CS348a Class Schedule, Winter Quarter '12-'13
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Monday |
Wednesday |
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January 07 |
January 09 |
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Class Introduction; Homogeneous Coordinates; The Projective Plane Read: Lecture Slides 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 14 |
January 18 |
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Quaternions
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Shape Modeling: Parametric and Implicit; Classification of Parametric Cubics. Homework 1 out |
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January 21 |
January 23 |
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No class: MLK Day |
Polar Forms
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January 28 |
January 30 |
Derivatives and Polar Forms; Continuity Constraints [Guest Lecture] Read: N22, N23, N24, N27, Lecture Slides |
Basic Differential Geometry; Curvature [Guest Lecture] Homework 1 due; Homework 2 out Read: Lecture Slides |
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February 04 |
February 06 |
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Splines and B-Splines |
Subdivision Curves Read: Siggraph 99 Notes |
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February 11 |
February 13 |
Rational Curves Read: N25 |
Tensor-Product and Total Degree Surfaces Homework 2 due; Homework 3 out |
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February 18 |
February 20 |
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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 25 |
February 27 |
In-class Midterm |
Solid Models; BSPs and their Uses Homework 3 due Read: N33 |
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March 04 |
March 06 |
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Intro to Geometry Processing; Smoothing and Remeshing [Guest Lecture] |
Mesh Parametrization Read: Parametrization Slides |
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March 11 |
March 13 |
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Mesh Simplification |
Class Wrap-Up Project due |