CS 130: Computer Graphics

General

Lecture: MWF 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM, Chung 142
Lab: Th 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM, Chung 143
Textbook: Fundamentals of Computer Graphics, by Shirley, Ashikhmin, Marschner (4th edition on reserve at the library)
Piazza: https://piazza.com/ucr/summer2022/cs130/home. (Sign up: https://piazza.com/ucr/summer2022/cs130.)
Syllabus: pdf.

Instructor

Craig Schroeder

Office Hours: MW 4:00 PM, F 12:00 PM (after class), Chung 309, or by appointment

Email: craigs@cs.ucr.edu

Teaching Assistant

Mehrnaz Ayazi

Office Hours: Tuesday 1:00-2:00 PM, Chung lobby (bytes)

Email: mayaz003@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

06/20	holiday
06/22	introduction, math review	intro, math, math
lab	math	files
06/24	raster, colors	images, math

06/27	raytracing	ray tracing
06/29	raytracing	normals
lab	starting project 1	project 1, files
07/01	lighting, shading	lighting, shading

07/04	holiday
07/06	raytracing	falloff, reflection, shadow, reflection, transmission
lab	debugging	files
07/08	barycentric coordinates	barycentric coordinates

07/11	triangles, meshes	meshes	Proj 1 Checkpoint 1
07/13	acceleration	antialiasing, acceleration
lab	GLSL: shaders	files
07/15	texture mapping	texture mapping

07/18	raytracing Booleans	Booleans	Proj 1 Checkpoint 2
07/20	modern pipeline	OpenGL, pipeline
lab	canceled
07/22	rasterize lines, rasterize triangles	lines, lines, triangles

07/25	midterm	solution	Proj 1
07/27	z-buffer, pipeline	z-buffer, pipeline
lab	starting project 2	project 2, files
07/29	transforms-linear	transforms

08/01	pipeline transforms	transforms
08/03	pers-correct interp	pers-correct interp
lab	rasterize lines	files
08/05	clipping	clipping, clipping

08/08	clipping	clipping, clipping	Proj 2 Checkpoint 1
08/10	rotations	rotations
lab	GLSL: texture mapping	files
08/12	curves	curves

08/15	curves, surfaces	curves	Proj 2 Checkpoint 2
08/17	implicit surfaces basics	implicit surfaces
lab	curves	files
08/19	implicit surfaces rendering	implicit surfaces rendering

08/22	marching cubes	marching cubes	Proj 2
08/24	marching cubes	marching cubes
lab	marching squares	files
08/26	TBD

08/27	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