CAP 4730/CAP5726, Spring 2014
Department of Computer Science, Florida State University
Tuesday
and Thursday, 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, 2400 Health and Wellness Center
(HWC)
http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~liux/courses/graphics-2014/index.html.
This web site contains the up-to-date information related to this class such as
news, announcements, assignments, lecture notes, and useful links to resources
that are helpful to this class. Besides the web pages, Blackboard will be used
to communicate changes and updates and post grades for this class; in
particular, I will send emails using email addresses in the Blackboard system
and please make sure that your email address
on record is current. Note that some of the contents require authentication
and use the following information when asked:
With the advances in computer hardware, graphics hardware (such as graphics processing units), graphics algorithms, and modeling, computer graphics, especially photo realistic computer graphics, has been used widely in video games, cartoons, film special effects (such as generating photo realistic and consistent components for frames), computer-generated imagery, augmented reality systems, virtual reality systems (such as video conferencing systems), computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing, and medical imaging applications. In addition, computer graphics has become essential in scientific visualization to gain insights and intuitive understanding. Furthermore, computer graphics algorithms are becoming an integral part of computer vision algorithms to infer three dimensional models from images and videos in the Bayesian inference framework. Due to extensive commercial applications of computer graphics, there is also a strong industry that uses and produces computer graphics and related techniques.
This course covers fundamental principles and
algorithms underlying computer graphics, including line drawing algorithms,
circle/ellipse drawing algorithms, triangle and polygon rasterization, 2D geometrical
transformation, 3D geometric transformations, viewing in 3D (orthographic
projection and perspective projection), hidden surface elimination algorithms,
surface shading, ray tracing, graphics pipeline (including clipping), texture
mapping, and brief coverage of advanced topics (computer animation, image-based
rendering, and global illumination). It will also provide a brief introduction
to openGL. This course is intended for senior computer science students and
graduate students who are interested in computer graphics related careers or in
learning and applying computer graphics techniques.
COP 4530 – Data Structures, Algorithms, and
Generic Programming; proficient programming in C/C++ (but mainly C); basic
knowledge and understanding of linear algebra operations, especially matrix
manipulation operations; basic working knowledge of computer architecture
Upon successful
completion of this course of study, the student will:
Required textbook, “Fundamentals of
Computer Graphics”, 3rd Edition, A K Peters, 2009, by Peter
Shirley and Steve Marschner with Michael Ashikhmin, Michael Gleicher, Naty
Hoffman, Garrett Johnson, Tamara Munzner, Erik Reinhard, Kelvin Sung, William
B. Thompson, Peter Willemsen, and Brian Wyvill;
ISBN: 978-1-56881-469-8. Note: The second edition of the textbook (2005)
will be sufficient (even though chapter orders are different).
In addition to the
textbook, papers and notes from the literature will be distributed along the
lectures, including the following journals and conference proceedings:
Attendance is required for this class. Unless
you obtain prior consent of the instructor, missing classes will be used as
bases for attendance grading. In case that it is necessary to skip a class,
students are responsible to make up missed materials. Participation of in-class
discussions and activities is also required. All submitted assignments and
projects must be done by the author(s). It is a violation of the Academic Honor
Code to submit other’s work and the instructor of this course takes the
violations very seriously.
Excused absences include documented illness,
deaths in the immediate family and other documented crises, call to active
military duty or jury duty, religious holy days, and official University
activities. Accommodations for these
excused absences will be made and will do so in a way that does not penalize
students who have a valid excuse.
Consideration will also be given to students whose dependent children
experience serious illness.
About five short homework assignments (whose purpose is to help you understand the topics visually and do the programming assignments) will be given along the lectures and they need to be turned in. There will be three programming projects (there will be one additional programming project for graduate students) in C/C++ using some basic functions in openGL. There will be a midterm exam and a final exam.
Grades will be
determined as follows:
|
Assignment |
Points |
Assignment |
Points |
|
Class Attendance and Participation |
5 % |
Midterm
Exam |
15 % |
|
Homework
Assignments |
15 % |
Final
Exam |
25 % |
|
Programming Assignments |
40 % |
|
|
Grading will be based on the weighted average as specified
above and the following scale will be used (suppose the weighted average is S
in 100 scale)
|
Score |
Grade |
|
Score |
Grade |
|
Score |
Grade |
|
93 £ S |
A |
|
80
£ S < 83 |
B- |
|
67 £
S < 70 |
D+ |
|
90
£ S < 93 |
A- |
|
77
£ S < 80 |
C+ |
|
63
£ S < 67 |
D |
|
87
£ S < 90 |
B+ |
|
73
£ S < 77 |
C |
|
60
£ S < 63 |
D- |
|
83
£ S < 87 |
B |
|
70
£ S < 73 |
C- |
|
S < 60 |
F |
|
80
£ S |
Satisfactory for CAP5726 students |
|
70
£ S |
Satisfactory for CAP4730 students |
|
|
|
Homework assignments are due at the beginning of the class on the due date and homework assignments turned in late, but before the beginning of the next scheduled class will be penalized by 10%; homework assignments that are more than one class period late will NOT be accepted. Programming assignments are due at the specified time and there will be a 2 % late penalty for each 24 hour period and they will NOT be accepted when they are more than one week late.
All tests/assignments/projects/homework will be returned as soon as possible after grading but no later than two weeks from the due date.
The Florida State University Academic Honor Policy outlines the University’s expectations for the integrity of students’ academic work, the procedures for resolving alleged violations of those expectations, and the rights and responsibilities of students and faculty members throughout the process. Students are responsible for reading the Academic Honor Policy and for living up to their pledge to “. . . be honest and truthful and . . . [to] strive for personal and institutional integrity at Florida State University.” (Florida State University Academic Honor Policy, found at http://dof.fsu.edu/honorpolicy.htm)
Assignments/projects/exams are to be done individually, unless specified otherwise. It is a violation of the Academic Honor Code to take credit for the work done by other people. It is also a violation to assist another person in violating the Code (See the FSU Student Handbook for penalties for violations of the Honor Code). The judgment for the violation of the Academic Honor Code will be done by the instructor and a third party member (another faculty member in the Computer Science Department not involved in this course). Once the judgment is made, the case is closed and no arguments from the involved parties will be heard. Examples of cheating behaviors include:
v Discuss the solution for a homework question.
v Copy programs for programming assignments.
v Use and submit existing programs/reports on the world wide web as written assignments.
v Submit programs/reports/assignments done by a third party, including hired and contracted.
v Plagiarize sentences/paragraphs from others without giving the appropriate references. Plagiarism is a serious intellectual crime and the consequences can be very substantial.
Penalty for violating the Academic Honor Code: A 0 grade for the particular assignment/quiz/exam and a reduction of one letter grade in the final grade for all parties involved for each occurrence. A report will be sent to the department chairman for further administrative actions.
Students with disabilities needing academic accommodations should: 1) register with and provide documentation to the Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC), and 2) bring a letter to the instructor indicating the need for accommodation and what type. This should be done within the first week of class. This syllabus and other class materials are available in alternative format upon request.
For more information about services available to FSU
students with disabilities, contact the Assistant Dean of Students:
108 Student Services Building
(850) 644-9566 (voice)
(850) 644-8504 (TDD)
sdrc@admin.fsu.edu http://www.disabilitycenter.fsu.edu/
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