CS348a Class Schedule, Fall Quarter '09-'10
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Monday |
Wednesday |
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September 21 |
September 23 |
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Class Introduction; Homogeneous Coordinates; The Projective Plane Read: N08, N15, N16; Chapters 1 and 2 of Stolfi's thesis |
Oriented Projective Geometry; Euclidean and Affine Transformations |
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September 28 |
September 30 |
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Affine/Projective Transformations and their Matrix Representations [Guest Lecture] |
Quaternions [Guest Lecture] Homework 1 out |
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October 5 |
October 7 |
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Shape Modeling: Parametric and Implicit; Classification of Parametric Cubics. |
Polar Forms
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October 12 |
October 14 |
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Basic Differential Geometry; Curvature [Guest Lecture]
Read: Miri Ben-Chen Slides1 |
Derivatives and Polar Forms; Continuity Constraints Homework 1 due; Homework 2 out |
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October 19 |
October 21 |
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Splines and B-Splines |
Subdivision Curves Read: Siggraph 99 Notes |
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October 26 |
October 28 |
Rational Curves Read: N25 |
Tensor-Product and Total Degree Surfaces Homework 2 due; Homework 3 out |
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November 2 |
November 4 |
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Triangle Meshes and their Representation; the Quad-Edge Data Structure |
B-spline and Subdivision Surfaces [Guest Lecture] Project (Homework 4) out Read: Miri Ben-Chen Slides2 |
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November 9 |
November 11 |
In-class Midterm |
Solid Models; BSPs and their Uses Homework 3 due Read: |
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November 16 |
November 18 |
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Intro to Geometry Processing; Smoothing and Remeshing Read: Slides3 |
Mesh Simplification |
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November 23 |
November 25 |
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No class; Thanksgiving recess |
No class; Thanksgiving recess |
November 30 |
December 2 |
Mesh Parametrization Read: |
Class Wrap-Up Project due |