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Meeting time: 11:30-1:00pm |
UAF CS F481/F681 |
Instructor: Dr. Orion Lawlor |
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Recommended Textbook: Interactive Computer Graphics, 4th Ed., by Edward Angel, Addison-Wesley ($112.50 at UAF bookstore; $100 on Amazon). The 3rd edition is also acceptable. |
ADA Compliance: Will work with Office of Disabilities Services (203 WHIT, 474-7043) to provide reasonable accomodation to students with disabilities. |
Course Website:
http://www.cs.uaf.edu/2008/spring/cs481 |
By the end of the course, you will be able to write modern graphics software, and understand current technqiues in the field. This includes writing C++ OpenGL applications, writing programmable shaders that run on the graphics card, rendering terrains, fractals, and volume datasets, and using antialiasing, raytracing, radiosity, and particle systems. To do this, you must have a clear understanding of programming, simple OpenGL, 3D vectors and vector operations, and transformation matrices.
Academic Help: Google, Rasmuson Library, Academic Advising Center (509 Gruening, 474-6396), Math Lab (Chapman Room 305), English Writing Center (801 Gruening Bldg, 478-5246).
You'll get better grades by attending class, doing homework, and understanding the material than by cramming before the exam. The overall grade comes from:
HW: Homeworks and machine problems, to be distributed through the semester.
PROJ: two substantial graphics projects, together with a short presentation of your results. Example projects: read a paper and implement a similar technique, write a recursive raytracer, read a new model or character file format, implement a radiosity algorithm, or do any of these things in parallel.
MT: Midterm Exam.
FINAL: Final Exam (comprehensive).
The final score is then calculated as:
TOTAL = 20% HW + 30% PROJ + 25% MT + 25% FINAL
This percentage score is transformed into a
plus-minus letter grade via these cutoffs: A >= 93%; A- 90%; B+
87%; B 83%; B- 80%; C+ 77%; C 70%; D+ 67%; D 63%; D- 60%; F. The
grades “C-”, “F+”, and “F-” will not be given. “A+”
is reserved for truly extraordinary work. At my discretion, I may
round your grade up if it
is very close to a grading boundary. Students taking the graduate
course will have extra exam questions, and be expected to complete
more complex projects.
Individual assignments and
tests may (rarely) be
curved. Homeworks are normally due at midnight on the day they
are due. Late homeworks will receive no credit. At
my discretion, I may allow late assignments without penalty
when due to circumstances beyond your control. Projects that are up
to two weeks late may be accepted at a 50% grade penalty
(e.g., on-time grade: 86%; late grade: 43%). Everything you turn in
must be your own work--violations of the UAF Honor code will result
in a minimum penalty equal to THAT ENTIRE SECTION OF YOUR
GRADE (e.g., one plagiarized homework question will negate an
otherwise perfect grade on all homeworks). However, even
substantial reuse of other people's work is fine (and not plagiarism)
if it is clearly cited; you'll be graded on what you've added
to others' work. Group projects (NOT homeworks) are acceptable if
you clearly label who did what work; but I do expect a two-person
group project to represent twice as much work as a one-person
project. Department policy does not allow tests to be taken early;
but in extraordinary circumstances may be taken late.
Last day to drop: February 8. Spring break: March 8-16. Last day to withdraw: March 28. Midterm exam: 11:30am on Thursday, March 6. Last day of class: Thursday, May 1. Final exam: 10:15am on Saturday, May 10.
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