Spring Course Announcement Course #: CS4900/CS5900 A03 Special Topics in Computer Science Title: Fundamentals of Ray Tracing Instructor: Jacob Schaupp Contact Info: js400421 at ohio.edu <mailto: js400421 at ohio.edu > Class: TR 9:30 - 10:50 Location: ARC 101 Credit: 3 [A glass ball in a room Description automatically generated]Course Description This experimental course presents an introduction to the theory and implementation of computer graphics algorithms involving ray tracing techniques. Ray traced-based rendering techniques include algorithms such as: ray casting, recursive ray tracing, and path tracing. These algorithms result in high fidelity renders and can accurately simulate the behavior of natural light at the cost of extreme computational cost. The use of these algorithms due to this cost has been limited to the realm of cinema and visual effects. However, with modern advancements in GPU architectures, application of ray traced-based algorithms has made its way into the world of real-time rendering in video games. When combined with specialized hardware, this opens the door to realistic shadows and reflections with little compromise in real-time rendering. This course will cover the basics of ray tracing algorithms and the fundamental concepts which will equip students with the skills needed to write their own toy ray tracer. Topics to be covered: * Rays as form of light modeling * Monte Carlo integration techniques * Radiometry * BSDFs and material property definitions * Path Tracing and light transport algorithms Pre-Requisites MATH 32*0, CS 3610, CS 4250 or CS 4350 (recommended), or by instructor consent. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: < http://listserv.ohio.edu/pipermail/eecs_mscs/attachments/20231101/04f1bab2/attachment.html > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 253097 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: < http://listserv.ohio.edu/pipermail/eecs_mscs/attachments/20231101/04f1bab2/attachment.png > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.png Type: image/png Size: 134794 bytes Desc: image003.png URL: < http://listserv.ohio.edu/pipermail/eecs_mscs/attachments/20231101/04f1bab2/attachment-0001.png >
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