-- CS535 (Fall 2010) --

Interactive Computer Graphics

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Interested in computer graphics? Does geometric modeling interest you? Do you like rendering photorealistic imagery? Do you like rendering artistic imagery? Have you ever thought of how to render a communication network? What does it mean to display internet traffic? Is doing animations fun to you? All this is part of computer graphics. This course teaches the fundamentals, at a graduate school level, for such activities and research projects. Major applications include:

Virtual Reality
3D Scanning
Video Games
Film Special Effects
CAD/CAM
Simulation
Medical Imaging
Image Processing
Scientific Visualization
Information Visualization

[Course Handout (PDF)]

1. Prerequisites

Students are required to have previous C/C++ programming experience, knowledge of linear algebra, and are recommended to have OpenGL programming experience. OpenGL will be used during the semester and reviewed at the beginning, but students can/should learn OpenGL on their own. The course focus is on the algorithms and applications.

2. Course work

The course work is composed of programming assignments, exams, and interactive class participation. The programming assignments consist of a warm-up assignment, three incremental programming assignments and a final assignment. The exams consist of a midterm and a final exam. Class participation will consist of active participation during class (you be called upon) and the presentation of a mini-review to your classmates. The mini-review will cover material previously covered in class and will serve to help prepare you for the final exam. Course work will be easier to manage if you keep a constant pace through the semester. This course is hard work but you will learn a lot and have fun!

Classroom: LWSN B134

Time: MWF 4:30-5:20pm

Instructor office hours: by appointment

TA: Jian Cui (cui9 at purdue.edu)

TA Office Hours: Thursday 3-4pm in B116 or by appointment

3. Grading

Programming Assignments: 20% (assignments 0-3)

35% (final assignment)

Class Participation: 15% (10% class-presentation, 5% active participation)

Exams: 10% (midterm)

20% (final)

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