ECE 462: Computer Grahpics

• Instructor Info
• Textbook
• Grading
• Schedule

Instructor Info

Instructor: Carl Sable
e-mail: CarlSable.Cooper@gmail.com
Office: Room 614

Textbook

"Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top-Down Approach with WebGL, 7th Edition"
Edward Angel and Dave Shreiner
Click here for the textbook's website.

Grading

• Midterm: 25%
• Final: 25%
• Programming Project #1: 25%
• Programming Project #2: 25%

Schedule

The schedule will be updated as the semester progresses.

• Wednesday, January 18
  Topic: Course Introduction
  Topic: Graphics Systems and Models
  Suggested Reading: Angel and Shreiner, Ch. 1
• Thursday, January 19
  Topic: Graphics Systems and Models (cont.)
• Wednesday, January 25
  Topic: Introduction to WebGL
  Suggested Reading: Angel and Shreiner, Ch. 2
• Thursday, January 26
  Topic: Introduction to WebGL (cont.)
• Wednesday, February 1
  Topic: Introduction to WebGL (cont.)
  Topic: Interaction with WebGL
  Suggested Reading: Angel and Shreiner, Ch. 3
• Thursday, February 2
  Topic: Interaction with WebGL (cont.)
• Wednesday, February 8
  Topic: Interaction with WebGL (cont.)
• Thursday, February 9
  ALL COOPER CLASSES CANCELED DUE TO SNOW STORM
• Wednesday, February 15
  Topic: Vectors, Matrices, and Frames
  Suggested Reading: Angel and Shreiner, Ch. 4.1 - 4.5, Appendix B, Appendix C
• Thursady, February 16
  Topic: Vectors, Matrices, and Frames (cont.)
• Wednesday, February 22
  Topic: Vectors, Matrices, and Frames (cont.)
  Topic: Affine Transformations
  Suggested Reading: Angel and Shreiner, Ch. 4.6 - 4.12
• Thursday, February 23
  Topic: Affine Transformations (cont.)
• Wednesday, March 1
  Topic: Viewing
  Suggested Reading: Angel and Shreiner, Ch. 5
• Thursday, March 2
  Project #1 assigned
• Wednesday, March 8
  Topic: Viewing (cont.)
• Thursday, March 9
  Topic: Viewing (cont.)
• Wedneday, March 22
  MIDTERM
• Tuesday, March 23
  Topic: Lighting
  Suggested Reading: Angel and Shreiner, Ch. 6
• Wednesday, March 29
  Topic: Lighting (cont.)
• Thursday, March 30
  Topic: Lighting (cont.)
  Project #2 assigned
• Wednesday, April 5
  Topic: Texturing
  Suggested Reading: Angel and Shreiner, Ch. 7
• Thursday, April 6
  Topic: Texturing (cont.)
• Wednesday, April 12
  Topic: Texturing (cont.)
  Topic: Curves and Surfaces
  Suggested Reading: Angel and Shreiner, Ch. 11
• Thursday, April 13
  Topic: Curves and Surfaces (cont.)
• Wednesday, April 19
  Topic: Curves and Surfaces (cont.)
• Thursday, April 20
  Topic: Curves and Surfaces (cont.)
• Wednesday, April 26
  FINAL EXAM
• Wednesday, May 3
  FINAL PROJECT DEMOS