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CSE 457: Introduction to Computer Graphics

Autumn 2025

Lectures will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays in MGH 241 from 2:30-3:50pm. 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

Mon, Sep 24: Administrivia, Affine Transformations

Week 2

Mon, Sep 29: Affine Transformations, Hierarchical Modeling, Surfaces of Revolution; Hierarchial Modeling in 5 Minutes; P1 Out
Wed, Oct 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

Week 3

Mon, Oct 6: Shading, Texture Mapping; Reflections (Pt. 1) in 5 Minutes Reflections (Pt. 2) in 5 Minutes; P1 Due HW1 out
Wed, Oct 8: Texture Mapping, Projections

Week 4

Mon, Oct 13: Ray Tracing; Ray Tracing (Pt. 1) in 5 Minutes Ray Tracing (Pt. 2) in 5 Minutes; HW1 Due P2 out
Wed, Oct 15: Ray Tracing, Obscure Glass

Week 5

Mon, Oct 20: Ray Tracing, Anti-Aliasing, Soft Shadows; HW2 out
Wed, Oct 22: Monte Carlo Path Tracing

Week 6

Mon, Oct 27: Accelerated Ray Tracing, Particle Systems; HW2 Due P2 Due; P3 out
Wed, Oct 29: Particle Systems, Skeletal Elastics, Parametric Curves

Week 7

Mon, Nov 3: Parametric Curves
Wed, Nov 5: Parametric Curves

Week 8

Mon, Nov 10: Parametric Curves, Parametric Surfaces, VRIP; P3 DueP4 out
Wed, Nov 12: Parametric Surfaces, Subdivision, Body Shapes; HW3 out

Week 9

Mon, Nov 17: VR Lab
Wed, Nov 19: Animation Principles, Rigid Body Simulations; HW3 due

Week 10

Mon, Nov 24: Character Dynamics and control; P4 DueArtifact Out
Wed, Nov 26: TBD

Week 11

Mon, Dec 1: TBD
Wed, Dec 3: TBD

Finals Week

Mon, Dec 8: Artifact Due
Wed, Dec 10