• 08 Jan 2001 The Spring, 2001 syllabus is now online
• 12 Jan 2001 The first class is today (Friday, 12 Jan 2001) from 16:30 - 17:45, in Nichols 127.
• 23 Jan 2001 Instructions for installing Mesa are available.
• 26 Jan 2001 Problem Set 1 (assigned 26 Jan 2001, due 02 Feb 2001) is now online.
• 29 Jan 2001 Instructions for using handin are now online.
• 30 Jan 2001 Proposed Term Project descriptions are online
• 03 Feb 2001 Machine problem 2 is now online on the homework page.
• 13 Feb 2001 The first Scene Files for Machine Problem 2 are now online.
• 25 Feb 2001 Detailed instructions for submitting Machine Problem 2 are online.
• 25 Feb 2001 Machine problem 3 is now online on the homework page.
• 13 Mar 2001 A simple scenefile for project 3 is posted. Instructions and more files are available here.
• 02 Apr 2001 Machine problem 4 is now online.
• 05 Apr 2001 Chapter 7 of Advanced RenderMan is online.
• 10 Apr 2001 Papers for review are posted under Handouts.
• 19 Apr 2001 Machine Problem 6 is now online. Read it, digest it, think it over. Come to class on monday with questions. (Or email them to the TA if you're a distance ed)
• 24 Apr 2001 The scenefile for MP5 and MP6 is now online.
• 1 May 2001 Current grades (through MP3) are posted Check your e-mail for your pseudonumber and e-mail the instructor if you did not receive one. Also, check your scores carefully and report any missing ones so that they can be graded ASAP. Grades for remote students shall be posted soon, after taped presentations are graded.
• 07 May 2001 Updated grades have been posted.
• 10 May 2001 Updated grades, including final exam scores, have been posted.

	Course Information
	Class Web Board (Discussions and Questions)
	Resources on the Web
	Handouts
	Lecture Notes
	Homework/Solutions

 

Books

(Last updated 06 Sept 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

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