Spring 2023

COMPSCI 184 001 - LEC 001

Foundations of Computer Graphics

Ren Ng, James O'Brien

Jan 17, 2023 - May 05, 2023

Tu, Th

03:30 pm - 04:59 pm

Stanley 105

Class #:28407

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction
Time Conflict Enrollment Allowed

Offered through Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 8

Enrolled: 298

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 306

Waitlist Max: 200

Open Reserved Seats:

7 unreserved seats

1 reserved for Non-EECS Declared Engineering Majors

Hours & Workload

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 8 hours of outside work hours per week, and 1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.

Other classes by James O'Brien

COMPSCI 284A 001 001LEC

Techniques of modeling objects for the purpose of computer rendering: boundary representations, constructive solids geometry, hierarchical scene descriptions. Mathematical techniques for curve and surface representation. Basic elements of a computer graphics rendering pipeline; architecture of modern graphics display devices. Geometrical transformations such as rotation, scaling, translation, and their matrix representations. Homogeneous coordinates, projective and perspective transformations. Algorithms for clipping, hidden surface removal, rasterization, and anti-aliasing. Scan-line based and ray-based rendering algorithms. Lighting models for reflection, refraction, transparency.