Winter Semester 2004/2005

Lecture

Computer Graphics

(Computergraphik)

Course Description Lectures Exercise Groups Literature

Important News

• The Second Exam is taking place on Wednesday, 6th of April, 14:00 sharp in HS 002


• The Rendering Competition Webpages are online


• The Results of the Final Exam are online


• The Final Exam will take place on Tuesday, February 15 from 14:00 - 16:00 in HS 002


• The Hardware Rendering Competition's Deadline has been moved to 20.01.2005, 14:00


• The Hardware Rendering Competition's Webpage is online. Here is a PDF version of the description.
  

Date/Location

• Tuesdays and Thursdays 14-16 (Starting at 14 SHARP)
• Room: HS 002

Lecturer

Marcus Magnor

Head Assistant

Bastian Goldlücke

Technical Assistant

Andrei Linţu

Lectures

Date	Topic	Notes	Assignment
19.10.2004	Introduction	pdf	Introductory Test - Solution
21.10.2004	Models in Computer Graphics	pdf	Sheet01.pdf Example Code
26.10.2004	Graphics Hardware	pdf Example Code
28.10.2004	OpenGL - Introduction	pdf Example Code	Sheet02.pdf Theoretical Solution - Sheet01
02.11.2004	OpenGL - Transformations	pdf
04.11.2004	OpenGL - Clipping	pdf	Sheet03.pdf Example Code - Solution Sheet02
09.11.2004	Rasterization	pdf
11.11.2004	Scan Conversion	pdf	Example Code Sheet04.pdf Source Code Sheet03 Theoretical Solution Sheet03
16.11.2004	Light Transport	pdf
18.11.2004	BRDF	pdf	Example Code Sheet05.pdf Source Code - Filter Modes - Sheet04 Source Code - Texture - Sheet04 Resources
23.11.2004	Texture	pdf
25.11.2004	CG	pdf	Example Code Sheet06.pdf Solution - Sheet05
30.11.2004	CG2	pdf
02.12.2004	Advanced Hardware Algorithms	pdf	Sheet07.pdf Resources Solution - Sheet06 Theoretical Solution - Sheet06
07.12.2004	Rigid Body and Camera Animation	pdf
09.12.2004	Facial Animation	pdf	Solution - Sheet07
14.12.2004	Advanced Animation	pdf
16.12.2004	Image-based Rendering	pdf
21.12.2004	Human Visual System	pdf
11.01.2005	Ray-tracing	pdf
13.01.2005	Ray-tracing 2	pdf	Sheet08.pdf
20.01.2005	Radiosity Method	pdf	Sheet09.pdf
25.01.2005	Signal Processing	pdf	Theoretical Solution - Sheet08
27.01.2005	Anti-Aliasing	pdf	Sheet10.pdf
02.02.2005	Color	pdf	Theoretical Solution - Sheet10
04.02.2005	Tone Mapping	pdf	Sheet11.pdf
08.02.2005	Rendering Competition Presentation
10.02.2005	Questions and Answers	pdf	Theoretical Solution - Sheet11

Exercise Groups

CIP Pool: Room No. 105, Building 45

Dates:

Group 1

Monday 14-16

Courseroom 013, bldg. 45

TA: Natalia Slesareva, slessare@mpii.de

Group 2

Tuesday 11-13

Courseroom 013, bldg. 45

TA: Stefan Popov, popov@mpii.de

Group 3

Tuesday 16-18

Courseroom 013, bldg. 45

TA: Kuangyu Shi, skyshi@mpii.de

Group 4

Wednesday 14-16

Courseroom 013, bldg. 45

TA: Wenxiang Ying, wilson@mpii.de

Name	Group
Benjamin Lang	1
David Maass	1
Verena Schmitt	1
Bernhard Gruen	1
Rainer Jochem	1
Christian Morbach	1
Dong Han	1
Stephane Birster	1
Peter Kaczmarczyk	1
Kai Hagenburg	1
Florian Winter	1
Sascha Simon	1
Anna Marchenkova	1
Dominique Beaulieu	1
Robert Vollmann	1
Markus Thiele	2
Klaus Andler	2
Christian Federmann	2
Michael Welter	2
Marc Berwanger	2
Fabian Lessle	2
Kai Jachmann	2
Hartmut Gisch	2
Svetlana Radzevich	2
Sergey Isak-Seidel	2
Jeff Reiffeus	2
Sebastien Wilhelmi	2
Chebiryak Yury	2
Michael Arnold	3
Rober Gogolok	3
Michael Heinz	3
Rico Philipp	3
Dorotea Dudas	3
Martin Emrich	3
Felix Schoettle	3
Oliver Fickert	3
Carl Kersten	3
Sascha El-Abed	3
Manuel Schilz	3
Emanuele Dettori	3
Christian Weber	4
Jens Oliver Becker	4
Quan Nguyen	4
Sandro Castronovo	4
Katerina Ioannou	4
Maisaia Irakli	4
Steffen Metzger	4
Franziska Ebert	4
Walid Haddad	4
Sarmad	4
Art Tevs	4
Marin Katov	4
Manuel Gorius	4
Andreas Steinel	4
Danfeng Li	4
Nazar Khan	4

Literature

The lecture will not be held according to a specific book. The following list includes some of the most important lecture books of the field of computer graphics.

• Alan Watt, 3D Computer Graphics, Addison-Wesley, 1999
• James Foley, AndriesVan Dam, et al., Computer Graphics : Principles and Practice, 2. Ausgabe, Addison-Wesley, 1995
• Andrew Glassner, Principles of Digital Image Synthesis, 2 Bände, Morgan Kaufman, 1996
• Andrew Glassner, An Introduction to Ray-Tracing, Academic Press, 1989, $71
• Peter Shirley, Realistic Ray-Tracing, AK Peters, ISBN: 1-56881-110-1, 2000, $35
• Andrew Woo, et al., OpenGL Programming Guide, 3. Ausgabe, Addison-Wesley, 1999
• Randima Fernando, GPU Gems, Addison-Wesley, 2004

Advanced topics:

• Tomas Moeller, Eric Haines, Real-Time Rendering, AK Peters, ISBN: 1-56881-101-2, 2000, $49.95
• Michael Cohen, John Wallace, Radiosity and Realistic Image Synthesis, Academic Press, 1993
• Ray Hall, Illumination and Color in Computer Generated Imagery, Springer, 1988
• Philip Dutre, Global Illumination Compendium: A Collection of the Important Formulae, September 2003
• David Ebert et al., Texturing and Modeling - A Procedural Approach, Academic Press, 1994

More titles will be anounced during the course of the lecture.

Remarks

• Lectures start on Tuesday, October 19th.
• The course will be taught in English.