ECS276: VOLUME VISUALIZATION

INSTRUCTOR: Kwan-Liu Ma
CLASS TIMES: MW, 12:10-1:30 PM, Chemistry 176

SCHEDULE

Date
Lecture
Reading
Due/Presenters
10/06 Overview of the class
Introduction to Volume Visualization
A2,A3
KLM
10/08 Volume Rendering Fundamentals
A12
KLM
10/13 Volume Classification and Transfer Functions
A9,A11
KLM
10/15 Volume Classification and Transfer Functions (continued)
D6,D13
KLM
10/20* Isosurfaces (Marching Cubes & Ray Tracing)
A4,A8
Nick Leaf
10/22* Preintegration and Other Rendering Quality Topics
B9,B10
Nick Leaf
10/27 Transfer Function Design
Volume Visualization Interfaces

H1,H2
KLM
10/29 Visualization Interfaces (continued)

KLM
11/02

Project 1 due 11:59pm
11/03 Parallel and Distributed Volume Rendering
C1, C5
KLM
11/05 Parallel and Distributed Volume Rendering (continued)
KLM
11/10* Unstructured and Adaptive Grids E1,E2,E8
Nick Leaf
11/12* Advanced Illumination B4, H13, H15
Nick Leaf
11/17* Paper presentations (2) M. Adil and G. cortes
11/19 Cancelled
11/24 Paper presentations (2)
Z. Chen and J. Chu
11/26 Paper presentations (2)
R. Gods and J. Li
Project 2 due 11:59pm
12/01 Paper presentations (2)

Y. Liao and Y. Lin
12/03 Project 3 plan (4-5 minutes per presentation)

All
12/08 Paper presentations (2)
S. Murugesan and A. Preston
12/10 Paper presentations (2) H. Schroots and S. Vaziri
12/16 Interactive Demos 01:00-03:00pm (1105 Kemper)

Project 3 due 11:59pm