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CSE 457: Introduction to Computer Graphics

Summer 2025

Lectures will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays in ECE 045 from 9:40-11:30am. View the syllabus for more details.

Calendar

Tentative schedule for the class. All assignments are due at 11pm on the specified date.

Lecture Material

Lecture Recordings can be found on the course's Panopto page.

Week 1

Jun 24: Administrivia, Affine Transformations
Jun 26: Affine Transformations, Hierarchical Modeling, Surfaces of Revolution; Hierarchial Modeling in 5 Minutes

Week 2

Jul 1: Surfaces of Revolution, Shading; Meshes (Pt. 1) in 5 Minutes Meshes (Pt. 2) in 5 Minutes Projection (Pt. 1) in 5 Minutes Projection (Pt. 2) in 5 Minutes; P1 Out
Jul 3: Shading, Texture Mapping; Reflections (Pt. 1) in 5 Minutes Reflections (Pt. 2) in 5 Minutes; HW1 out

Week 3

Jul 8: Texture Mapping, Projections
Jul 10: Ray Tracing; Ray Tracing (Pt. 1) in 5 Minutes Ray Tracing (Pt. 2) in 5 Minutes; HW1 Due

Week 4

Jul 15: Ray Tracing, Obscure Glass; P1 Due P2 out
Jul 17: Ray Tracing, Anti-Aliasing, Soft Shadows; HW2 out

Week 5

Jul 22: Monte Carlo Path Tracing
Jul 24: Accelerated Ray Tracing, Particle Systems; HW2 Due

Week 6

Jul 29: Particle Systems, Skeletal Elastics, Parametric Curves; P2 Due P3 out
Jul 31: Parametric Curves

Week 7

Aug 5: Parametric Curves
Aug 7: Parametric Curves, Parametric Surfaces, VRIP; HW3 out

Week 8

Aug 12: Parametric Surfaces, Subdivision, Body Shapes; P3 DueArtifact Out
Aug 14: VR Lab; HW3 due

Week 9

Aug 19: Animation Principles, Rigid Body Simulation
Aug 21: Character Dynamics and control; Artifact Due