CS 230: Computer Graphics

General

Lecture: Tu-Th 9:00 AM - 10:20 AM, North District A1010
Textbook: Fundamentals of Computer Graphics, by Shirley, Ashikhmin, Marschner (4th edition on reserve at the library)
Syllabus: pdf.

Instructor

Craig Schroeder

Office Hours: Tu-Th 10:30-11:30 AM (after class), Chung 309, or by appointment

Email: craigs@cs.ucr.edu

Teaching Assistant

Mehrnaz Ayazi

Office Hours: Friday 1-2 PM, Monday 3-4 PM in Chung 227.

Email: mayaz003@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	Reading	Notes

01/10	introduction, math, math, raster, colors	2.1-2.4.8, 3, 21	intro, math, math, images
01/12	math, raytracing	2.5.5-2.5.7, 2.6, 4-4.4.4, 4.6	math, ray tracing

01/17	normals, lighting, shading	2.5, 4.5, 10	normals, lighting, shading
01/19	reflection, falloff, shadows, reflections, transmission	4.8, 4.7, 4.8, 13.1	falloff, reflection, shadow, reflection, transmission

01/24	schlick, barycentric coordinates, triangles, meshes	13.1, 2.7, 12.1	schlick, barycentric coordinates, meshes
01/26	antialiasing, acceleration	13.4, 12.3-12.5	antialiasing, acceleration

01/31	texture mapping	11	texture mapping
02/02	raytracing booleans	13.3	Booleans

02/07	modern pipeline, rasterize lines, rasterize triangles	8.1.1, 8.1.2	OpenGL, pipeline, lines, lines, triangles
02/09	z-buffer, transforms-linear	8.2, 6	z-buffer, transforms

02/14	solving systems of equations, optimization		equations, optimization
02/16	pipeline, pipeline transforms	8.2, 8.4, 7	pipeline, transforms

02/21	basics of simulation, pipeline transforms	7	transforms, simulation
02/23	pers-correct interp		pers-correct interp, energy

02/28	deformable simulation		conservation, springs
03/02	clipping, clipping	8.1.3-8.1.6	clipping, clipping

03/07	debugging simulation		debugging simulations
03/09	rigid body simulation		rigid bodies

03/14	review
03/16	final

Note on academic integrity

All assignments are to be completed individually unless otherwise stated. The following are not allowed in this course. For the purposes of this course, they are violations of academic integrity. Violations of academic integrity will result in a score of 0 for the relevant assignment and a lowering of the final course grade by one letter grade (e.g., from A to B). In more severe or repeat cases, violations will result in an 'F' for the course and a referral to the campus academic integrity committee.

Working on homework with another student or sharing solutions with another student.
Asking or paying anyone to complete any portion of the course for you.
Copying or referring to homework solutions, code, or pseudocode from any source (other than course resources such as lecture notes or the course textbook).
Working on homework in a public Github repository (or anything else that results in your work being visible to other students or visible publicly), whether during or after the course. Working in a private Github repository is permitted, provided that repository stays private forever and is never shared. If you wish to share your code from this course with potential employers, please do so privately.
Looking up answers/hints to homework or coding problems online. ("Researching the question.") The Internet is a very useful resource, and there are many reasonable places for it in this course (C++ library reference, as a supplement to lectures, further information on interesting topics, etc.) But there is a fine line between using the Internet as a tool for learning and using the Internet as a tool for cheating. If you are not sure, ask.

The following are explicitly allowed.

Office hours (TA or instructor) are a great resource if you are stuck on a problem or otherwise struggling.
There are no restrictions on using resources from the course (course textbook, lectures, lecture notes, course website, etc.).
You may use past exams from this course as study aids. They are publicly available from the course websites from prior quarters.

If you find yourself struggling in the course, seek help early. The longer you wait, the fewer options will be available.

Start homework early, especially coding parts. If you start the night before, your chances of successful completion are slim. Although the coding is not intended to take a long time, the time required for debugging is unpredictable and varies wildly from student to student.

Grading

60%	Homework
40%	Final