CS 5984 Special Study: Computer Graphics

Spring 2003

Wednesday, 4:00pm-6:45pm, NVC Room 324

CRN 16375

The course web site is available on the Virginia Tech Blackboard server at http://www.learn.vt.edu/. Once you log on using your Virginia Tech PID and password, in the section My Courses follow the link SS: Computer Graphics Spring-03. The link is present only if you are registered for the course. This page contains overall information about the course, as follows:

• Course Description
• Instructor
• Textbook and other materials
• Grading
• Graduate Honor System
• Lecture Schedule

Course Description:

This course covers techniques for 2D and 3D computer graphics, including graphics hardware, 2D and 3D primitives, rendering, and transformations, visible surface determination, and basic illumination and shading. More advanced techniques used for volume visualization, special visual effects and virtual reality are also review. The student will learn related algorithms and techniques, and gain the knowledge necessary to understand the latest innovations in computer graphics and design new techniques.

Instructor:

Denis Gracanin, Ph.D., P.E.

Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
Virginia Tech
Northern Virginia Center, Room 419
7054 Haycock Road
Falls Church, VA 22043

Phone: (703) 538-8378
Fax: (703) 538-8348
Email: gracanin@vt.edu

Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 2-4pm

Textbook:

Edward Angel, Interactive Computer Graphics, Third Edition, Addison Wesley, 2003, ISBN 0-201-77343-0..

Other materials:

• Recommended book (Available at the NVC Service Center):
  J. D. Foley, A. van Dam, S. K. Feiner, J. F. Hughes, Interactive Computer Graphics, Second Edition, Addison Wesley, 1996, ISBN 0-201-84840-6.
• Other reference books:
  • Edward Angel, OpenGL: A Primer, Addison Welsey, 2002, ISBN 0-201-74186-5.
  • OpenGL Architecture Review Board, OpenGL® Reference Manual: The Official Reference Document to OpenGL, Version 1.2, Third Edition, Addison Wesley, 2000, ISBN 0-201-65765-1.
  • OpenGL Architecture Review Board, OpenGL® Programming Guide: The Official Guide to Learning OpenGL, Version 1.2, Third Edition, Addison Wesley, 1999, ISBN 0-201-60458-2.
• Supplemental material: www.cs.unm.edu/~angel/
• Course web site (Blackboard): http://www.learn.vt.edu/
• Course web page: http://www.nvc.cs.vt.edu/cs5984/
• OpenGL web site: http://www.opengl.org/
• OpenGL for Java web site: http://www.jausoft.com/gl4java.html

Grading:

• Midterm exam (closed book): 25% (March 12, 2003, 4-7pm)
• Final exam (closed book): 25% (May 7, 2003, 4-7pm)
• Project implementation: 25% (April 30, 2003, by noon)
• Project report: 5% (April 30, 2003, by noon)
• Project Presentation: 5% (April 30, 2003, 4-7pm)
• Homework: 15% (February 19, March 26, April 23, 2003, by noon) - three homeworks 5% each.

Graduate Honor System:

• Please review Virginia Tech’s Graduate Honor System, for more information see:
  http://filebox.vt.edu/studentinfo/gradhonor/
• All assignments are individual, no collaboration is allowed. You are not allowed to receive help from others. You are not allowed to provide help to others.
• You can discuss course topics and related issues as long they do not relate to homeworks or project specifics.
• When in doubt, consult with the instructor first.
• All code will be checked by a tool that detects similarities and warns about possible plagiarism.

Lecture Schedule:

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