CMPS 262 - Computer Animation

Instructor:    Prof. James Davis
Location:      E2-386 (Mocap lab)
Time:            MW 3:30-5pm
 

Projects

Facial Pose Generation [draft review]
Natural Keyframe Animation Using an Artists Doll [draft review]
Large-scale file system profiling via computer animation [draft review]
Video Depth Matting [draft review]
Clouds [draft review]
 

Class Goals

Exposure to animation concepts and research
We’ll be reading and discussing approximately 20 research papers in class. Some of these will be older and some more recent. In addition you’ll find and read at least 10 papers related to your project. Finally, you should learn one area deeply by implementing a complex project.

Practice reading, writing, reviewing, presenting research material
The most important thing you are learning in graduate school different than an undergraduate degree is how to communicate with a community of researchers. You need to be able to find relevant research, read research papers, communicate research ideas both in writing and in presentations, and determine which ideas are important and which aren’t. A huge portion of this class will be dedicated to practicing those skills.
 

Requirements

• For every class:
      Read paper.
      Prepare questions/summary about paper .
      Review and give feedback to presenter.
   
• For every week:
      Find an (important) reference for your project / per person.
   
• Presentation once during the quarter:
      Present a paper to the class as if it was your own work.
      Presentation schedule
      Presentation reviews
   
• Project Schedule
      Jan 10 – Team proposal
      Jan 24 – Paper draft, 2 pages
      Jan 29 – Paper reviews
      Jan 31 – More paper reviews
      Feb 12 – Presentation draft
      Feb 28 – Video draft
      Mar 7 – Revised paper , 4 pages
      Finals – Presentation

Final Documentation

    Webpage
    Paper
    Video
    Final presentation
 

How to review a paper

• Smith, A. J. 1990. The Task of the Referee. Computer 23, 4 (Apr. 1990), 65-71.
• Jim Kajiya. How to get your SIGGRAPH paper rejected. 1993.
• PAMI Program Committee and Referee Instructions
• SIGGRAPH Reviewer Questions
• CVPR Reviewer Questions
• Reviewing Rejection Top Ten

Schedule