Difference between revisions of "CISC440 S2017"

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• 60% 4 assignments worth 15% each. Each homework will be due about 2 weeks after being assigned (one is a little shorter, one a little longer)
• 20% Midterm exam
• 20% Final exam
• 2% Extra credit for completing course evaluation

Graduate students will be given extra tasks to complete or features to implement on each homework, and extra questions to answer on each exam.

Programming assignments will be graded on the basis of correctness, efficiency, and originality. This is not an introductory programming class, so coding style is not critical. However, if you want partial credit for something that doesn't quite work, it needs to be well-commented and easy to follow.

For the overall course grade, a preliminary absolute mark will be assigned to each student based on the percentage of the total possible points they earn according to the standard formula: A = 90-100, B = 80-90, C = 70-80, etc., with +'s and -'s given for the upper and lower third of each range, respectively. Based on the distribution of preliminary grades for all students (i.e., "the curve"), the instructor may increase these grades monotonically to calculate final grades. This means that your final grade can't be lower than your preliminary grade, and your final grade won't be higher than that of anyone who had a higher preliminary grade.

I will try to keep you informed about your standing throughout the semester. If you have any questions about grading or expectations at any time, please feel free to ask me.

• To enroll: http://piazza.com/udel/spring2017/cisc440640
• After you enroll: http://piazza.com/udel/spring2017/cisc440640/home

The two exams will be closed book (i.e., no reference materials allowed). Unless otherwise instructed, you are responsible for all material covered up to the day of the exam, both from the assigned readings (everything in the Readings column of the Schedule below) and in lectures (excluding guest lectures).

Students can discuss problems with one another in general terms, but must work independently on programming assignments. This also applies to online and printed resources: you may consult them as references (as long as you cite them), but the words and source code you turn in must be yours alone. The University's policies on academic dishonesty are set forth in the student code of conduct here.

Steve Marschner and Peter Shirley

CRC Press, 2016

Textbook web site: Author (most useful thing there is link to course with relevant slides), Publisher

This book should be at the campus bookstore. Other ordering options:

• Amazon: About $105 for new hardcover, $34-38 to rent physical book for semester
• CRC Press (the publisher): There are some e-book options here ranging from $80 to own it down to $52 to "rent" it for 180 days

• OpenGL tutorials (download; build instructions are in Tutorial #1)
• GLFW
  • Ubuntu: see dependencies here
  • Building GLFW applications on Ubuntu: UMich "Building OpenGL/GLFW Apps"
• GLM OpenGL Mathematics library
• Orange book 2nd ed., GLSL tutorial, GLSL cookbook code
• More tutorials: freedesktop, open.gl

You may develop your OpenGL, C/C++ code in any fashion that is convenient--that is, with any compiler and operating system that you want--but you must avoid OS- and hardware-specific functions.

HW #1

Register/add deadline Feb. 20

P. Heckbert;
Photon mapping introduction, online demo, tutorial