Computer Graphics: Rendering, Geometry, and Image Manipulation

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to interactive computer graphics, focusing on fundamental concepts and techniques, as well as their cross-cutting relationship to multiple problem domains in interactive graphics (such as rendering, animation, geometry, image processing). The course will involve several in-depth programming assignments and a self-selected final project that explores concepts covered in the class.

Topics Include

• 2D and 3D drawing
• Sampling theory
• Image compositing
• The real-time GPU graphics pipeline (and parallel rendering)
• VR rendering
• Geometric transformations
• Curves and surfaces
• Geometric data structures
• Subdivision
• Spatial hierarchies
• Image processing
• Time integration
• Physically-based animation
• Inverse kinematics

Note: This course replaced CS248 Interactive Computer Graphics