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CS 428 |
TOPICS & OBJECTIVES (Tentative!) |
| Textbook | Tasks Planning | Grades & Policies | Assignments & Exams | Course Materials | Topics & Objectives |
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Date |
Topics |
Assignments
& Exams |
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Week
1 (08/18): |
No
Class |
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Week
2 (08/25): |
Elementary
Concepts (Chapter 1) |
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Week
3 (09/01): |
Elementary
Concepts (Chapter 1) Applied
Geometry (Chapter 2) |
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Week
4 (09/08): |
Applied
Geometry (Chapter 2) |
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Week
5 (09/15): |
Geometrical
Transformations (Chapter 3) |
Homework
1 assigned on Thursday 09/17 |
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Week
6 (09/22): |
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Homework 1 due on Tuesday 09/29 |
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Geometrical
Transformations (Chapter 3) |
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Week
7 (09/29): |
Some
Classic Algorithms (Chapter 4) |
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Week
8 (10/06): |
Class
Exercises / Lab on Tuesday |
Mid-Term
Exam (Thursday 10/08) |
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Week
9 (10/13): |
Some
Classic Algorithms (Chapter 4) |
Programming assigned on Monday 10/18 Homework 2 assigned on Thursday 10/15 |
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Week
10 (10/20): |
Perspective
(Chapter 5) |
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Week
11 (10/27): |
Hidden-Line
Elimination (Chapter 6) |
Homework
2 due on Thursday 10/29 |
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Week
12 (11/03): |
Hidden-Line
Elimination (Chapter 6) Hidden-Face
Elimination (Chapter 7) |
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Week
13 (11/10): |
Hidden-Face
Elimination (Chapter 7) |
Written/Oral
Presentations (11/12) |
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Week
14 (11/17): |
Fractals
(Chapter 8) |
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Week
15 (11/24): |
No
class on Thursday (Thanksgiving) |
Programming
Presentations (11/24) |
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Week
16 (12/1): |
Class Exercises / Lab (Last
Day of Class on Tuesday 12/01) |
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Final
Exam on Tuesday December 8th from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm |
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OBJECTIVES
By the end of the semester, a student attending this course should be able to:
Understand the nature of discreteness of displayed graphics on computer screen such as the notion of pixel
Grasp the concept of vector, determinant, polygons, and triangulation of polygons
Perform
3D rotations
Be
familiar with well-known graphics algorithms such as clipping lines and
polygons, and drawing smooth curves
Compute perspective images of a point, hidden line elimination, and hidden face elimination
Understand and draw self-similar curves modeled by Fractal geometry.
| Textbook | Tasks Planning | Grades & Policies | Assignments & Exams | Course Materials | Topics & Objectives |