CS348a Class Schedule, Winter Quarter '11-'12
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Monday |
Wednesday |
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January 09 |
January 11 |
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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; Matrix Representations |
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January 16 |
January 18 |
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No class: MLK Day |
Quaternions Homework 1 out |
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January 23 |
January 25 |
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Shape Modeling: Parametric and Implicit; Classification of Parametric Cubics. |
Polar Forms
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January 30 |
February 1 |
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Derivatives and Polar Forms; Continuity Constraints |
Basic Differential Geometry; Curvature [Guest Lecture] Homework 1 due; Homework 2 out Read: Lecture Slides |
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February 06 |
February 08 |
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Splines and B-Splines |
Subdivision Curves Read: Siggraph 99 Notes |
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February 13 |
February 15 |
Rational Curves Read: N25 |
Tensor-Product and Total Degree Surfaces Homework 2 due; Homework 3 out |
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February 20 |
February 22 |
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No class: President's Day |
Triangle Meshes and their Representation; the Quad-Edge Data Structure Project (Homework 4) out |
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February 27 |
February 29 |
In-class Midterm |
Solid Models; BSPs and their Uses Homework 3 due Read: N33 |
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March 05 |
March 07 |
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Intro to Geometry Processing; Smoothing and Remeshing [Guest Lecture] |
Mesh Parametrization [Guest Lecture] Read: Parametrization Slides |
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March 12 |
March 14 |
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Mesh Simplification |
Class Wrap-Up Project due |