MS Computing: Graphics and Visualization Coursework
Fall 2009
- Advanced Computer Graphics I (CS6610)
- Scientific Visualization (CS6630)
- Digital Image Processing (CS6640)
Spring 2010
Fall 2010
- Computer Aided Geometric Design (CS6670)
- Computer Architecture (CS6810)
Spring 2011
- High Performance Computing and Parallelization (CS6230)
- Parallel Programming for GPUs (CS6963)
Fall 2011
- Human Computer Interaction (CS6540)
Spring 2013
CS6610 - Advanced Computer Graphics I
Prof. Chuck Hansen
Assignment 1 - Textures
- Texture Maps
- Environment Mapping (cube mapping)
- Multi-textures
- Lightmaps
Assignment 2 - Shadows
- Projected Shadows
- Shadow Mapping
- Shadow Volumes
Assignment 3 - Shaders
- Vertex Manipulations
- Per-Pixel Lighting
- Bump Mapping
Project - Parallax Occlusion Mapping with Approximate Soft Shadows
CS6630 - Scientific Visualization
Prof. Valerio Pascucci
Homework 1 - The Scientist and the Visualization Expert
This homework was designed to enable the students to appreciate the kind of collaboration and teamwork that is required between the scientists - who are producing the data and wish to analyze it and the visualization experts - who produce visualization of the data for the scientists to analyze.
Homework 2 - 2D Vector Fields
- 2D Vector Field Generation
- Linear and Bilinear Interpolation of 2D vector fields
- Critical Points Identification
- Saddles
- Repelling/Attracting Nodes
- Repelling/Attracting Spirals
- Centers
- Topology Plot
Homework 3 - Isosurface computation for 3D scalar fields
- Isosurface computation using Marching Tetrahedron algorithm
- Outputs the isosurfaces in .obj format
Final Project - Fourier Volume Rendering
- Fourier Volume Rendering
- FFTW library for calculating Fourier Transforms
CS6640 - Digital Image Processing
Prof. Ross Whitaker
Project 1 - Image Processing Basics
- Histograms
- Connected Components
- Topological Denoising
Project 2 - Histogram Equalization
- Histogram Equalization
- Adaptive Histogram Equalization (AHE)
- AHE with Clipping
Project 3 - Image Mosaicing
Project 4 - Image Registration using Phase Correlation
- Frequency Domain Phase Correlation
- Filtering in Frequency Domain
Project 5 - Edge and Feature Detection
- Canny Edges
- Hough Transform
- Gaussian and Bilateral Filtering
CS6620 - Advanced Computer Graphics II - Ray Tracing
Dr. Peter Shirley Dr. Steven Parker
Project 1 - Ray Tracing Basics
- Basics of Ray-Tracing and NVidia Optix.
- Intersection Shaders for Infinite Plane and Sphere
- Material Shaders for Lambertian and Perfect Specular materials
Project 2 - Advanced Materials
- Gradient Background
- Intersection Shader for complex object - Tube
- Image based and Procedural Textures
- Glass Material
- Refraction/Reflection of light
- Fresnel Effect (using Schlick’s Approximation)
- Beer Effect
Project 3 - Distributed Ray Tracing
- Antialiasing using Stochastic Sampling
- Focus Blur
- Motion Blur
- Soft Shadows
- Glossy Reflection
- Frosted Glass
Project 4 - Hybrid Rendering
- Two Pass Rendering
- First Pass computes visibility information using GLSL
- Second pass performs shading using Ray Tracing (Optix)
Final Project - Monte Carlo Path Tracer
- Monte Carlo Path Tracer
- Uses Stochastic Sampling and Triangular Filter for Antialiasing
- Implements Ashikhmin-Shirley BRDF model
- Procedurally generated ball texture.
- Procedurally generated wood texture using Perlin Noise.
- Brushed Metal material on lamp using Anisotropic BRDF.
CS6670 - Computer Aided Geometric Design
Prof. Elaine Cohen
Assignment 1 - Bezier Curves
Assignment 2 - B-Spline Curves
Assignment 3 - B-Spline Surfaces
CS6170 - Computational Topology
Prof. Valerio Pascucci
Project - Topology Matching
Implementation of the paper: Topology Matching for Fully Automatic Similarity Estimation of 3D shapes. By Masaki Hilaga, Yoshihisa Shinagawa, Taku Kohmura, and Tosiyasu L. Kunii. In Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, pp 203-212