CS 248 - Introduction to Computer Graphics

Autumn Quarter, 2006
Instructor: Marc Levoy

Welcome to the home page of CS 248. This page is the repository for all lecture notes, class handouts, assignments, and other useful information regarding the course. The URL of this page is http://graphics.stanford.edu/courses/cs248-06/.

Marc Levoy is on sabbatical during Autumn quarter, 2007. In his place, CS 248 will be taught by Kurt Akeley - architect of OpenGL and the principal designer of Silicon Graphics's high-end workstations in the 1990s.

What's new December 7?

• Lecture notes:
  • Volume rendering
• The final exam will be Monday, Dec. 11, at 12:15, in Gates B01
• Results of the video game competition

Course materials

• Course outline (HO #1)
• Course schedule (HO #2) (click here for the lecture notes)
• Programming assignment #1 (HO #3)
• A few examples of paint brushes (HO #4)
• Cartesian colorspaces (HO #5)
• Project #1 help session notes (PPT or PDF)
• Sampling and reconstruction (HO #6)
• Programming assignment #2 (HO #7)
• Project #2 help session notes (PPT or PDF or SWF)
• Programming assignment #3 (HO #8)
• Video game project resources
• OpenGL help session (PPT or PDF or SWF) Files
• Radiometric units (HO #9)
• Results of the video game competition

Class links

• Class: Gates B01 (a.k.a. the HP auditorium, in the basement), Tue/Thu, 2:45 - 4:00
• Home Page: http://graphics.stanford.edu/courses/cs248-06/
• Course directory on leland: /usr/class/cs248
• Newsgroup: su.class.cs248
• Teaching assistants: cs248-aut0607-tas@lists.stanford.edu
• Remote connections help
• Handouts: in a cabinet in Gates Hall, wing 3B, copy room (room 377)

Other useful links

• Other courses in graphics
• Stanford Computer Graphics Laboratory
• Computer Science Department
• Stanford University