Instructor:	Dr. Timothy Davis
Office:	Edwards 437, 656-0309,
Office hours:	T 6:15-7:30 W 2:00-3:00 (or by appointment)
Email:	tadavis@cs.clemson.edu
Class Times:	TTh 2:00-3:15
Syllabus:	<http://www.cs.clemson.edu/~tadavis/cs805/syllabus.html>
Required Text:	Glassner, Andrew S., ed., An Introduction to Ray Tracing, Academic Press, 1989. ISBN: 0122861604
Recommended Texts:	Watt, Alan and Mark Watt, Advanced Animation and Rendering Techniques: Theory and Practice, Addison-Wesley, 1992. ISBN: 0201544121 Woo, Mason, Jackie Neider, and Davis, Tom, OpenGL Programming Guide: The Official Guide to Learning OpenGL, 2nd ed., Addison-Wesley, 1997. ISBN: 0201461382 Foley, James D., Andries van Dam, Steven K. Feiner, and John F. Hughes, Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice, 2nd ed., Addison-Wesley, 1990. ISBN: 0201848406
Grading Scheme:	Final grades will be based on programming assignments, a final project, a midterm test, and a final exam. The midterm and/or final may be an in-class test, a programming assignment, or an in-class presentation.
Grade Distribution:	Projects 60% Midterm(s) 20% Final Exam 20% % Grade 90-100 A 80-89 B 70-79 C 60-69 D < 60 F
Programming Assignments:	Problem specification and due date will be given in class.
Assignment Grading:	Source code and demonstrations will be required.
Assignment Format:	A webpage with your solution to the assignment must include the following: Description of the problem Description of the solution Source code with documentation User's guide Images produced by your code
Late Policy:	Late assignments will be accepted with penalty deemed appropriate.
Attendance:	Roll will be taken for the first one or two weeks while the class roll fluctuates. However, attendance is not required. Absence, excused or not, does not change the responsibility for assigned work. Tests missed due to excused absences will normally result in the test not being counted in the average grade (i.e., there will normally be no makeup tests). An unexcused absence from a test will normally result in a grade of zero for that test. Students are expected to give at least one week advance notice for excused absences.
Independent Work:	Unless otherwise stated explicitly, each student must do his or her work independently.
Academic Integrity:	The University policies on academic dishonesty apply. Each student is responsible for protecting his or her files from access by others. Work that is essentially the same and submitted without proper attribution is considered to be a violation of academic dishonesty policy by all those submitting the work, regardless of who actually did the work.
Class Cancelation:	Students are expected to wait for 15 minutes after the class beginning time before leaving if the instructor is late.
Course Description:	The course will cover computer graphics methods, data structures, analysis of algorithms, and selected implementation examples, generally coinciding the main programming assignments assigned throughout the term: Project I: Ray Tracer Objectives: basic ray tracing supersampling progressive display techniques Relevant source material: Glassner Foley, van Dam Project II: Advanced Ray Tracing Techniques or Mesh viewer Possible Objectives: global illumination review multiresolution methods ray tracing optimization techniques Relevant source material: selected papers Project III: Fractal terrain Objectives: fractal mountain Relevant source material: selected papers Project IV: Physically-based modeling Objectives: particle systems (e.g., for clouds, smoke, fire, etc.) jell-o cube Relevant source material: selected papers Additional topics will be selected as time permits.