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Course Calendar

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

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Jan 9,
First day of classes

Jan 10, Lecture 1:
Introduction & Transformations

 Jan 12, Homework 0
IFS Transfomations &
OpenGL / Metal Warmup

due ASAP

Jan 13, Lecture 2:
Mesh Adjacency Data Structures & Mesh Simplification

Reading Due:

Reminder: Post your comments/questions on the Submitty Discussion Forum by 10am

 2021 Lecture 2

 
Jan 16,
No classes

Jan 17, Lecture 3:
Curves and Surfaces

Reading Due:


 2021 Lecture 3

  

Jan 20, Lecture 4:
Subdivision Surfaces

Reading Due:
(pick one)


 2021 Lecture 4


Last day to add classes

Jan 21, Homework 1
Simplification & Subdivision

Progress Post
due @ 11:59pm
 

Jan 24, Lecture 5:
Volumetric Data Structures

Reading Due:
(pick one)

  

Jan 27, Lecture 6:
Particle Systems & Cloth Simulation

Reading Due (for HW2):

And optionally also:


 2021 Lecture 6

Jan 28, Homework 1
Simplification & Subdivision

due @ 11:59pm
 

Jan 31, Lecture 7:
Navier-Stokes, Fluid Simulation

Reading Due:
(pick one)


 2021 Lecture 7

  

Feb 3, Lecture 8:
Rigid Body Dynamics & Deformation

Reading Due:

And optionally also:


 2021 Lecture 8, part 1

 2021 Lecture 8, part 2

Feb 4, Homework 2
Cloth & Fluid Simulation

Progress Post #1
due @ 11:59pm
 

Feb 7, Lecture 9:
Fracture & Tetrahedral Models

Reading Due (pick one):


 2021 Lecture 9

  

Feb 10, Lecture 10:
Animation & Inverse Kinematics

Reading Due (pick one):


 2021 Lecture 10 (partial)

Feb 11, Homework 2
Cloth & Fluid Simulation

Progress Post #2
due @ 11:59pm
Feb 13, Homework 2
Cloth & Fluid Simulation

due @ 11:59pm

Feb 14, Lecture 11:
Ray Tracing & Distributed Ray Tracing

Reading Due:


 2021 Lecture 11 (partial)

  

Feb 17, Lecture 12:
Local vs. Global Illumination & Radiosity

Reading Due:

And optionally also:


 2021 Lecture 12 (partial)

Feb 18, Homework 3
Ray Tracing, Radiosity, & Photon Mapping

Progress Post #1
due @ 11:59pm
Feb 20,
No classes
Feb 21,
Monday schedule
  Feb 24,
Quiz 1

S17 practice problems
S14 practice problems

 
 

Feb 28, Lecture 13:
More Radiosity

Reading Due:


 2021 Lecture 13 (partial)

Mar 1, Final Project
Brainstorming Ideas & Team Forming Post (Part 1)
due @ 11:59pm
Mar 2, Homework 3
Ray Tracing, Radiosity, & Photon Mapping

Progress Post #2
due @ 11:59pm

Mar 3, Lecture 14:
Rendering Equation & Photon Mapping

Reading Due (pick one):


 2021 Lecture 14

 
Mar 6-10,
Spring Break
 
Mar 13, Final Project
Peer Feedback on Project Ideas (Part 2)
due @ 11:59pm

Mar 14, Lecture 15:
Sampling & Aliasing

Reading Due (pick one):


 2021 Lecture 15

 Mar 16, Homework 3
Ray Tracing, Radiosity, & Photon Mapping

due @ 11:59pm

Mar 17, Lecture 16:
Subsurface Scattering

Reading Due: (pick one)

AND everyone should also read:

 
Mar 20, Final Project
Proposal & Background Research
due @ 11:59pm
extended to Tuesday Mar 21st @11:59pm

Mar 21, Lecture 17:
Graphics Pipeline

Reading Due: (pick one)


 2021 Lecture 17

Mar 22,
No classes
 

Mar 24, Lecture 18:
Real-Time Shadows

Reading Due: (pick one)


 2021 Lecture 18

Mar 25, Homework 4
Stencil Buffer & GPU

Progress Post
due @ 11:59pm
Mar 27, Final Project
Progress Post #1
due @ 11:59pm

Mar 28, Lecture 19:
Shaders and Procedural Modeling

Reading Due:

Optional Readings:


 2021 Lecture 19

  

Mar 31, Lecture 20:
Texture Synthesis

Reading Due: (pick one)


 2021 Lecture 20

Apr 1, Homework 4
Stencil Buffer & GPU

due @ 11:59pm
 

Apr 4, Lecture 21:
Non-Photorealistic Rendering

Reading Due: (pick one)

 Apr 6, Final Project
Progress Post #2
due @ 11:59pm

Apr 7, Lecture 22:
Computational Photography

Reading Due: (pick one)

 
 

Apr 11, Lecture 23:
Color

Reading Due: (pick one)

  Apr 14,
Quiz 2

S17 practice problems
S14 practice problems

Apr 15, Final Project
Progress Post #3
due @ 11:59pm
 Apr 18,
Final Project Presentations
  Apr 21,
Final Project Presentations
 
Apr 24, Final Project
Written Report
due @ 11:59pm
Apr 25,
Final Project Presentations
Apr 26,
Last day of classes
Apr 27-28,
Reading days
No classes
 
May 1-5,
RPI Final Exams
No final exam for Advanced Computer Graphics