CS 130: Computer Graphics

General

Lecture: MWF 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM, Online
Lab: M 11:00 AM - 1:50 PM, Th 6:00 PM - 08:50 PM, Online
Textbook: Fundamentals of Computer Graphics, by Shirley, Ashikhmin, Marschner (3rd edition on reserve at the library)
Piazza: http://piazza.com/ucr/fall2020/cs130/home. (Sign up: http://piazza.com/ucr/fall2020/cs130.)
Syllabus: pdf.

Instructor

Craig Schroeder

Office Hours: after class, or by appointment

Email: craigs@cs.ucr.edu

Teaching Assistant

Jason Goulding

Office Hours: M 9:00-9:50 AM, Th 3:00-3:50 PM. Same zoom meeting as lab.

Email: jgoul004@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	Notes	Due


lab	canceled
10/02	introduction, math review	intro, math, math

lab	math	files
10/05	raster, colors	images, math
10/07	raytracing	ray tracing
10/09	lighting, shading	lighting, shading

lab	starting project 1	project 1, files
10/12	raytracing	falloff, reflection, shadow, reflection, transmission
10/14	raytracing	normals
10/16	raytracing Booleans	Booleans

lab	debugging	files
10/19	acceleration	antialiasing, acceleration
10/21	barycentric coordinates	barycentric coordinates
10/23	texture mapping	texture mapping	Proj 1 (CP 1)

lab	GLSL: shaders	files
10/26	triangles, meshes	meshes
10/28	modern pipeline	OpenGL, pipeline
10/30	rasterize lines, rasterize triangles	lines, lines, triangles	Proj 1 (CP 2)

lab	rasterize lines	files
11/02	z-buffer, pipeline	z-buffer, pipeline
11/04	transforms-linear	transforms
11/06	pipeline transforms	transforms	Proj 1

lab	starting project 2	files
11/09	midterm	solution
11/11	holiday
11/13	pers-correct interp	pers-correct interp

lab	GLSL: texture mapping	files
11/16	clipping	clipping, clipping
11/18	clipping	clipping, clipping
11/20	rotations	rotations	Proj 2 (CP 1)

lab	canceled
11/23	curves	curves
11/25	curves, surfaces	curves
11/27	holiday

lab	curves	files
11/30	implicit surfaces basics	implicit surfaces
12/02	implicit surfaces rendering	implicit surfaces rendering
12/04	marching cubes	marching cubes	Proj 2 (CP 2)

lab	marching squares	files
12/07	rigid bodies	rigid bodies
12/09	rigid bodies	rigid bodies
12/11	final review		Proj 2

TBD	final	solution

Announcements

Welcome to CS 130, Computer Graphics.
If you are doing the project on Windows, you may find this helpful.

Note on academic integrity

All assignments are to be completed individually unless otherwise stated. Projects may be completed individually or with a partner. 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 course and a referral to the campus academic integrity committee.

Please familiarize yourself with the campus academic integrity policy.

Grading

10%	Labs
20%	Checkpoints
30%	Projects
15%	Midterm
25%	Final