Instructor: Kumar Punithakumar
Email: punithak@ualberta.ca
Tel: 780-407-1871
URL: http://sites.ualberta.ca/~punithak/
Office: RTF 4-103A
Office hours: By appointment only
Lectures: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:00 PM - 2:20 PM at CAB 377
Course Description:
Developing appealing graphics and animations has become a requirement in many industrial applications like entertainment, advertising and online education. The animation is effective in explaining abstract concepts in biology, physics, and medicine. 3D graphics and simulation are also beneficial in surgical training and planning. This course is intended to provide in-depth discussions on graphics and animation techniques, in particular relating to 3D data acquisition, processing, transmission, and rendering. Students will have the opportunity to understand and compare various state-of-the-art techniques in 3D modeling, animation and special effects.
Prerequisites:
Basic programming knowledge in one of the following programming languages: Python, C++, TCL, Java. A brief introduction to Python programming language will be covered in the course.
Lecture Notes:
| Lecture date | Topic | Slide | Extras |
|---|---|---|---|
| W1: Jan 9 | Visualization Overview | L01 |
VTK installation: VTK Python Tutorial VTK Java Tutorial VTK C++: Configure and Build Example codes: Python: Cube.py Java: Cylinder.java |
| W1: Jan 11 | Introduction to Computer Graphics and VTK | L02 | Example: Multiple Viewports |
| W2: Jan 16 | Servier Lab Visit | ||
| W2: Jan 18 | Computer Graphics Primer | L03 | Example: Flat shading Example: Phong shading |
| W3: Jan 23 | Data and Attributes | L04 | Example: Polydata Assignment 1 |
| W3: Jan 25 | Scalar Algorithms | L05 | |
| W4: Jan 30 | Advanced Data Representation | L06 | |
| W4: Feb 1 | Implicit Modelling | L07 | Example: Clipping [Data: Cow] Example: Implicit Modeling (Euclidean distance) Example: Implicit Modeling (Boolean) Example: Implicit Modeling (Quadratic) |
| W5: Feb 6 | Volume Rendering | L08 | Example: Volume rendering |
| W5: Feb 8 | Volume Illumination | L09 |
Dataest: Head_Neck.zip Example: Volume rendering (Shading effect) |
| W6: Feb 13 | Vector Field Visualization | L10 | |
| W6: Feb 15 | Flow Visualization | L11 | |
| W7: Feb 20 to Feb 23 | Winter Reading Week | ||
| W8: Feb 27 | Tensor Algorithms | L12 | Assignment 2 |
| W8: Mar 1 | Three-Dimensional Surfaces | L13 | |
| W9: Mar 6 | Visual Encodings | L14 | |
| W9: Mar 8 | Interaction in Visualization | L15 | Widget examples: Slider2D widget Slider3D widget Box widget Text widget Contour widget Orientation marker widget Image plane widget |
| W10: Mar 13 | Visualization Software | L16 | |
| W10: Mar 15 | Applications: Medical Imaging | L17 | |
| W11: Mar 20 | Student Literature Review 1 | Assignment 3 | |
| W11: Mar 22 | Student Literature Review 2 | ||
| W12: Mar 27 | No Class | ||
| W12: Mar 29 | No class | ||
| W13: Apr 3 | Applications: Finite Element, Fluid Dynamics and Financial | L18 | |
| W13: Apr 5 | No class | ||
| W13: Apr 10 | Student Project Presentations and Demo | ||
| W14: Apr 17 | Final Project Report |
Course Grade:
Assignments: 35% (Assignment 1 - 8%; Assignment 2 - 12%; Assignment 3 - 15%)
Paper summary and presentation: 15%
Final project: 50%
Reading list The following books are recommended for additionally support the course, but they are not essential.