CS 130: Computer Graphics

General

Lecture: MWF 11:10-12:00 PM, Chung 138
Lab, Sec. 021: Monday, 1:10-4:00 PM, Chung 129.
Lab, Sec. 022: Monday, 4:10-7:00 PM, Chung 129.
Textbook: Fundamentals of Computer Graphics, by Shirley, Ashikhmin, Marschner (3rd edition on reserve at the library)
Other resources: OpenGL Programming Guide, by Shreiner, The Khronos OpenGL ARB Working Group
Piazza: http://piazza.com/ucr/fall2016/cs130/home. (Sign up: http://piazza.com/ucr/fall2016/cs130.)
Syllabus: pdf.

Instructor

Craig Schroeder

Office: Chung 309
Office Hours: MF 12:00-1:00 PM (after class), W 1:00-2:00 PM

Email: craigs@cs.ucr.edu

Teaching Assistant

Steve Cook

Office: Chung 110
Office Hours: WF 2:00-3:00 PM

Email: scook005@cs.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
Basic animation
Application to commercial graphics software

Exams

Midterm: Wednesday, October 19, 2016, in class
Midterm: Monday, November 18, 2016, in class
Final: Monday, December 5, 2016, 3:00-6:00 PM, location Chung 138

Schedule of Lectures

Date	Sections	Topic	Notes	Due	Lab

09/23	1, 2.4	Introduction, math review	about intro review

09/26	3	Images, OpenGL	images OpenGL		1
09/28	2.5	Graphics pipeline, clipping	pipeline clipping
09/30	8.0, 8.1.1	Line rasterization	rasterization lines	HW 1

10/03	-	Technology and Effects of Zootopia^†			2
10/05	2.7, 8.1.2-8.1.6,8.2.0-8.2.3	Rasterizing triangles	interpolation triangles
10/07	6.1.0-6.1.5, 6.3	Transformations - Affine	affine	HW 2

10/10	7	Transformations - Perspective	perspective notes		3
10/12	7	Transformations - Perspective	interpolation
10/14	10	Lighting and shading	shading	HW 3

10/17	-	Simulating the world around you^‡		Proj 1 (CP)	4
10/19	-	-	Midterm
10/21	10	Lighting and shading

10/24	11	Texture mapping	textures	Proj 1 (CP)	5
10/26	11	Texture mapping
10/28	17.2.2	Rotations	rotations	HW 4

10/31	-	Arcball, intuitive interaction	arcball	Proj 1	6
11/02	4	Raytracing	ray tracing
11/04	13	Raytracing

11/07	13	Raytracing	anti-aliasing		7
11/09	15	Modeling curves	curves	HW 5
11/11	-	-	Holiday

11/14	15	Modeling curves		Proj 2 (CP)	8
11/16	12	Data structures	triangle meshes
11/18	-	-	Midterm

11/21	12	Data structures		Proj 2 (CP)	9
11/23	19	Data structures		HW 6
11/25	-	-	Holiday

11/28	-	Particle systems	Particle systems	Proj 2	10
11/30	-	Particle systems
12/02	-	-	Final review	HW 7

^†This is actually a colloquium, but it is very relavent to this course. It will be held in MSE 116 on 10/03. Since it at the same time as lecture, this talk will be the lecture for the day. There will not be a separate lecture in WCH 138 at this time. This talk is considered as part of this course just as other lecture.

^‡This is another colloquium. It will also be held in MSE 116 on 10/17. This time, I will be the one speaking. I will be talking about my own computer graphics research.

Labs

#	Date	Link	Lecture Topic

1	09/26	html	Introduction to OpenGL
2	10/03	html	Line Rasterization
3	10/10	html	OpenGL Matrix Stack
4	10/17	html	Programmable Shading
5	10/24	html	Texture Mapping
6	10/31	html	SLERP
7	11/07	html	Introduction to Ray Tracing
8	11/14	html	Curves
9	11/21	html	Subdivision
10	11/28	html	Particle Systems

Homework, Projects, and Exams

Date	Assignment	Solution	Name	Notes

09/30	tex pdf	pdf	Homework 1
10/07	tar.gz	tar.gz	Homework 2
10/14	tex pdf	pdf	Homework 3
10/17	-	-	Project 1	Checkpoint 1 (20/50)
11/19	-	pdf	Midterm 1
10/24	-	-	Project 1	Checkpoint 2 (35/50)
10/28	tex pdf	pdf	Homework 4
10/31	html	-	Project 1	Due (50/50)
11/09	tex pdf	pdf	Homework 5
11/14	-	-	Project 2	Checkpoint 1 (20/50)
11/18	-	pdf	Midterm 2
11/21	-	-	Project 2	Checkpoint 2 (35/50)
11/23	tex pdf	pdf	Homework 6
11/28	html	-	Project 2	Due (50/50)
12/02	pdf	pdf	Homework 7
12/05	-	pdf	Final

Announcements

Welcome to CS 130, Computer Graphics.
Our Piazza discussion page is up. Please sign up.
Lecture on October 3 will be a colloquium talk and will be held in MSE 116. Two speakers from Walt Disney Animation Studios will be discussing the technology, special effects, and other challenges that went into the making of their recent animated movie Zootopia. There will not be a separate lecture in Chung 138 on this day. Office hours on October 3 will be rescheduled to Tuesday, October 4, at 12:00-1:00 PM. Since this is the normally the last opportunity to demonstrate labs before they are due, you will be able to demonstrate the first lab during this new time to receive credit.
On September 29, some of the first project code files changed. If you retrieved them before this, you will need to retrieve this code again. Keep your old minigl.cpp (so you don't lose any work you have done), but replace all of the other files with the new ones. The new code has been modified to compile under Mac OS X, and the macros (MGL_GET_RED, etc.) have been replaced with functions.
Wednesday office hours are being pushed back one hour.
Two additional extra credit points have been added to the first project. The project file has been updated to include the corresponding tests (26 and 27) and the updated grading scheme. These tests allow you to determine whether your interpolation handles perspective correctly. The code itself and the coding task you are asked to perform are unchanged.
Lecture on October 17 will be another colloquium talk and will be held in MSE 116. I will be speaking this time. The topic will be my own research in computer graphics. I will leave the office hours in the same spot.

Note on academic integrity

All assignments are to be completed individually unless otherwise stated. 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 assignment and a referral to the campus academic integrity committee.

Please familiarize yourself with the campus academic integrity policy.

Grading

10%	Labs
10%	Homework
5%	Checkpoints
25%	Projects
30%	Midterms
20%	Final