6.837 Course Calendar

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
      Sept 9, Lecture 0:
Course Overview (.pdf, .ppt)
 
Sept 13, 7:30-9pm, 4-231 C++ review session (.pdf, .ppt) Sept 14, Lecture 1:
Ray Casting I (.pdf, .ppt)
Sept 15, 11:59pm
Assignment 0: Iterated Function Systems due
Sept 16, Lecture 2:
Ray Casting II (.pdf, .ppt)
 
Sept 20, 7:30-9pm, 2-105 Linear Algebra review session (.pdf, .ppt) Sept 21, Lecture 3:
Transformations (.pdf, .ppt)
Sept 22, 11:59pm
Assignment 1: Ray Casting due
Sept 23, Lecture 4:
Transformations and Local Illumination (.pdf, .ppt)
 
  Sept 28, Lecture 5:
Ray Tracing (.pdf, .ppt)
Sept 29, 11:59pm
Assignment 2: Transformations & Additional Primitives due
Sept 30, Lecture 6:
Graphics Pipeline I: Overview & Projective Transformations (.pdf, .ppt)
 
  Oct 5, Lecture 7:
Graphics Pipeline II: Clipping & Line Rasterization (.pdf, .ppt)
Oct 6, 11:59pm
Assignment 3: OpenGL & Phong Shading due
Oct 7, Lecture 8:
Graphics Pipeline III: Polygon Rasterization & Visibility (.pdf, .ppt)
 
  Oct 12, Lecture 9:
Acceleration Data Structures (.pdf, .ppt)
Oct 13, 11:59pm
Assignment 4: Shadows, Reflection & Refraction due
Oct 14, Lecture 10:
Texture Mapping (.pdf, .ppt)
 
  Oct 19, Lecture 11:
Shadows (.pdf, .ppt)
Oct 20, 11:59pm
Assignment 5: Voxel Rendering due
Oct 21, Lecture 12:
Radiosity & the Rendering Equation (.pdf, .ppt)
 
Oct 25, 7:30-9pm,
1-150
Review Session
Oct 26
Quiz (in-class)
  Oct 28, Lecture 13:
Sampling & Antialiasing (.pdf, .ppt)
 
  Nov 2, Lecture 14:
Supersampling & Basic Monte Carlo Techniques (.pdf,.ppt) -->
Nov 3, 11:59pm
Assignment 6: Grid Acceleration & Solid Textures due
Nov 4, Lecture 15:
Advanced Monte Carlo Techniques (.pdf,.ppt)
 
  Nov 9, Lecture 16:
Curves and Surfaces (.pdf, .ppt)
Nov 10, 11:59pm
Assignment 7: Supersampling & Antialiasing due
Nov 11
No Class
 
  Nov 16, Lecture 17:
Animation I: Particle Systems (.pdf, .ppt)
Nov 17, 11:59pm
Assignment 8: Curves & Surfaces due
Nov 18, Lecture 18:
Animation II: Mass-spring (.pdf, .ppt)
Nov 19, 11:59pm
Proposal for Assignment 10 due
  Nov 23, Lecture 19:
Animation III: Mass-Spring Systems & Fluids (.pdf, .ppt)
Nov 24, 11:59pm
Assignment 9: Particle Systems due
Nov 25
No Class
 
  Nov 30, Lecture 20:
Color (.pdf, .ppt)
  Dec 2, Lecture 21:
Color II (.pdf, .ppt)
Dec 3, 11:59pm
Assignment 10: "Create Your Own Assignment" due
  Dec 7, Lecture 22:
Modern Graphics Hardware (.pdf, .ppt)
  Dec 9, Lecture 23:
Final Assignment Presentations (.pdf .ppt)
 
  Dec 14, 7pm,
1-135
Review Session
  Dec 16, 1:30-3:30, DuPont
Final Exam
 

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