Papers and articles available on the web will not be handed out in class. Pointers to the online versions of papers are included by the reference. You are expected to download and print these papers yourselves. One reason for doing this is that many visualization papers contain pictures that do not reproduce well when copied. The ACM and IEEE Digital Libraries are now available online for Stanford students. They are a great resource: learn to use them.

Readings not available online will be handed out in class. They will also be available in the CS348b course handout cabinet in Gates Rm 377 (the copy room in the graphics wing 3B).

Hint: Read the material before class! 

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== The Goals of Rendering ==
    Lecture
      * [wiki:Self:GoalsLecture Slides]
    Readings
      * D. Greenberg, A framework for realistic image synthesis
      ([http://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/journals/cacm/1999-42-8/p44-greenberg/p44-greenberg.pdf pdf])
      * [wiki:Self:Bibliography#Goals More ...]

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== Ray Tracing I: Basics ==
    Lecture
      * [wiki:Self:BasicsLecture Slides]
    Text
      * ''pbrt'' Chapters 1-3 (Sec 3.7 is optional)
    Readings
      * A. Appel, Some techniques for the machine rendering of solids (handout)
      * R. A. Goldstein, R. Nagel, 3-D visual simulation (handout)
      * T. Whitted, A improved illumination model for shaded display
      ([http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=358876.358882 acm]).
      * [http://www.deakin.edu.au/~agoodman/scc308/toolong.html You've been ray tracing too long if ...]
      * [wiki:Self:Bibliography#Basic More ...]




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== Ray Tracing II: Acceleration Techniques ==
    Lecture
      * [wiki:Self:AccelerationLecture Slides]
    Text
      * ''pbrt'' Chapters 4
    Readings
      * [wiki:Self:Bibliography#Basic More ...]


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== Radiometry ==
    Lecture
      * [wiki:Self:IlluminationLecture Slides]
    Text
      * ''pbrt'' Chapters 5, 13
    Readings
      * P. Hanrahan, Rendering concepts (handout)
      * [wiki:Self:Bibliography#Radiometry More ...]

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== The Light Field ==
    Lecture
      * [wiki:Self:LightFieldLecture Slides]
    Readings
      * None

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== Monte Carlo Integration I ==
    Lecture
      * [wiki:Self:MonteCarloILecture Slides]
    Text
      * ''pbrt'' Chapters 14
    Readings
      * Chapters 2 and 3, SOA in Monte Carlo Ray Tracing
      ([http://graphics.stanford.edu/courses/cs348b-05/29cdrom.pdf pdf])
      * [wiki:Self:Bibliography#MonteCarloI More ...]


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== Cameras and Film ==
    Lecture
      * [wiki:Self:CameraLecture Slides]
    Text
      * ''pbrt'' Chapters 6, 8.1-8.5
    Readings
      * Kolb et al, A realistic camera model
      ([http://www.graphics.stanford.edu/papers/camera paper])
      * [wiki:Self:Bibliography#Camera More ...]

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== Monte Carlo Integration II ==
    Lecture
      * [wiki:Self:MonteCarloIILecture Slides]
    Text
      * ''pbrt'' Chapters 7.3, 7.4, 7.5 (optional), 15.2-15.4
    Readings
      * Cook, Carpenter, Porter, Distributed ray tracing
      ([http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=800031.808590 acm pdf])
      * [wiki:Self:Bibliography#MonteCarloII More ...]


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== Sampling and Reconstruction ==
    Text
      * ''pbrt'' Chapters 7.1, 7.6
    Examples
      * [http://www.graphics.stanford.edu/courses/cs348b-04/Cubic.Filters.html High Quality Images shown in Class]
    Readings
      * Cook, Stochastic sampling in computer graphics,
      ([http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=7529.8927 acm])
      * Mitchell, Generating antialiased images at low sampling densities,
      ([http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=37401.37410 acm])
      * Mitchell, Netravali, Reconstruction filters for computer graphics,
      ([http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=54852.378514 acm])
      * [wiki:Self:Bibliography#Sampling More ...]