Please note that this schedule is subject to change, and I will be updating it regularly throughout the semester. Lecture slides are available in PDF only. Not all links will be active at once. Refer to the list of references in the course syllabus for labels used in the list of readings below.
| Week | Week of | Monday (16:30-18:20) @ RCB 8100 | Monday (18:30-19:20) @ RCB 8100 |
| 1 | Sep. 14 |
Course Syllabus (Syllabus) The New Computer Graphics in the Age of AI and Robotics (slides) |
Course Introduction (slides) |
| 2 | Sep. 21 | Modeling Paradigm for 3D Content Creation (slides) | Modeling Paradigm for 3D Content Creation (slides) |
| 3 | Sep. 28 |
3D Shape Representations: Implicit Functions and Parametric Primitives
(slides)
Assignment #1 (15%) available |
3D Shape Representations: Meshes and Subdivision
(slides)
Assignment #1 (15%) available |
| 4 | Oct. 5 | 3D Shape Representations: Meshes and Subdivision (slides) | Neural Network Basics and Representation Learning for 3D Shapes (slides) |
| 5 | Oct. 12 → Oct. 13 @ TASC 9204 | 3D Shape Representations: Point Clouds and Voxels (slides) | 3D Shape Representations: Multi-View and Structured Representations (slides) |
| 6 | Oct. 19 |
Classical Surface Reconstruction
(slides)
(Readings: Paper by Hoppe and Paper by Lorensen and Cline) Assignment #1 due in class and Assignment #2 (15%) handed out |
Classical Surface Reconstruction
(slides)
(Readings: Paper by Hoppe and Paper by Lorensen and Cline) Assignment #1 due in class and Assignment #2 (15%) handed out |
| 7 | Oct. 26 |
Neural Surface Reconstruction
(slides)
(Readings: ) |
Neural Surface Reconstruction
(slides)
(Readings: ) |
| 8 | Nov. 2 |
Shape Segmentation
(slides)
(Readings: A Survey on Mesh Segmentation Techniques) |
Shape Segmentation
(slides)
(Readings: A Survey on Mesh Segmentation Techniques) |
| 9 | Nov. 9 | Course Project Introduction and Q&A (slides) by Guangda Ji (TA) | In-class, 90-minute midterm test (30%) |
| 10 | Nov. 16 |
Shape Correspondence
(slides)
(Readings: A Survey on Shape Correspondence) Assignment #2 due in class |
Shape Correspondence
(slides)
(Readings: A Survey on Shape Correspondence) Assignment #2 due in class |
| 11 | Nov. 23 | 3D GenAI: learning to generate 3D shapes (slides) | Why is 3D Generation Hard? (slides) |
| X | Nov. 30 | Classes cancelled due to both instructor and TA away | Classes cancelled due to both instructor and TA away |
| 12 | Dec. 7 | Introduction to 3D Printing (slides) | New geometry problems for 3D printing (slides) |