CS 184 Summer 2026
Instructors: David McAllister, Stephanie Fu /
Lecture: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 3:30-5:00 PM, Dwinelle 145
Course Schedule
| Wk. | Date | Lecture | Discussion | Homework | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon Jun 22 | 1. Introduction Slides / Recording | |||
| Tue Jun 23 | 2. Sampling Slides / Recording | Homework 0 | |||
| Wed Jun 24 | 3. Antialiasing Slides / Recording (SP24) | 1. Triangles and Sampling Slides / Worksheet / Solutions |
Homework 1 Checkpoint (due 06/25) | ||
| Thu Jun 25 | 4. Transforms Slides / Recording (SP24) | ||||
| 2 | Mon Jun 29 | 5. Texture Mapping Recording | 2. Transforms and Texture Mapping Slides / Worksheet / Solutions |
Homework 1 (due 07/02) | |
| Tue Jun 30 | 6. Rasterization Pipeline Recording | ||||
| Wed Jul 01 | 7. Bezier Curves and Surfaces Recording | 3. Rasterization, Splines, and Curves Slides / Worksheet / Solutions |
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| Thu Jul 02 | 8. Mesh Representations and Geometry Processing Slides / Recording | ||||
| 3 | Mon Jul 06 | 9. Ray Tracing | 4. Half Edges and Ray-Surface Intersection | Homework 2 Checkpoint (due 07/06) | |
| Tue Jul 07 | 10. Ray Tracing - Acceleration Structures | Homework 2 (due 07/15) | |||
| Wed Jul 08 | 11. Ray Tracing - Acceleration Structures | Exam 1 Review, Q&A | |||
| Thu Jul 09 | 12. Exam 1 Review | ||||
| 4 | Mon Jul 13 | Exam 1 (3:30-5:00 PM) | No Discussion | ||
| Tue Jul 14 | 13. Radiometry and Photometry | ||||
| Wed Jul 15 | 14. Monte Carlo Integration | 5. Ray Tracing and Radiometry | |||
| Thu Jul 16 | 15. Global Illumination and Path Tracing | Homework 3 Checkpoint (due 07/16) | |||
| 5 | Mon Jul 20 | 16. Material Modeling | 6. Probability/Monte Carlo Estimators | Homework 3 (due 07/30) | Final Project Proposal (due 07/27) |
| Tue Jul 21 | 17. Advanced Material Modeling | ||||
| Wed Jul 22 | 18. Cameras & Lenses | 7. Material Modeling | |||
| Thu Jul 23 | 19. Color Science 1 | ||||
| 6 | Mon Jul 27 | 20. Simulation | 8. Cameras | ||
| Tue Jul 28 | 21. Intro to Animation / Kinematics | ||||
| Wed Jul 29 | 22. Color Science 2 | 9. Color | |||
| Thu Jul 30 | 23. Image Processing | Final Project Milestone (due 08/04) | |||
| 7 | Mon Aug 03 | 24. Virtual Reality | 10. Animation, Simulation, Kinematics | ||
| Tue Aug 04 | 25. Inverse Rendering | ||||
| Wed Aug 05 | 26. Neural Radiance Fields | Exam 2 Review, Q&A | |||
| Thu Aug 06 | 27. Exam 2 Review | Homework 3 Grades Released | Final Project Report & Video (due 08/12) | ||
| 8 | Mon Aug 10 | Exam 2 (3:30-5:30 PM) | No Discussion | ||
| Tue Aug 11 | No Lecture | ||||
| Wed Aug 12 | Research Talk / Open Office Hours | No Discussion | |||
| Thu Aug 13 | Poster Presentations | Final Project Presentations (on 08/13) |