CS 184 Summer 2025
Instructor: Tarek Elaydi /
Lecture: 3:30-5:00PM MTWTh, Physics 1
Course Schedule
| Wk. | Date | Lecture | Discussion | Homework | Project |
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| 1 | Mon Jun 23 | 1. Introduction Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | |||
| Tue Jun 24 | 2. Drawing Triangles Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | ||||
| Wed Jun 25 | 3. Sampling and Aliasing Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | 1. C++ Review Session Slides |
Homework 0 | ||
| Thu Jun 26 | 4. Transforms Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | ||||
| 2 | Mon Jun 30 | 5. Texture Mapping Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | 2. Triangles and Sampling Slides / Worksheet / Solutions |
Homework 1 Checkpoint (due 07/03) | |
| Tue Jul 01 | 6. Rasterization Pipeline Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | ||||
| Wed Jul 02 | 7. Bezier Curves and Surfaces Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | 3. Transforms and Texture Mapping Slides / Worksheet / Solutions |
Homework 1 (due 07/08) | ||
| Thu Jul 03 | 8. Mesh Representations and Geometry Processing Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | ||||
| 3 | Mon Jul 07 | 9. Ray Tracing Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | 4. Rasterization, Splines, and Curves Slides / Worksheet / Solutions |
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| Tue Jul 08 | 10. Ray Tracing - Acceleration Structures Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | ||||
| Wed Jul 09 | 11. Ray Tracing - Acceleration Structures Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | 5. Half Edges and Ray-Surface Intersection Slides / Worksheet / Solutions Exam Prep Worksheet Exam Prep Solutions |
Homework 2 Checkpoint (due 07/11) | ||
| Thu Jul 10 | 12. Midterm Review Recording | ||||
| 4 | Mon Jul 14 | Exam 1 (3:30-5:00PM) | No Discussion | Homework 2 (due 07/18) | |
| Tue Jul 15 | 13. Radiometry and Photometry Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | ||||
| Wed Jul 16 | 14. Monte Carlo Integration Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | 6. Ray Tracing and Radiometry Slides / Worksheet / Solutions Exam Prep Worksheet Exam Prep Solutions |
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| Thu Jul 17 | 15. Global Illumination and Path Tracing Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | ||||
| 5 | Mon Jul 21 | 16. Material Modeling Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | 7. Probability/Monte Carlo Estimators Slides / Worksheet / Solutions Exam Prep Worksheet Exam Prep Solutions |
Homework 3 Checkpoint (due 07/23) | Final Project Proposal (due 07/27) |
| Tue Jul 22 | 17. Advanced Material Modeling Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | ||||
| Wed Jul 23 | 18. Cameras & Lenses Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | 8. Material Modeling Slides / Worksheet / Solutions Exam Prep Worksheet Exam Prep Solutions |
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| Thu Jul 24 | 19. Color Science 1 Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | Homework 3 (due 08/01) | |||
| 6 | Mon Jul 28 | 20. Simulation Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | 9. Cameras Slides / Worksheet / Solutions Exam Prep Worksheet Exam Prep Solutions |
Final Project Milestone (due 08/04) | |
| Tue Jul 29 | 21. Intro to Animation / Kinematics Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | ||||
| Wed Jul 30 | 22. Color Science 2 Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | 10. Color Slides / Worksheet / Solutions Exam Prep Worksheet Exam Prep Solutions |
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| Thu Jul 31 | 23. Image Processing Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | ||||
| 7 | Mon Aug 04 | 24. Virtual Reality Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | 11. Animation, Simulation, Kinematics Slides / Worksheet / Solutions Exam Prep Worksheet |
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| Tue Aug 05 | 25. Inverse Rendering Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | Final Project Report & Video (due 08/12) | |||
| Wed Aug 06 | 26. Neural Radiance Fields Slides / Recording / Ed Thread | ||||
| Thu Aug 07 | Exam 2 (3:30-5:30PM) | ||||
| 8 | Mon Aug 11 | No Lecture | |||
| Tue Aug 12 | 27. Robotic Learning in Gen AI Recording / Ed Thread | ||||
| Wed Aug 13 | Poster Presentations | Final Project Presentations (on 08/13) | |||
| Thu Aug 14 | 28. Careers in Graphics Recording / Ed Thread |