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Course Calendar

Here is a rough estimate of how the class will proceed. The final date and assignment deadlines are firm, but the lecture dates are a little more rough:

Week 1:

Mon, Sep 28: Introduction.

Homework #0 assigned.

Wed, Sep 30: Display hardware.

Fri, Oct 2: Visual perception.

Week 2:

Mon, Oct 5: Visual perception.

Homework #0 due!

Home page due!

Project #1 team assignments due!

Homework #1 assigned.

Wed, Oct 7: Color.

Fri, Oct 9: Color, cont'd.

Week 3:

Mon, Oct 12: Color, cont'd.

Project #0 due!

Project #1 (Impressionist) assigned.

Wed, Oct 14: Image processing.

Fri, Oct 16: Image compositing

Week 4:

Mon, Oct 19: Image compositing

Homework #1 due!

Homework #2 assigned.

Wed, Oct 21: 2D transformations.

Fri, Oct 23: 3D transformations.

Week 5:

Mon, Oct 26: 3D transformations, cont.

Project #1 due!

Project #2 (Articulate) assigned.

Wed, Oct 28: Hierarchical modeling.

Project #1 artifact due!

Fri, Oct 30: Hidden surfaces

Week 6:

Mon, Nov 2: Hidden surfaces

Homework #2 due!

Project #3 team assignments due!

Homework #3 assigned.

Wed, Nov 4: Shading.

Fri, Nov 6: Ray tracing.

Week 7:

Mon, Nov 9: Ray tracing, cont.

Project #2 due!

Project #3 (Trace) assigned.

Wed, Nov 11: Holiday!

Fri, Nov 13: Ray tracing, interpolated shading

Week 8:

Mon, Nov 16: Texture mapping

Homework #3 due!

Project #4 team assignments due!

Homework #4 assigned.

Wed, Nov 18: Texture mapping

Fri, Nov 20: Curves

Week 9:

Mon, Nov 23: Curves, cont.

Project #3 due!

Project #4 (Animator) assigned.

Wed, Nov 25: Curves, cont.

Project #3 artifact due!

Fri, Nov 27: Holiday!

Week 10:

Mon, Nov 30: Implementing C2 interpolating splines.

Wed, Dec 2: Surfaces.

Homework #4 due!

Fri, Dec 4: Surfaces, Animation

Week 11:

Mon, Dec 7: Animation, Global illumination.

Wed, Dec 9: Global illumination, final review

Project #4 due!

Thurs, Dec 10: Project #4 artifact due!

Fri, Dec 11: No class - artifact voting in lab

Mon, Dec 14, 2:30-4:20pm: Final!