CS 130: Computer Graphics

General

Lecture: WF 11:00 AM - 12:20 PM, Chung 142
Lab: Th 6:00 PM - 08:50 PM, Chung 133
Textbook: Fundamentals of Computer Graphics, by Shirley, Ashikhmin, Marschner (3rd edition on reserve at the library)
Piazza: http://piazza.com/ucr/fall2019/cs130/home. (Sign up: http://piazza.com/ucr/fall2019/cs130.)
Syllabus: pdf.

Instructor

Craig Schroeder

Office: Chung 309
Office Hours: Tue 2-3pm, Wed and Fri after class, or by appointment

Email: craigs@cs.ucr.edu

Teaching Assistant

Siyuan Wang

Office: WCH 118
Office Hours: Thu 2-3pm

Email: swang277@ucr.edu

Course Summary

In this course you will learn about current techniques in computer graphics. By the end of the course, you should be familiar with:

Raster graphics and hardware
Geometric representations
Affine and perspective transformations
Illumination and shading models
Raytracing

Schedule

Date	Topic	Notes	Due


lab	canceled
09/27	introduction, math review	intro, math, math

10/02	raster, colors, raytracing	images, math, ray tracing
lab	math
10/04	raytracing, lighting, shading	lighting, shading

10/09	raytracing	falloff, reflection, shadow, reflection, transmission
lab	starting project 1	project 1
10/11	raytracing, triangles, meshes	normals, meshes

10/16	acceleration, barycentric coordinates	antialiasing, acceleration, barycentric coordinates
lab	debugging
10/18	texture mapping	texture mapping	Proj 1 (CP 1)

10/23	raytracing Booleans, modern pipeline	Booleans, OpenGL, pipeline
lab	GLSL: shaders
10/25	Guest lecture		Proj 1 (CP 2)

10/30	rasterize lines, rasterize triangles, z-buffer	lines, lines, triangles, z-buffer
lab	GLSL: texture mapping
11/01	pipeline, transforms-linear	pipeline, transforms	Proj 1

11/06	midterm	solution
lab	starting project 2
11/08	pipeline transforms, pers-correct interp	transforms, pers-correct interp

11/13	clipping	clipping, clipping
lab	rasterize lines
11/15	rotations	rotations	Proj 2 (CP 1)

11/20	curves, surfaces	curves
lab	curves
11/22	implicit surfaces basics	implicit surfaces	Proj 2 (CP 2)

11/27	implicit surfaces rendering	implicit surfaces rendering
lab	holiday
11/29	holiday

12/04	marching cubes	marching cubes
lab	marching squares
12/06	final review		Proj 2

TBD	final	solution

Announcements

Welcome to CS 130, Computer Graphics.
If you are doing the project on Windows, you may find this helpful.

Note on academic integrity

All assignments are to be completed individually unless otherwise stated. Projects may be completed individually or with a partner. Tips to make sure you do not violate the academic integrity policy:

Start on assignments right away so you do not find yourself in a desperate situation.
If you are having trouble with an assignment, please email the professor and/or TAs.
You may discuss the material with other students, the TAs, and the professor.
Do not ask to see other students' code or solutions.
Do not give your code or solutions to another student, even if the other student says they will not copy it.

Cheating is harmful to other students and the academic environment, and we take it very seriously. We will be checking for plagiarism and cheating using an online tool. This tool tests checks submissions against those of other students, including submissions from prior years, and even when substantial effort is made to disguise the cheating. Any violations of this policy will result in an 'F' for the course and a referral to the campus academic integrity committee.

Please familiarize yourself with the campus academic integrity policy.

Grading

10%	Labs
20%	Checkpoints
30%	Projects
15%	Midterm
25%	Final