Class: MWF 10:30-11:18; DL317
Class Newsgroup: cse.course.cis681
Class Submit Name: c681aa
Instructor:
Rick Parent; parent@cse
Office: DL787, 2-0055
Office hours: T,F 1:30-2:30
Grader: Raghuram Onti Srinivasan (onti@cse...)
Office: 420 Caldwell Lab
Office hours: lab due date, 2pm-4pm

GRADING

Introduction to Computer Graphics
Autumn '09

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The final exam is Wednesday of finals week at 9:30 in our classroom. (11/14)
The grader will have office hours on Wednesday from 2pm-4pm in 420 Caldwell. (11/13)
The due date for Lab #6 has been finalized to be Wednesday, 11/18. (11/13)
I've posted a preliminary version of Lab #6. (11/12)
Q: When intersecting a ray with a convex polyhedron, what is the problem with determining the point of intersection when there are coplanar faces? (11/11)
I've updated the Lab #5 specification so I think it is now complete. During Friday's class we will revisit the due date for this lab. (11/10)
FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS ON THE LAB ASSIGNMENTS - DEVIATIONS WILL LOSE YOU POINTS. email me before the lab is due if you need clarifications. (10/21)
NOTICE FOR ANYONE WHO DIDN'T HEAR THIS THE FIRST TIME: Labs will be graded using UNIX on the departmental machines; ppm files will be viewed by convert to jpg followed by display. Test your submission on UNIX to make sure it compiles, executes and the output can be viewed there. (10/21)
Archive of Previous announcements

NOTES:

In this course, you program your own ray tracer, including illumination modeling, texture mapping, object modeling.
This is the entry course for graphics for graduate students.
Undergraduates should take CIS581 (CIS694G) first (mainly because 581 contains more immediately-useful material and makes more sense if you end up taking only one course in graphics).
Undergraduates who are serious about studying computer graphics are welcome to take CSE681.
The new edition of the book is significantly different than the first edition. I will be ordering material more like what the first edition has, but will provide a reading list for both editions.

This course and 782, the two courses on rendering, have recently been redesigned.

TEXT: Realistic Ray Tracing by Peter Shirley

CLASS ATTENDANCE

Students are expected to attend class
If you miss a class, you are responsible for finding out what material was covered, what announcements were made, and what assignments were made. (Don't come to me and ask me to present the material to you)
When missing a midterm, the final, or lab deadline, in order to avoid receiving a grade of zero, you have to either
- present written documentation of a unavoidable, unanticipated emergency situation.
Oversleeping does not qualify as a valid excuse.
Granting an exception to one student is unfair to all the other students who played by the rules.

Notes and Web pages of interest

Last updated 9/30/09