| # | Date | Topic | Labs Due |
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| 1 | Tue 6 Jan |
Introduction |
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| 2 | Thu 8 Jan |
History of GUIs; FLTK |
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| 3 | Tue 13 Jan |
UI/HCI Design Issues |
Lab0: FLTK orientation |
| 4 | Thu 15 Jan |
UI Design: Fitts' Law |
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| 5 | Tue 20 Jan |
Parallel Computing
(reading: LLNL tutorial) |
Lab1: FLTK |
| 6 | Thu 22 Jan |
Parallel Computing Memory Models |
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| 7 | Tue 27 Jan |
OpenMP
(reading:
OpenMP homepage and
tutorial) |
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| 8 | Thu 29 Jan |
Issues in Parallel Programming: Synchronization and Communication |
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| 9 | Tue 3 Feb |
Computer Graphics |
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| 10 | Thu 5 Feb |
Graphics Pipeline |
Lab2: OpenMP |
| 11 | Tue 10 Feb |
Introduction to OpenGL |
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| 12 | Thu 12 Feb |
Midterm 1 (GUI, parallel) |
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| 13 | Tue 17 Feb |
3D Geometry |
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| 14 | Thu 19 Feb |
Transform Matrices |
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| Tue 24 Feb |
Independent Study Week / Reading Break |
| Thu 26 Feb |
Independent Study Week / Reading Break |
| 15 | Tue 3 Mar |
Virtual Trackball: Quaternions |
Lab3: Animated 3D Model
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| 16 | Thu 5 Mar |
Shading: OpenGL local illumination model |
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| 17 | Tue 10 Mar |
Phong Shading and Texture Maps
(plus promo of game devel by Kevin Schut) |
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| 18 | Thu 12 Mar |
Texture Mapping and Blending
(Redbook ch9) |
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| 19 | Tue 17 Mar |
Programmable Shaders |
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| 20 | Thu 19 Mar |
Midterm 2 (graphics) |
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| 21 | Tue 24 Mar |
GLSL
(GLSL quickref PDF,
NeHe tutorial) |
Lab4: Textures and Trackball |
| 22 | Thu 26 Mar |
Bezier Curves and surfaces
(Redbook ch12) |
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| 23 | Tue 31 Mar |
NURBS |
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| 24 | Thu 2 Apr |
Scene Graphs and Space Partitioning |
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| 25 | Tue 7 Apr |
Class projects Demo Day! |
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| | Thu 9 Apr |
(no class) |
Lab5: GLSL
(last day for late turn-in: 19Apr) |
| Mon 20 Apr |
Final Exam: 2-4pm
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