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CSE 457: Introduction to Computer Graphics

Autumn 2026

Lectures will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays in MGH 231 from 10:00-11:20am. View the syllabus for more details.

Calendar

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

Lecture Material

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

Week 1

Thurs, Oct 1: Administrivia, Affine Transformations

Week 2

Tues, Oct 6: Affine Transformations, Hierarchical Modeling, Surfaces of Revolution; Hierarchial Modeling in 5 Minutes; P1 Out
Thurs, Oct 8: 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

Week 3

Tues, Oct 13: Shading, Texture Mapping; Reflections (Pt. 1) in 5 Minutes Reflections (Pt. 2) in 5 Minutes; P1 Due HW1 out
Thurs, Oct 15: Texture Mapping, Projections

Week 4

Tues, Oct 20: Ray Tracing; Ray Tracing (Pt. 1) in 5 Minutes Ray Tracing (Pt. 2) in 5 Minutes; HW1 Due P2 out
Thurs, Oct 22: Ray Tracing, Obscure Glass

Week 5

Tues, Oct 27: Ray Tracing, Anti-Aliasing, Soft Shadows; HW2 out
Thurs, Oct 29: Monte Carlo Path Tracing

Week 6

Tues, Nov 3: Accelerated Ray Tracing, Particle Systems; HW2 Due P2 Due; P3 out
Thurs, Nov 5: Particle Systems, Skeletal Elastics, Parametric Curves

Week 7

Tues, Nov 10: Parametric Curves
Thurs, Nov 12: Parametric Curves

Week 8

Tues, Nov 17: Parametric Curves, Parametric Surfaces, VRIP; P3 DueP4 out
Thurs, Nov 19: Parametric Surfaces, Subdivision, Body Shapes; HW3 out

Week 9

Tues: TBD
Thurs: Thanksgiving

Week 10

Tues: TBD
Thurs: TBD

Week 11

Tues: TBD
Thurs: TBD

Finals Week

Tues: Artifact Due
Thurs