebra

Textbook

Computer Graphics, C Version (3rd Edition)
Donald Hearn, M. Pauline Baker
Prentice Hall; ISBN: 0130153907

Recommended Reading and Other References

1. Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice in C (2nd Edition)
   James D. Foley, Andries van Dam, Steven K. Feiner, John F. Hughes
   Addison-Wesley Pub Co; ISBN: 0201848406
2. 3D Computer Graphics (3rd Edition)
   by Alan H. Watt
   Addison-Wesley Pub Co; ISBN: 0201398559
3. Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top-Down Approach with OpenGL (3rd Edition)
   Edward Angel
   Addison-Wesley Publishing; ISBN: 0201773430
   
4. Real-Time Rendering (2nd Edition)
   Tomas Akenine-Moller, Eric Haines
   A K Peters Ltd; ISBN: 1568811829
   
5. Advanced Animation and Rendering Techniques: Theory and Practice
   Alan H. Watt, Mark Watt
   Addison-Wesley Pub Co; ISBN: 0201544121
   
6. OpenGL(R) Reference Manual: The Official Reference Document to OpenGL, Version 1.2 (3rd Edition)
   Dave Shreiner (Editor), OpenGL Architecture Review Board
   Addison-Wesley Pub Co; ISBN: 0201657651
   
7. OpenGL(R) Programming Guide: The Official Guide to Learning OpenGL, Version 1.2 (3rd Edition)
   Mason Woo, Jackie Neider, Tom Davis, Dave Shreiner, OpenGL Architecture Review Board
   Addison-Wesley Pub Co; ISBN: 0201604582
8. Computer Graphics using Open GL (2nd edition)
   F.S. Hill, Jr.
   ISBN 0-02-354856-8
   

Instructor

Prof. M. Cenk Cavusoglu

Teaching Assistants