Description: This course will
cover advanced topics in computer graphics: scientific visualization,
medical visualization, information visualization, and volume rendering
techniques. The format for the course will be group discussions of
papers and some lectures by the instructor and outside experts in the
field. The grading will be based on participation in class and a class
project. Class projects may be done individually or in
groups. Projects have the potential of leading to work that forms the
basis of a Master's project or Ph.D. research topic. A partial list of
topics includes the following:
Volume Visualization Techniques
Hybrid Visualization Techniques
Information Visualization Techniques Some useful Sites:
Week 12:
Medical Image Processing and Visualization
Jason Xuan, Georgetown University Medical Center and UMBC
Wavelet Compression and Visualization
- Amen Zwa, UMBC
Week 12-13: Student
prsentations and Visualization of CFD, FEM, and other scientific
methods
Week 13-15: Interactive Visualization techniques
Textbook: None, but the following books may be useful as
references.
Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice,
2nd Edition, Foley, van Dam, Feiner, Hughes, Addison Wesley, 1993.
Texturing and Modeling: A Procedural Approach, Ebert,
et. al., AP Professional, 1994.
Radiosity and Realistic Image Synthesis, Cohen and
Wallace, AP Professional 1994.
Principles of Digital Image Synthesis, Andrew Glassner, Morgan
Kaufman 1994.
Project Schedule The projects in the class will be broken
into three stages. Progress reports and demonstrations of the working
projects at each stage will be required.The tentative Schedule for the
projects will be the following:
Weeks 1-2: Meeting with me to finalize project topic.