1 Sept|WEEK 1 4 Sept|First day of classes 5 Sept|L1: Course Intro, Rendering Pipeline|http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/lec96.doit 5 Sept|PS0 [Web Signup] OUT|http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/6.837/f96/problem_sets/ps0.html 8 Sept|WEEK 2 10 Sept|L2: Coordinate Xforms|http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/lec96.doit 12 Sept|L3: Inventor Modeling|http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/lec96.doit 12 Sept|PS1A [Primitive Modeling] OUT 13 Sept|PS0 DUE (5pm)|http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/6.837/f96/problem_sets/ps0.html 14 Sept|+* = */100 points 15 Sept|WEEK 3 17 Sept|L4: Local Illumination|http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/lec96.doit 17 Sept|Class List OUT 18 Sept|Theory Essentials (David) 7-9pm in 34-101 19 Sept|L5: Perspective Xforms|http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/lec96.doit 19 Sept|PS1B [Scene Modeling] OUT 20 Sept|PS1A DUE (5pm) 21 Sept|+10 = 10/100 points 22 Sept|WEEK 4 23 Sept|Student Holiday 24 Sept|L6: Clipping|http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/lec96.doit 24 Sept|PS1A Exhibition 25 Sept|Graphics Essentials & C++ (Justin) 7-9pm in 34-101 26 Sept|L7: Scan Conversion 1|http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/lec96.doit 26 Sept|PS2 [Scan Conversion] OUT 27 Sept|PS1B DUE (5pm) 28 Sept|+5 = 15/100 points 29 Sept|WEEK 5



1 Oct|L8: Scan Conversion 2, Parametric Primitives|http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/lec96.doit 1 Oct|PS1B Exhibition 3 Oct|L9: Texture Mapping|http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/lec96.doit 4 Oct|PS2 DUE (5pm) 4 Oct|Add date 5 Oct|+15 = 30/100 points 6 Oct|WEEK 6 8 Oct|L10: Ray Tracing 1|http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/lec96.doit 10 Oct|L11: R/T 2|http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/lec96.doit 10 Oct|PS3A [Raycast] OUT 11 Oct|Nothing due today! 13 Oct|WEEK 7 14 Oct|Columbus Day Vacation 15 Oct|Columbus Day Vacation 17 Oct|L12: R/T 3|http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/lec96.doit 17 Oct|PS3B [Shade] OUT 17 Oct|<EB Meeting, Groton>|explanation.html 18 Oct|PS3A DUE (5pm) 18 Oct|<New Media, Wesleyan>|explanation.html 19 Oct|+10 = 40/100 points 19 Oct|<New Media, Wesleyan>|explanation.html 20 Oct|WEEK 8 22 Oct|L13: Interaction & JAVA, Guest Lecturer: Ken Shirriff, Sun|http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/lec96.doit 24 Oct|L14: Radiosity|http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/lec96.doit 24 Oct|PS4 [GUI's, Interaction] OUT 25 Oct|PS3B DUE (5pm) 26 Oct|+10 = 50/100 points 27 Oct|WEEK 9 29 Oct|L15: Animation, Physically - Based Modeling|http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/lec96.doit 31 Oct|L16: Final Project Brainstorming|http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/lec96.doit 1 Nov|PS4 DUE (5pm) 2 Nov|+10 = 60/100 points 3 Nov|WEEK 10 5 Nov|L17: Color|http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/lec96.doit 7 Nov|L18: Sampling|http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/lec96.doit 8 Nov|Final project proposals DUE (5pm) 9 Nov|+5 = 65/100 points 10 Nov|WEEK 11 11 Nov|Veteran's Day Holiday 12 Nov|L19: Morphing|http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/lec96.doit 14 Nov|L20: Image Compression|http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/lec96.doit 17 Nov|WEEK 12 19 Nov|HKN evaluations (first 15 min.) 19 Nov|L21: Advanced Topics|http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/lec96.doit 20 Nov|Drop date 21 Nov|L22: Advanced Topics|http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/lec96.doit 24 Nov|WEEK 13 26 Nov|L23: Guest Lecture: Rick Sayre, PIXAR 28 Nov|Thanksgiving Vacation 29 Nov|Thanksgiving Vacation 1 Dec|WEEK 14 2 Dec|<3D Scanning Workshop, Minneapolis, MN>|explanation.html 3 Dec|L24: Visibility|http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/lec96.doit 3 Dec|<3D Scanning Workshop, Minneapolis, MN>|explanation.html 4 Dec|<3D Scanning Workshop, Minneapolis, MN>|explanation.html 5 Dec|L25: Graphics Hardware|http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/lec96.doit 6 Dec|Final project DUE (5pm) 7 Dec|+35 = 100/100 points 8 Dec|WEEK 15 9 Dec|FP Demos (4-035) 10 Dec|L26: Careers in Graphics|http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/lec96.doit 10 Dec|FP Demos (4-035) 11 Dec|Last day of classes 11 Dec|FP Demos (4-035) 12 Dec|FP Demos (4-035) 13 Dec|FP Demos (4-035) 16 Dec|Final period begins 21 Dec|Winter break begins 22 Dec|


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