CS-535

COMPUTER GRAPHICS
Spring 2002
MWF 10:00 - 10:50 am (CB 201)

professor:: Dr. Fuhua (Frank) Cheng; 763B Anderson Hall; Phone: (859) 257-6760; Email: cheng@cs.engr.uky.edu; URL: http://www.cs.engr.uky.edu/~cheng/

Office Hours:

MWF 11:00am - 1:00pm and by appointment

Lab:

CSLAB Sun Workstation Lab

Location: 202 EE Annex

Hours: Sunday 12:00pm - Friday 10:00pm, Saturday 9:00am - 7:00pm

Text:

Computer Graphics: using OpenGL, 2nd Edition

Author: F.S. Hill, jr. (Publisher: Prentice Hall)

ISBN: 0-02-354856-8

and my notes (can be downloaded from my website)

Reference:

Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice, 2nd edition in C

Authors: Foley, van Dam, Feiner, and Hughes

Publisher: Addison-Wesley

ISBN no: 0-201-84840-6

OpenGL: Programming Guide, 2nd Edition

by M. Woo, J. Neider, and T. Davis (Publisher: Addison Wesley)

ISBN no: 0-201-46138-2

Grading Policy:

Programming Assignments* ----- 40%

Midterm ----- 20%

Final ----- 20%

Homework ----- 20%

* Programming assignments must be done in C or C++, on machines

in the CSLAB using OpenGL as the supporing library.

Late Penalty:

I will accept programs and homework up to 1 week (5 working days) late

for a penalty of 40% (8% each day overdue). Programs and homework more

than one week late will not be considered for a grade.

Scale (for undergraduate students):

86 -100 .... A

76 - 85 ..... B

66 - 75 ..... C

56 - 65 ..... D

0 - 55 ....... E

Scale (for graduate students):

90 -100 .... A

80 - 89 ..... B

70 - 79 ..... C

Plagiarism and Cheating:

Plagiarism and cheating are serious academic offenses.

The minimum penalty for those academic offenses is final grade E in

the course. The university regulations pertaining to this matter

can be found at http://www.uky.edu/StudentAffairs/Code/

Of particular relevance is Part II, SELECTED RULES OF THE

UNIVERSITY SENATE GOVERNING ACADEMIC

RELATIONSHIPS, Section 6.3 that can be found at

http://www.uky.edu/StudentAffairs/Code/part2.html

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(These rules in particular say:

6.3.1 PLAGIARISM All academic work, written or otherwise, submitted

by students to their instructors or other academic supervisors, is

expected to be the result of their own thought, or self-expression.

In cases where students feel unsure about a question of plagiarism

involving their work, they are obliged to consult their instructors

or the matter before submission.

When students submit work purporting to be their own, but which in

any way borrows ideas, organization, wording or anything else from

another source without appropriate acknowledgment of the face, the

students are guilty of plagiarism.

Plagiarism includes reproducing someone else's work, whether it be

published article, chapter of a book, a paper from a friend or some

file, or whatever. Plagiarism also includes the practice of employing

or allowing another person to alter or revise the work which a student

submits as his/her own, whoever that other person may be. Students may

discuss assignments among themselves or with an instructor or tutor,

but when the actual work is done, it must be done by the student

and the student alone.

When a student's assignment involves research in outside resources

or information, the student must carefully acknowledge exactly what,

where, and how he/she has employed them. If the words of someone else

are used, the student must put quotation marks around the passage in

question and add an appropriate indication of its origin. Making

simple changes while leaving the organization, content, and phrase-

ology intact is plagiaristic. However, nothing in these Rules shall

apply to those ideas which are so generally and freely circulated

as to be a part of the public domain.

6.3.2 CHEATING Cheating is defined by its general usage. It includes,

but is not limited to, the wrongfully giving, taking, or presenting

any information or material by a student with the intent of aiding

himself/herself or another on any academic work which is considered

in any way in the determination of the final grade. Any question of

definition shall be referred to the University Appeals Board.)

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I want to emphasize that in this class students are allowed to discuss

ideas and are allowed to help others by explaining concepts and

possible solutions. However, all the work that is submitted must be

performed by the students individually. Any sharing of electronic files,

printouts and other materials developed by the students is not allowed.

If any fragments of text appearing in books, journals, conference

proceedings, web pages, etc. are used, students must provide appropriate

citations. Any help from others must also be acknowledged.

Course Description:

This course presents the basic principles for the design,

use, and understanding of graphics systems. The hardware and

software components of graphics systems are examined.

Algorithms for creating and manipulating graphics display,

techniques for implementing the algorithms, and their

use in diverse applications are discussed.

The course covers two dimensional graphics such as rasterization

of lines/polygons/curves, clipping, anti-aliasing and three

dimensional graphics such as modeling, viewing, lighting,

shading, hidden line/surface removal. More advanced topics such

as solid modeling, curves and surfaces, advanced raster graphics

architecture and algorithms, advanced modeling techniques, and

animation will also be covered. The graphics library used in

this course is OpenGL.

Prerequisites: CS315, CS335

Course Contents:

1. Overview: graphics systems, models

2. Graphics Programming: OpenGL, primitives, callback functions,

attributes, color, viewing, control functions

3. 2D graphics: world windows and viewports, clipping, canvas,

lines/polygons/curves

5. Geometric Objects and Transformations: 3D primitives, transformations

6. 3D Viewing: normalization, clipping, projection, mapping

7. Modeling: Hierarchies, solid modeling

8. Curves and Surfaces: Hermite, Bezier, B-spline, NURBS

9. Illumination: hidden line/surface removal, shadows

10. Rendering: Ray tracing, radiosity

11. Shading: lighting models, shading models

12. Animation: keyframes, physical dynamics

13. Implementation: modeling, geometric processing, rasterization, display

14. Working with Models: hierarchical, trees, animation, recursive,

fractals, physically based

15. Discrete Techniques: buffers, texture, sampling, aliasing

Important Dates:

Midterm - 10/21/02 (Monday)

Last day to withdraw from a course - 10/25/02 (Friday)

Thanksgiving Holidays 11/28/02 - 11/30/02

Last day of classes - 12/13/02 (Friday)

Final Exam - 12/20/02 (Friday 10:30 am)