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 |
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| 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 Slides / Recording | 2. Transforms and Texture Mapping Slides / Worksheet / Solutions |
Homework 1 (due 07/02) | |
| Tue Jun 30 | 6. Rasterization Pipeline Slides / Recording | ||||
| Wed Jul 01 | 7. Bezier Curves and Surfaces Slides / 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 Slides / Recording | 4. Half Edges and Ray-Surface Intersection Slides / Worksheet / Solutions |
Homework 2 Checkpoint (due 07/06) | |
| Tue Jul 07 | 10. Ray Tracing - Acceleration Structures Slides / Recording | Homework 2 (due 07/15) | |||
| Wed Jul 08 | 11. Radiometry and Photometry Slides / Recording | 5. Ray Tracing Slides / Worksheet / Solutions |
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| Thu Jul 09 | 12. Exam 1 Review Slides / Recording | ||||
| 4 | Mon Jul 13 | Exam 1 (3:30-5:00 PM) | No Discussion | ||
| Tue Jul 14 | 13. Monte Carlo Integration Slides / Recording | ||||
| Wed Jul 15 | 14. Global Illumination and Path Tracing Slides / Recording | 7. Radiometry Slides / Worksheet / Solutions |
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| Thu Jul 16 | 15. Material Modeling Slides / Recording | Homework 3 Checkpoint (due 07/21) | |||
| 5 | Mon Jul 20 | 16. Cameras & Lenses 1 Slides / Recording | 8. Probability/Monte Carlo Estimators Slides / Worksheet / Solutions |
Final Project Proposal (due 07/27) | |
| Tue Jul 21 | 17. Cameras & Lenses 2 Slides / Recording | ||||
| Wed Jul 22 | 18. Simulation Slides / Recording | 9. Material Modeling Slides / Worksheet / Solutions |
Homework 3 (due 08/04) | ||
| Thu Jul 23 | 19. Intro to Animation / Kinematics Slides / Recording | ||||
| 6 | Mon Jul 27 | 20. Color Science 1 Slides | 10. Cameras | ||
| Tue Jul 28 | 21. Color Science 2 Slides | ||||
| Wed Jul 29 | 22. Image Processing | 11. Color Slides / Worksheet / Solutions |
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| Thu Jul 30 | 23. Virtual Reality | Final Project Milestone (due 08/04) | |||
| 7 | Mon Aug 03 | 24. TBD - Guest Lecture / Special Topics | 12. Animation, Simulation, Kinematics | ||
| Tue Aug 04 | 25. TBD - Guest Lecture / Special Topics | ||||
| Wed Aug 05 | 26. TBD - Guest Lecture / Special Topics | Exam 2 Review, Q&A | |||
| Thu Aug 06 | 27. Exam 2 Review | 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) |