Teaching
Computer Graphics (BMINF002)
Organisation
| Lecturer: | Prof. Dr. Renato Pajarola |
| Assistant: | Luciano A. Romero Calla |
| Time: | Monday 14:00-15:45 |
| Location: | BIN 2.A.10 |
| Language: | English |
| OLAT: | Link to OLAT Campus Course |
| Course Catalogue: | Link to UZH Course Catalogue |
Overview
Computer graphics has ubiquitously penetrated our modern life, be it from the special effects in movies, gaming consoles, interactive graphics on handheld devices or data visualization on the PC. The foundations of interactive 3D computer graphics include a wide range of topics such as graphics systems architectures, polygonal 3D modeling, illumination and shading from light, vector and matrix operations, geometric transformations, viewing in 3D, visibility and occlusion culling, clipping and screen rasterization. In this lecture we will review these basic foundations of 3D graphics, and at the end touch on a few advanced concepts such as ray-tracing. The lecture will also include some small practical programming exercises to be done in Open GL and C++.
Content
Foundations of interactive 3D computer graphics such as graphics systems, polygonal modeling, illumination and shading, geometric transformations, viewing in 3D, visibility, clipping, rasterization, and ray-tracing.
- 3D Object Modeling and Representation
- Geometric Transformations
- Illumination and Shading
- Viewing in 3D
- Visible Surface Methods
- 2D Raster Graphics Algorithms
- Graphics Rendering Pipeline
- Advanced Techniques in Interactive Rendering
- Ray-Tracing
Literature
- Interactive Computer Graphics: A top-down approach with shader-based OpenGL. by Edward Angel and David Shreiner, Addison-Wesley. 6th Edition, 2012.
Completion Requirements
Reading
As a standing homework assignment you are required to read the corresponding book chapters in parallel to the lectures covering them. Read the following suggested book chapters from [1] in accordance with the corresponding class lectures:
- Introduction: Chapters 1, 2.1-2.6
- Vectors and Geometric Models: Chapters 3.1-3.6, 4.9, 8.1-8.4, 8.8-8.9 and Appendix B
- Geometric Transformations and Matrices: Chapters 3.7-3.11 and Appendix C
- Illumination and Shading: Chapter 5
- Rasterization: Chapters 6.1-6.2, 6.8-6.10, 6.12
- Mapping: Chapter 7
- Viewing: Chapters 4.1-4.7
- Visibility: Chapters 4.8, 4.10, 6.11
- Ray Tracing: Chapters 11.1-11.4
Homework
To pass the lecture, students must have completed the distributed exercises as instructed at the beginning of the lecture.
Examination
The lecture will be completed with a written exam at the end of the semester. The exam is scheduled according to the standard UZH/OEC/IFI regulations, see also the VVZ link (at the top).
Syllabus
This is a tentative schedule of the topics covered during the semester.
| Lecture Week | Topics | Slides | Exercises |
| Week 1 | Introduction, Graphics API | All slides can be found on OLAT (see link at the top). | |
| Week 2 | Vectors | ||
| Week 3 | Geometric Modeling | ||
| Week 4 | Rendering Meshes |
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| Week 5 | Transformations |
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| Week 6 | Composite Transforms | ||
| Week 7 | Illumination & Light Sources | ||
| Week 8 | Shading & Shaders | ||
| Week 9 | Rasterization | ||
| Week 10 | Texture Mapping | ||
| Week 11 | Viewing | ||
| Week 12 | Projections | ||
| Week 13 | Visibility & Shadows | ||
| Week 14 | Ray Tracing |