Computer Graphics Syllabus

Computer Graphics Home Syllabus

Course: CS 4/57101	Fall 2015
Call Number: 12605/12617
Time: 5:30 pm -06:45 pm T H	Location: 121 MSB
Paul A. Farrell	Office : 258
Phone : (330) 672-9060	Mail address : farrell@cs.kent.edu
Office Hours : 4pm-5:15pm Tue and Thurs and by appointment

Grader: Zhiqiang Wang	Mail address:zwang22@kent.edu
Office 353 MSB	Office Hours: 4pm Thurs

Goal:

The goal of this course is to provide an introduction to the theory and practice of computer graphics. The course will assume a good background in programming and a background in mathematics including familiarity with the theory and use of coordinate geometry and of linear algebra such as matrix multiplication. Students will use the standards based OpenGL library in several programming projects illustrating the theory and practice of programming computer graphics applications. This year instead of C the course will use a web based approach using the HTML5 based OpenGL implementation WebGL and Javascript.

Course Syllabus:

Topics covered will include:

Graphics Systems and Models
Graphics Programming : Getting started with WebGL, Primitives, Attributes, Viewing, Viewports, Control, Interaction with Window System
Interaction and Animation: Input Devices, Client-Server model, Event-Driven Input,
Geometrical Objects and Transformations in 2D and 3D, homogeneous coordinates, matrix representation, interfaces fro 3D Applications
Viewing: Camera position, projections, hidden surface removal, displaying meshes, shadow maps
Lighting and shading: Illumination and Shading, light sources, lighting parameters and model
Discrete techniques: buffers, texture mapping, bump mapping, blending techniques, GPGPU

and possibly one or more from the following in less detail:

From Geometry to Pixels: modeling, geometry processing, rasterization, fragment processing, clipping, more hidden surface removal, antialiasing
Modeling and Hierarchy: models, tree data structures and algorithms
Procedural Methods: particle systems, recursive methods and fractals
Curves and surfaces: representation, hermite and bezier curves and surfcaes, B-splines
Advanced rendering techniques: ray tracing, radiosity, parallel rendering, hardware GPU implemementations, direct volume rendering, image based rendering.

Text:

Edward Angel, Dave Shreiner, Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top-Down Approach with WebGL, 7/E, Pearson, 2015

Additional References:

Edward Angel, OpenGL : A primer, 3rd edition, Pearson, 2008
OpenGL Programming Guide: The Official Guide to Learning OpenGL, Version 4.3, 8/E
OpenGL ES 2.0 Programming Guide
WebGL Programming Guide
WebGL Beginners Guide
WebGL: Up and Running
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide
Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice (3rd Edition) 3rd Edition by John F. Hughes, Andries van Dam, Morgan McGuire, David F. Sklar, James D. Foley, Steven K. Feiner, Kurt Akeley, 3rd edition, 2013.

Assessment:

Midterm Examination :	20-30%
Final Examination :	20-30%
Assignments (2 to 6) :	40-60%

Notes:

Assignments will primarily be programming assignments requiring implementation of applications employing the theory covered in the lectures and books.
There will also be some theoretical questions and assignments.
Students should note that completion of both the programming and theoretical assignments will be necessary to achieve good grades.
There will be a penalty for late assignments which may amount to 10% per day.
The Midterm examination will be in the 7th, 8th, 9th or 10th week of term.
Assignments are to be completed by the student without assistance from or collaboration with other persons.
The final examination is scheduled for 5:45 - 8:00 p.m. Wed. Dec. 16. It may be a take-home project, program or written examination which may be comprehensive or at least requre some knowledge of the material examined in the mid-term.

Additional Requirements:

This syllabus and most subsequent information on the course will be available using the WWW. The home page for the course is: http://www.cs.kent.edu/~farrell/cg15/index.html

Registration

University policy requires all students to be officially registered in each class they are attending. Students who are not officially registered for a course by published deadlines should not be attending classes and will not receive credit or a grade for the course. Each student must confirm enrollment by checking his/her class schedule (using Student Tools in FlashLine) prior to the deadline indicated. Registration errors must be corrected prior to the deadline.

Cheating and Plagiarism

University policy 3-01.8 deals with the problem of academic dishonesty, cheating, and plagiarism. None of these will be tolerated in this class. The sanctions provided in this policy will be used to deal with any violations. If you have any questions, please read the policy at http://www.kent.edu/policyreg/policydetails.cfm?customel_datapageid_1976529=2037779 and/or ask.

Students with Disabilities:

University policy 3-01.3 requires that students with disabilities be provided reasonable accommodations to ensure their equal access to course content. If you have a documented disability and require accommodations, please contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester to make arrangements for necessary classroom adjustments. Please note, you must first verify your eligibility for these through Student Accessibility Services (contact 330-672-3391 or visit www.kent.edu/sas for more information on registration procedures).

Paul A. Farrell
farrell@cs.kent.edu