CSC 418/2504: Fall 2004 online information

CSC 418/2504 Fall 2004 Online Information

For the DAY section of this course, please click here.

Breaking News

Midterm results should be posted here by tues. Nov. 2.
Assgn 1 has been handed back.
Assgn 2 is out. NOTE: due Nov. 3, Programming part due date extended to Nov. 5.
Assignment 3 Project (a.k.a. the Wooden Monkey Competition is out. Start early!)

Inspiration

The Wooden Monkey Hall of Fame

Administration

syllabus
Can't find the textbook? Look here
Assignments will use the CDF Unix facilities.
- Your CDF account is listed here (418 and 2504).
Newsgroup (ut.cdf.csc418h)
November 3 - last day to cancel F section code courses

Calendar

Looking for what's happening when? Look here.
According to the Arts and Science Schedule, the final exam will be between Dec 8-17.

Notes

Fall 2004 lecture slides
Lecture notes (under minor revision)
OpenGL Programming Guide (Red Book), alternate links: 1, 2
OpenGL Programming Reference (Blue Book)
Old lecture notes (essentially obsolete)

Tutorials

Which one should you attend?

Coursework

Assignment 1, starter code for assgn 1,To submit: submit -N a1 csc418h <filename> <filename> ... or submit -N a1 csc2504h <filename> <filename> ... (solution)
Assignment 2 (you can build upon the basic programming application in assignment #1 for this assignment).(example renderings for programming part). (solution).
Assignment 3
- Submission guidelines for assignment 3.
Midterm Test coming even later
- Solutions to midterm. you wish
Graduate Student Projects (2504 only)

Advice to undergrads who want to apply to graduate school:

Every year I get a number of students asking for recommendations in support of graduate school applications. Recommendations carry a lot of weight for grad. school applications and a referee who can say a lot about you as a person and your research potential can help you a lot more than one that can only echo the grade you got in a course with a large enrolment like 418. Those of you that have an interest in doing further work in graphics should thus try and excel in the freeform part of the course like assignment three and/or work more closely with graphics faculty through a capstone course CSC 490/491, and independent study 494/495, or by signing up for a graduate course like CSC 2529.