CS 184/284A Spring 2025
Instructor: Ren Ng / Lecture: 3:30-5:00PM Tu & Th, Birge 50
Course Schedule
| Wk. | Date | Lecture | Discussion | Homework | Project |
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| 1 | Tue Jan 21 | 1. Introduction Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | C++ Review Session Slides |
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| Thu Jan 23 | 2. Drawing Triangles Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | Homework 0 | |||
| 2 | Tue Jan 28 | 3. Sampling and Aliasing Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | 2. Triangles and Sampling Slides / Worksheet / Solutions |
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| Thu Jan 30 | 4. Transforms Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | ||||
| 3 | Tue Feb 04 | 5. Texture Mapping Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | 3. Transforms and Texture Mapping Slides / Worksheet / Solutions |
Homework 1 Checkpoint (due 02/07) | |
| Thu Feb 06 | 6. Rasterization Pipeline Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | Homework 1 (due 02/18) | |||
| 4 | Tue Feb 11 | 7. Bezier Curves & Surfaces Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | 4. Rasterization, Splines, and Curves Slides / Worksheet / Solutions |
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| Thu Feb 13 | 8. Mesh Representations + Geometry Processing Slides | ||||
| 5 | Tue Feb 18 | 9. Ray Tracing | 5. Half Edges/Ray-Surface Intersection | Homework 2 Checkpoint (due 02/21) | |
| Thu Feb 20 | 10. Ray Tracing - Acceleration Structures | Homework 2 (due 03/04) | |||
| 6 | Tue Feb 25 | 11. Radiometry and Photometry | 6. Ray Tracing/Radiometry | ||
| Thu Feb 27 | 12. Monte Carlo Integration | ||||
| 7 | Tue Mar 04 | 13. Global Illumination & Path Tracing | 7. Probability/Monte Carlo Estimators | Homework 3 Checkpoint (due 03/07) | |
| Thu Mar 06 | 14. Material Modeling | Homework 3 (due 03/18) | |||
| 8 | Mon Mar 10 | Exam 1 (7-9PM) | No Discussion | ||
| Tue Mar 11 | 15. Camera & Lenses I | ||||
| Thu Mar 13 | 16. Cameras & Lenses II | ||||
| 9 | Tue Mar 18 | 17. Intro to Animation / Kinematics | 9. Cameras | Homework 4 Checkpoint (due 03/21) | Final Project Proposal (due 04/03) |
| Thu Mar 20 | 18. Simulation | Homework 4 (due 04/08) | |||
| 10 | Tue Mar 25 | No Lecture (Spring Break) | No Discussion | ||
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| 11 | Tue Apr 01 | 19. Intro to Color Science | 11. Animation, Simulation, Kinematics | ||
| Thu Apr 03 | 20. Intro to Color Science II | Final Project Milestone (due 04/20) | |||
| 12 | Tue Apr 08 | 21. Image Sensors | 12. Final Project Mentoring / Tips | ||
| Thu Apr 10 | 22. Image Processing | ||||
| 13 | Tue Apr 15 | 23. Virtual Reality I | 13. Color | ||
| Thu Apr 17 | 24. Virtual Reality II | ||||
| 14 | Tue Apr 22 | 25. Guest Lecture (TBA) | 14. Light Field Cameras | ||
| Thu Apr 24 | 26. Guest Lecture (TBA) | Final Project Report & Video (due 05/04) | |||
| 15 | Mon Apr 28 | Exam 2 (7-9PM) | 15. Final Project Mentoring / Tips | ||
| Tue Apr 29 | 27. Guest Lecture (TBA) | ||||
| Thu May 01 | 28. Research in Ren's Group | ||||
| 16 | Mon May 05 | Final Project Presentations (on 05/05) |