CS348a Class Schedule, Winter Quarter 2019-20
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Monday |
Wednesday |
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January 06 |
January 08 |
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Class Introduction; Homogeneous Coordinates; The Projective Plane and Space Read: Lecture Slides Read: N08, N15, N16; Chapters 1 and 2 of Stolfi's thesis |
Oriented Projective Geometry; Euclidean, Affine and Projective Transformations; Matrix Representations Read: Lecture Slides |
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January 13 |
January 15 |
Rotations and Quaternions |
Shape Modeling: Parametric and Implicit Representations; Classification of Parametric Cubics Homework 1 out Read: Lecture Slides Read: N18 (Section 5), N19, N20; for parametric/implicit see also the Hoffmann report/slides |
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January 20 |
January 22 |
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Martin Luther King, Jr., Day (holiday, no classes)
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Polar Forms of Plynomials |
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January 27 |
January 29 |
Derivatives and Polar Forms; Continuity Constraints |
Splines and B-Splines Homework 1 due; Homework 2 out Read: Lecture Slides |
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February 03 |
February 05 |
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Rational Curves Read: N25 |
Subdivision Curves Read: Siggraph 99 Notes |
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February 10 |
February 12 |
Tensor-Product and Total Degree Parametric Surfaces Read: Lecture Slides1, Lecture Slides2 |
Triangle Meshes and their Representation; the Quad-Edge Data Structure Homework 2 due; Homework 3 out |
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February 17 |
February 19 |
Presidents' Day (holiday, no classes)
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Introduction to Shape Acquisition and Geometry Processing Read: Lecture Slides Read: Normal Estimation, Marching Cubes |
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February 24 |
February 26 |
In-class Midterm |
Learned Shape Representations Homework 4 out; Homework 3 due Read: Lecture Slides |
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March 02 |
March 04 |
Scan Alignment and Registration; Surface Matching Read: Lecture Slides Read: BeslMcKay, ChenMedioni, PottmanHofer, MitraEtAl |
Mesh Simplification |
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March 09 |
March 11 |
Mesh Smoothing and Remeshing Read: Lecture Slides The lecture video is here. |
Mesh Parametrization; Course Summary Homework 4 due on Thu, March 12 Read:Lecture Slides |