Course syllabus

Course runs in study period 2 (SP2). 
First lecture: w1, Tuesday 10:00 - 11:45, HA4.
Lectures:  schedule+slides, lecture halls, 
   Tuesdays 9:00 or 10:00 to 11:45 (for time, see TimeEdit). HA4
   Wedn:     8:00 - 10:00. HA4 or SB-H8 or VasaA (for room, see TimeEdit)
   Fridays:   9:00 - 11:35. HA4. w1-4. (For w5-7, the Friday slots are only backup and hopefully will be unused)

Discord channel for your labs: https://discord.gg/jx4VkBWVq

External homepage:
This course also uses the external home page. The reason is that we often have external students who has problems reaching Canvas. I also want all the latest course material (slides, lecture recordings, lab code, etc) to be available to you in your working life, many years after you graduated. This also makes the content easy accessible via search engines (Google etc).

Quick links:
  •   main page, tutorials, literature, exam, schedule+slides, lecture halls,  

Old and new lecture recordings can be found here (only for your convenience). If you missed a lecture, chances are high it can be found here from previous years. These videos are the same as on the external home page but perhaps easier for some students to view here in Canvas.

Course-PM

TDA362 / DIT224 TDA362 / DIT224 Computer graphics lp2 (7.5 hp).
Course is offered by the department of Computer Science and Engineering

Contact details

• Examiner + main teacher: Ulf Assarsson
• Extra teacher + main lab supervisor: Erik Sintorn <erik.sintorn@chalmers.se> 
• Student representatives:  
  • TBD
• Lab supervisors - available both in lab room and on the slack channel: 

  • Xiaowen Yang, Wilmer Zetterqvist, William Johansson, Anton Laurell, Jiaxing Cao, David Widerberg. 

Do the labs individually or in 2-groups. Be friendly and help each other but don't just copy full solutions. To report a finished lab, show and explain your solution to TA in lab room or on slack.

TA Lab Schedule (note that you can also do the labs on your own computer from home):

X=Xiaowen Yang. Wr=Wilmer Zetterqvist. Wm=William Johansson. A=Anton Laurell. J=Jiaxing Cao. D=David Widerberg.
^* means present in lab room. Else,  possibly just online.

Course purpose: The purpose of the course is for the students to acquire an increased understanding of 3D graphics algorithms and 3D programming, as well as knowledge of the most important concepts in the subject. Together with the Advanced Computer Graphics course, the package should prepare the students for being developers in the graphics industry and/or performing research in 3D graphics .

Schedule:  TimeEdit and Schedule (topics) 
Course literature:  see here.  Reading guidelines for the course book: see here (below the schedule).
Course design: Two-three lectures per week (see schedule). 7 labs in total (see tutorials). Written exam at end of course. See external course home page for all details.
Changes made since the last occasion:  Only very minor updates in a few lecture slides.

Learning objectives:

• describe the fundamental algorithms and processes used to create computer graphics in 3D-games and movies.
• utilize the functionality of dedicated hardware support for graphics through programming interfaces.
• implement efficient algorithms to generate 2-dimensional images from 3-dimensional models.
• implement algorithms to generate real-time renderings and photo realistic renderings.

Syllabus: on Studieportalen: Study plan CTH , Study plan GU

Examination form:
  •   Written exam (not digital). Grading scale CTH: U, 3, 4, 5. GU: U, G, VG.  Final grade is based on the written exam. Exam times - see here. The written exam test the theoretical abilities. No aids allowed except pen and paper (and dictionary).
  •   Laborations. Tutorial 1-7. Grading scale: Pass (G), Fail (U). The laborations are required to pass the course.  More lab info here. The labs provide and test the practical abilities.