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Syllabus

Announcements:

• Sep 11: To download the paper in ACM Digital Library, you may need the license provided by NTHU Library (See these instructions).

• Sep 12: The classroom has changed to EECS 128.

• Nov 9: Please send me your selection of paper and date for presentation by email.  The available dates are 11/13-11/30.

• Nov 9: The project proposal is due on 11/20.

• (New!) Dec 11: Final project demos will be on Jan 22, 2007.

Assignments:

• Sep 11: Read this Business Weekly (商業周刊) article about Pixar.

• Sep 14: Read this article (PDF ) at Intel Technology Journal.  (Study the first three pages thoroughly and then browse the rest of the paper.)

• Sep 19: Assignment 1 is here.  Part A is due on October 2 and the rest on October 16.

• Oct 23: Assignment 2 is here (to download the code and reference paper).  The due date is November 2.

Lecture Slides:

• Sep 14: Photo-realistic vs. Interactive.

• Sep 18: Ray Tracing (and Assignment 1). 

• Sep 21: Acceleration of Ray Tracing.

• Sep 25: Local Reflection Models.

• Sep 28: Colors.

• Oct 02: Global Illumination.

• Oct 05: Path Tracing

• Oct 16: Radiosity

• Oct 23: Antialiasing

• Oct 30: Image-Based Rendering

• Nov 6: Precomputed Light Transport

• Dec 25: RenderMan Shaders (handout)

Paper Presentations: Suggestions, Schedule (Updated)

Project Suggestions

Example Codes:

• A 3D vector and matrix library (written in C++).

• Examples of PPM image output, written in C and C++.  IrfanView (a freeware) may be used to view the generated image.

• Progressive Radiosity by Eric Chen while he worked for Apple.

Software and Data:

• Matt Pharr's PBRT (Physically Based Rendering). (New!)

• Information about POV-Ray, MORAY, and other similar programs.

• The Berkeley Fluid Animation & Simulation Toolkit (BFAST)

• The Cornell Box.

• The Sponza Atrium.

• A cow model and a bunny model (in OBJ format).

• Many 3D models may be obtained at 3D Cafe and http://lodbook.com/models/.

References:

• D. Greenberg, A framework for realistic image synthesis, CACM 42(8), pp. 44-53, Aug. 1999.

• R. Cook, Stochastic sampling and distributed ray tracing, also in Glassner, An Introduction to Ray Tracing, pp. 161-199.

• H. E. Jensen and N. J. Christensen, A practical guide to global illumination using photon maps, SIGGRAPH 2000 Course 8.

• P. Hanrahan, Monte Carlo path tracing, Chapter 6 of SIGGRAPH 2001 Course 29.  (You may borrow my CD-ROM if you want to read the whole course.)

• J. R. Wallace, K. A. Elmquist and E. A. Haines, A Ray tracing algorithm for progressive radiosity, SIGGRAPH 1989 Proceedings, pp. 315-324.
  

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