COMP37111 10 Semester 1 Undergraduate Level 3 Stephen Pettifer Unit coordinator 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Last part of a Bachelors ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 5.0 <p>This Course Unit covers the principles of modern Computer Graphics from creation modelling of scenes through to animation and rendering with a particular focus on the quality and performance issues relating to the various techniques.</p> <p>Part 1: Modeling</p><p>Modeling Curves and surfaces (1.5)</p><p>Bezier curves, splines and NURBS</p><p>Curve properties and conversions</p><p>Subdivision surfaces</p><p>Implicit and procedural surfaces</p><p>Hierarchical modeling</p><p>Model acquisition</p><p>Color (0.5)</p><p>Spectra</p><p>Cones and spectral responses</p><p>Color matching</p><p>Color spaces and gamuts</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Part 2: Animation</p><p>Animation basics</p><p>Keyframing and timing</p><p>Skinning/Enveloping</p><p>Physics-based and procedural animation</p><p>Motion capture</p><p>Simulation and dynamics Particle Systems (PDE)</p><p>Physics (ODE solvers)</p><p>Collision Detection and response</p><p>Mass spring modeling</p><p>Motion blur</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Part 3: Rendering</p><p>The Rendering Equation</p><p>Ray Tracing</p><p>Path Tracing</p><p>Radiosity</p><p>Volume rendering</p><p>Spatial Enumeration and culling</p> <p>This Course Unit covers the principles of modern Computer Graphics from creation modelling of scenes through to animation and rendering with a particular focus on the quality and performance issues relating to the various techniques.</p> <ul><li>be able to analyse requirements of 3D modelling problems and select appropriate combinations of modelling techniques<br/>&nbsp;</li><li>be able to describe and compare CAD, Generative and Captured approaches to creating 3D models with respect to their fidelity and time/space constraints<br/>&nbsp;</li><li>be able to describe how the rendering equation acts as a mathematical representation of illumination in the real world<br/>&nbsp;</li><li>be able to compare different computational approximations to the rendering equation with respect to their visual fidelity and computational complexity<br/>&nbsp;</li><li>be able to analyse rendering problems to create novel solutions by combining or modifying existing computational approximations</li></ul> Analytical skills Innovation/creativity Project management Problem solving Research <p>Part 1: Modeling</p><p>Modeling Curves and surfaces (1.5)</p><p>Bezier curves, splines and NURBS</p><p>Curve properties and conversions</p><p>Subdivision surfaces</p><p>Implicit and procedural surfaces</p><p>Hierarchical modeling</p><p>Model acquisition</p><p>Color (0.5)</p><p>Spectra</p><p>Cones and spectral responses</p><p>Color matching</p><p>Color spaces and gamuts</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Part 2: Animation</p><p>Animation basics</p><p>Keyframing and timing</p><p>Skinning/Enveloping</p><p>Physics-based and procedural animation</p><p>Motion capture</p><p>Simulation and dynamics Particle Systems (PDE)</p><p>Physics (ODE solvers)</p><p>Collision Detection and response</p><p>Mass spring modeling</p><p>Motion blur</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Part 3: Rendering</p><p>The Rendering Equation</p><p>Ray Tracing</p><p>Path Tracing</p><p>Radiosity</p><p>Volume rendering</p><p>Spatial Enumeration and culling</p> <p>The course operates a flipped classroom model with videos and readings to complete before each workshop that establish the concepts required for each week’s topic. The workshops themselves involve students working in groups to address problems that involve analysis and synthesis of concepts that build as the course progresses. A weekly online quiz then consolidates the student’s understanding of the topic.</p> 1 Written exam 100% <p>Face to face feedback and marking &nbsp;in programming laboratories.</p> COMP27112 Introduction to Visual Computing Pre-Requisite Compulsory Students who are not from the School of Computer Science must have permission from both Computer Science and their home School to enrol. N <p><a href="http://studentnet.cs.manchester.ac.uk/syllabus/index.php?code=COMP37111&amp;year=2020">COMP37111 reading list</a> can be found on the Department of Computer Science website for current students.</p> Assessment written exam 2 Lectures 11 0 87 <p><strong>Course unit materials</strong></p><p><a href="http://studentnet.cs.manchester.ac.uk/ugt/syllabus.php">Links to course unit teaching materials</a> can be found on the School of Computer Science website for current students.</p>