What are the prerequisites for the course? Michael
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:00 AM, <friam-requ...@redfish.com> wrote: > Send Friam mailing list submissions to > friam@redfish.com > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Edward Angel <an...@cs.unm.edu> > To: Discuss SFx <disc...@sfcomplex.org>, The Coffee Group Friday Morning > Applied Complexity <Friam@redfish.com> > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:39:52 -0700 > Subject: [FRIAM] Graphics Class at the Complex > A number of you have shown interest in having a course in Computer Graphics > at the Complex. I've been working with UNM on it so that those of you who are > interested and what credit for the class can do that. So here is what I'm > proposing to do. > We'll do the equivalent of UNM's CS/EECE 412 Introduction to Computer > Graphics which counts for both undergraduate and graduate credit. I'm hoping > we can use the new edition of my textbook "Interactive Computer Graphics" > which should come out around March. If it isn't available, my publisher will > get us copies of the first couple of chapters which we can use until the book > is available. > The course is an introduction to Computer Graphics using OpenGL. The > significance of the new edition is that it will be the first textbook that > uses the latest versions of OpenGL which are totally shader based. > Consequently we should be able to do projects on PCs or Macs with any version > of OpenGL from 3.1 up to 4.1 or on cell phones with OpenGL ES 2.0 or through > browsers with WebGL. All these versions are almost identical so participants > should be able to pick their platform and programming language. > The content includes hardware and software, geometry, viewing, modeling, > procedural methods, curves and surfaces. An old syllabus from UNM is at > www.cs.unm.edu/~angel/CS433. In the modern version that we'll do, everything > will be done using shaders on the GPU. I'd like to keep the format where we > all do a few startup projects and then each participant picks a project to do. > The plan is to start around March 1 and do the class over the next couple of > months ending at the close of UNM's spring semester. > To make this work for those who want credit and to earn some much needed > funds for the Complex, I need seven people to register for UNM credit. > Otherwise, I don't really care if others sit in as long as they participate. > Not only is the subject of interest to a lot of you, if we can do this course > successfully with UNM, it will lead to a long term relationship under which > we could offer more courses at the Complex for which credit will be > available. I'll also be working on an on line version at the same time which > could also be a test case for future offerings through the Complex. > Please let me know if you are interested. It would be good to have an > organizational meeting sometime next week, perhaps a round table at Wedtech > next week if nothing else has been scheduled yet. > Ed -- -- Truly yours, Michael Michael Odza CEO FoorumNM and FoorumNet 228 Griffin St. Santa Fe, NM 87501 Skype: michaelodza Landline: +1 505-466-4460 Mobile: +1 505-470-1241 www.foorumnm.com ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
