782: Advanced 3D Image Generation

COURSE INFORMATION

Content Description : Photorealistic rendering, lightfields, monte carlo methods, advanced ray tracing, photon maps, radiosity, participating media and tone reproduction.
Prerequisites: CSE681
Course Software: C/C++, PBRT
Text: Physically Based Rendering: From Theory to Implementation, by Matt Phar, Greg Humphreys, Morgan Kaufman, 2004, (web page: www.pbrt.org)

CLASS INFORMATION: Autumn '06
(see www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~parent/classes/782/syllabus.html for more information)

Instructor	Rick Parent 787 Dreese Lab 2-0055 email: parent
Class	BO314 MWF 10:30
Grader	TBA

Grading

labs (5+10+10+15)	40%
Homework (1x5)	5%
midterm	20%
project (reporting and presentation)	10%
project	25%

Information

Directory: /usr/class/cse782
Class Newsgroup: cis.course.cis782

Lectures	Dates	Topic	Chapters
1	Sept 20	Introduction	1
1	Sept 22	Basic ray tracing review	1
2	Sept. 25, 27	PBRT	1
3	Sept. 29, Oct. 2, 4	Shapes	3-4
2	Oct. 6,9	Color and radiometry	5
3	Oct. 11, 13, 16	Tone reproduction	8
1	Oct. 18	Reflection models	9
1	Oct. 20, 23, 25	Sampling	7.4-7.6
1	Oct. 27	Midterm
1	Oct. 30, Nov. 1	Monte Carlo Fundamentals	13-14
2	Nov. 3,6	Monte Carlo Integration	15.1-15.6
2	Nov. 8,10,13,15,17	Light Transport	16-17
5	Nov. 20	Materials	10
1	Nov. 22	Textures	11
3	Nov. 27	Sub-surface scattering	18.2.3
1	Nov. 29, Dec. 1	Special topics