Instructor:	Suresh Lodha
Office:	241 Baskin Engineering
Phone	(831) 459-3773
email:	lodha@soe.ucsc.edu
Office Hours:	M 2:00-4:30 and by appointment
Class Time:	MWF 11:00-12:10
Place:	Baskin Engineering 169
Call Number:	63316

Reference Texts

• Realistic Image Synthesis using Photon Mapping
  Henrik Wann Jensen
A K Peters, 2001

• Radiosity and Realistic Image Synthesis
  Michael Cohen and John Wallace
Morgan Kaufmann, 1993

• Fundamentals of Computer Graphics
  Shirley, Peter
A K Peters Ltd, 2002

• Computer Vision : A Modern Approach
  David Forsyth and Jean Ponce
Prentice Hall, 2002

• Introductory Techniques for 3D Computer Vision
  Trucco and Verri
Prentice Hall, 1998

Topics and Schedule:

• Topic 1: Overview, Expectations and Projects
  March 29
  Machine Learning for Computer Graphics: A Manifesto and Tutorial by Aaron Hertzmann



• Topic 2: Radiance and BRDF
  April 2, 5, 7, 9

Cohen and Wallace: Chapter 2 by Pat Hanrahan
Shirley: Chapter 16
Forsyth and Ponce: Chapter 4
Henrik Wann Jensen: Chapter


• Topic 3: Photometric Stereopsis
  Forsyth and Ponce: Chapter 5
  April 12



• Topic 4: Binocular Stereopsis
  Trucco and Verri:
  April 14



• Topic 5: Light Field Rendering
  April 19



• Topic 6: Helmholtz Steroposis
  April 21

Stratified Helmholtz Stereopsis


• Topic 7: High Dynamic Range Imaging
  April 26



• Topic 8: Deriving Intrinsic Images
  April 28



• Topic 9: Recovering the Reflectance Field of a Human Face
  April 28



• Topic 10: Recovering BRDF for Architecatural Scenes
  



• Students' Presentations (14 topics)
  May 1



• Students' Presentations
  June 2, Wednesday, 12:30-5:30



• Final Demonstration and Final Project Report
  On or before June 10

Expectations and Evaluation: