CSCI 420 Computer Graphics                                                                Course Information On-Line 
                                          Lecture 1 
                                          Course Overview                                                                           http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~jbarbic/cs420-s16/	


                                                                          Administrative Issues                                      – Schedule (slides, readings) 
                                                                          Modeling                                                   – Assignments (details, due dates) 
                                                                                                                                     – Software (libraries, hints) 
                                                                          Animation                                                  – Resources (books, tutorials, links) 
                                                                          Rendering 
                                                                          OpenGL Programming                                        Blackboard:	


                                                                          [Angel Ch. 1]                                              – Forum 
                                                                                                                                     – Submit assignments 
                                          Jernej Barbic 
                                          University of Southern California 
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                                        Course slides                                                                            About me 
                                        http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~jbarbic/cs420-s16/	

                                            Associate (tenured) 
                                                                                                                                 professor in CS 
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                                   Background:                                                                                      Teaching Assistant 
                                   BSc Mathematics 
                                                About the teacher 
                                   PhD Computer Science 
                                                                                                                                    Bohan Wang 
                                   Research interests:                                                                              Office hours TBA 
                                   graphics, animation, real-time  
                                   physics, control, sound, haptics 
                                   Practice: 
                                   Tech transfer, startup companies, 
                                   intellectual property law 
                                   Chief Technology Officer, Ziva Dynamics                          4                                                                                           5 
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                                          Course Producer 
                                          Vathsal Shashidhar 
                                                                                                                                                                 Akaroa, New Zealand          Queenstown,  
                                          Same office hours as TA                                                                                                                             New Zealand 
                                                                                                                                     The Hobbit: The 
                                                                                                                                         Desolation 
                                                                                                                                    of Smaug (2013)                             Screen credits 
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                                                                                                                                       Visiting professor, Weta Digital Film Studio, New Zealand, 2013 
                                          Prerequisites                                                                                 Textbooks 
                                     •  CSCI 104 (Data Structures and Object-Oriented Design)	

                                        •   Interactive Computer Graphics 
                                     •  MATH 225 (Linear Algebra and Differential Equations)                                                A top-down approach with OpenGL, Sixth Edition 
                                                                                                                                            Edward Angel, Addison-Wesley 
                                     •  Familiarity with calculus and linear algebra                                                    •    OpenGL Programming Guide (“Red Book”) 
                                     •  C programming skills                                                                                Basic version also available on-line (see Resources) 
                                     •  See me if you are missing any and  
                                       we haven’t discussed it 
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                                          Grading                                                                                         Academic integrity 
                                          •  51% Programming Assignments (3x 17%)                                                        • No collaboration! 
                                          •  19% Midterm (one sheet of notes only, in class)                                             •  Do not copy any parts of any of the  
                                          •  30% Final (one sheet of notes only, in class)                                                 assignments from anyone 
                                                                                                                                         •  Do not look at other students' code,  
                                                                                                                                           papers, assignments or exams 
                                                                                                                                         •  USC Office of Student Judicial Affairs  
                                                                                                                                           and Community Standards will be notified 
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                                       Assignment Policies                                                                      Computer Graphics 
                                                                                                                                 One of the lcorez computer science disciplines:  
                                       •  Programming assignments                                                                Algorithms and Theory 
                                         -  Hand in via Blackboard by end of due date                                            Artificial Intelligence 
                                         -  Functionality and features                                                           Computer Architecture 
                                         -  Style and documentation                                                              Computer Graphics and Visualization 
                                         -  Artistic impression                                                                  Computer Security 
                                       •   3 late days, usable any time during semester                                          Computer Systems 
                                       •   Academic integrity policy applied rigorously                                          Databases 
                                                                                                                                 Networks 
                                                                                                                                 Programming Languages 
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                                       Course Overview                                                                            OpenGL Graphics Library 
                                        Theory: Computer graphics disciplines:                                                    •  Main focus:  
                                           –  Modeling: how to represent objects                                                    Core OpenGL Profile (“Modern OpenGL”) 
                                           –  Animation: how to control and represent motion 
                                           –  Rendering: how to create images of objects                                          •  OpenGL 3.2 and higher 
                                           –  Image Processing: how to edit images 
                                        Practice: OpenGL graphics library                                                         •  Shaders 
                                        Not in this course:                                                                       •  Homeworks use the Core Profile 
                                         –  Human-computer interaction                                                            •  We will also study: 
                                         –  Graphic design                                                                          Compatibility Profile (“Classic OpenGL”) 
                                         –  DirectX API 
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                                         Example: Ray Tracing                                                                        Example: Physics + Computational 
                                                                                                                                     Geometry + Animation + Ray Tracing 
                                                                                      Barbic, James, 
                                                                                      SIGGRAPH 2010 
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                                                                                  Thurey, Wojtan,                                                                                          SIGGRAPH 2010 
                                                                                  Gross, Turk, 
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                                         Example: Radiosity                                                                           Computer Graphics Goals II 
                                                                                                                                      •   Creating a new reality (not necessarily scientific) 
                                                                                                                                      •   Practical, aesthetically pleasing, in real time 
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                                         Source: Wikipedia 
                                         Example: Illustrating Smooth Surfaces                                                      Example: Scene Completion 
                                                                       A. Hertzmann, D. Zorin,                                                                                           J. Hays, A. Efros, 
                                                                       SIGGRAPH 2000                                                                                                     SIGGRAPH 2007 
                                                                      Non-photorealistic 
                                                                      rendering (NPR) 
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