Syllabus 2010/2011 EDAN30

Syllabus academic year 2010/2011
(Created 2010-07-25.)

PHOTO-REALISTIC COMPUTER GRAPHICS

EDAN30

Credits: 7,5. Grading scale: TH. Cycle: A (Second Cycle). Main field: Technology. Language of instruction: The course will be given in English. EDAN30 overlaps following cours/es: EDA101. Optional for: C4, C4da, D4, D4bg, E4, E4bg, F4, F4bg, Pi4. Course coordinator: Michael Doggett, mike@cs.lth.se, Dept of Computer Science. Prerequisites: EDA221 Computer Graphics or High Performance Computer Graphics. Assessment: Written examination and completed course assignments. To qualify for the written examination students must have completed the assignments. The final grade of the course is based on the result of the written examination. Home page: http://cs.lth.se/utbildning.

Aim
The purpose of the course is to understand the principles and have knowledge about ray tracing based algorithms for photorealistic rendering of images.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

be able to understand and describe global illumination and ray tracing based algorithms
be able to describe various rendering algorithms and their qualities

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

be able to implement global illumination and ray tracing based algorithms
be able to derive new rendering algorithms
be able to orally explain the solutions on the assignments.

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

be able to find information about algorithms and critically value these, and thereafter implement.
be able to select appropriate algorithms for a particular criteria, e.g. performance, memory usage, appearance.

Contents
Global illumination algorithms, ray tracing, acceleration data structures, intersection testing, advanced lighting and shading, super sampling, Monte Carlo strategies, image-based rendering.

Literature
To be decided.