K-State CIS 736: Computer Graphics

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Announcements

(Last updated 05/29/2000)

05/29/2000: Final grades, posted by pseudonym, are now online. Check your e-mail for your randomly generated pseudonym if you never submitted one.
05/29/2000: The mean term project score is 192 out of 250.
05/29/2000: Final exam statistics, based upon 30 nonzero scores (29 on campus, 1 DCE as of 05/12/2000), are as follows: possible 200 (100%), min 65 (32.5%), max 172 (86.0%), mean 114.7 (57.4%), stdev 28.9 (14.5%).
05/29/2000: Statistics for the overall score, based upon 30 scores (all on campus, including 1 incomplete grade), are as follows: possible 1000 (100%), min 456 (45.6%), max 939 (93.9%), mean 785.2 (78.5%), stdev 108.7 (10.9%).
05/29/2000: Score statistics and histograms, produced using Dr. Rob Hasker's gr, are now online.

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Class Resources

(Last updated 09/04/1999)

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Books (Last updated 09/06/1999)

	Text: Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice, Second Edition in C, J. D. Foley, A. vanDam, S. K. Feiner, and J. F. Hughes. Addison-Wesley, 1996. ISBN: 0201848406
	Selected reading (recommended books, on reserve in CIS Library): Recommended: Computer Graphics, Second Edition (C Version), D. D. Hearn and M. P. Baker. Prentice-Hall, 1997. ISBN: 0135309247 Readings in Information Visualization: Using Vision to Think, S. K. Card, J. D. MacKinlay (editor), and B. Schneiderman (editor). Morgan Kaufmann, 1999. ISBN: 1558605339
	Additional bibliography (excerpted in course notes and handouts): The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Reprint Edition, E. R. Tufte. Graphics Press, 1992. ISBN: 096139210X Envisioning Information, E. R. Tufte. Graphics Press, 1990. ISBN: 0961392118 Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative, E. R. Tufte. Graphics Press, 1997. ISBN: 0961392126 3D Computer Graphics, A. Watt. Addison-Wesley, 1993. ISBN: 0201631865 Advanced Animation and Rendering Techniques, A. Watt. ACM Press, 1999. ISBN: 0201544121 The Fractal Geometry of Nature, B. B. Mandelbrot. W. H. Freeman and Company, 1988. ISBN: 0716711869 Fractals Everywhere, Second Edition, M. F. Barnsley. Academic Press, 1993. ISBN: 0120790610