CS452 -- Computer Graphics

Jian Huang --- Spring 2023

Office: MK323
Email: huangj@utk.edu
Class Directory: ~huangj/cs452/
Office hour: by appointment

Teaching Assistant:

Hunter Price
Email: hprice7@vols.utk.edu
Office: MK314
Office Hour: TBD

Class: TR 11:20AM - 12:35AM, MK524

Midterm: project in lieu of exam (March 30)
Last Class: May 9
Final Project: Due May 11
No Class: Spring Break (March 13-17), No Class/Spring Recess (April 7)

Prerequisites

Need to have good programming skills in C or C++ (either one); be comfortable with matrices and matrix multiplication (basic linear algebra). Have knowledge about basic system software design and development, as well as basic computer architecture.

Textbook

The optional text book is: OpenGL Programming Guide (7th Ed or newer), Addison-Wesley Professional.

Another reference books that you can consider:

Fundamentals of Computer Graphics, Peter Shirley et. al., A. K. Peters.

Labs

This course does not have a set lab session. Lab assignments are to be completed on your own time. Our GTA will be available to help you as much as needed, we prefer that you reach the TA through electronic means (e.g. skype) such that you get your questions taken care of as early as possible.

Two things to note.

The TA will only provide support for Linux programming environment. If you do choose to program on Windows, TA will still try his best to answer your questions, but he won't look at your code.
All source code and makefiles are to be maintained by using git. You will each be given your own git repo. Only work in the repo will be graded.

Lab Submission

All submissions are directly through git. All lab assignments are due by midnight of an announced date (usually on a Wednesday).

Grading Policy

Three lab assignments: 10 + 15 + 20 points

Midterm: 25 points

Final project: 30 points

Class Participation: 5 points extra credit

Note: You must have finished all lab assignments before the start of the final exam. Otherwise, your final grade will be an automatic "F". The definition of finish is "to have achieved 60% credit for an assignment".

Late Submission Penalty and a One-Time Waiver

If you happen to have missed the dealine of an assignment, you should always still submit it. We assess a 20% penalty for each day that you have missed the deadline. Every student is entitled to a waiver of late submission penalty for one lab assignment throughout the semester. For example, Frodo has too many other obligations when Lab3 is due. Not being able to finish Lab3 before the announced deadline, Frodo chooses to submit his Lab3 two weeks late and use his only penalty waiver to still receive full credit for Lab3. Frodo also understands that for all subsequent lab assignments, he does not have this benefit any more. Please always save this waiver for a truly needy scenario.

Academic Misconduct

All lab assignments and exams must be completed on your own. Discussions are encouraged, but each student is expected to undertake all intellectual exercises without any compromise. The following are a few examplary scenarios that we hope will not take place this semester:

Cheating on an exam. In this case, the exam will be counted as a zero and the grade for the course will be an "F".
Cheating on a lab assignment. This includes copying a segment of code from your peer or a web resource. Letting your peer to copy your code would also be treated as cheating. In this case, the credit for the corresponding lab assignment will be set to zero and we will not allow the students involved to repeat this lab assignment. In this case, you would not be able to finish all lab assignments, and thus you will not receive a passing grade.