Please note that this schedule is subject to change, and I will be updating it regularly throughout the semester. Lecture slides are available in PDF only. Not all links will be active at once. Refer to the list of references in the course syllabus for labels used in the list of readings below.
| Week | Week of | Wednesday (11:30-12:20) @ AQ 3159 | Friday (10:30-12:20) @ AQ 3003 |
| 1 | Sep. 1 | Course Organization and Q&As (Syllabus) | The New Computer Graphics in the Age of AI and Robotics (slides) |
| 2 | Sep. 8 | Course Introduction (slides) | Modeling Paradigm for 3D Content Creation (slides) |
| 3 | Sep. 15 | Modeling Paradigm for 3D Content Creation (slides) | 3D Shape Representations: Implicit Functions, Parametric Reps, and Fitting (slides) |
| 4 | Sep. 22 |
3D Shape Representations: Meshes and Subdivision
(slides)
September 25: Assignment (20%) available |
3D Shape Representations: Meshes and Subdivision (slides) |
| 5 | Sep. 29 | 3D Shape Representations: Voxels, Point Clouds, and Registration (slides) | 3D Shape Representations: Multi-View and Structured 3D Shape Representations (slides) |
| 6 | Oct. 6 | Neural network basics and representation learning for 3D shapes (slides) | Neural network basics and representation learning for 3D shapes (slides) |
| 7 | Oct. 13 |
Classical Surface Reconstruction
(slides)
(Readings: Paper by Hoppe and Paper by Lorensen and Cline) |
Classical Surface Reconstruction
(slides)
(Readings: Paper by Hoppe and Paper by Lorensen and Cline) |
| 8 | Oct. 20 |
Neural Surface Reconstruction
(slides)
(Readings: ) October 22: Assignment due in class |
Neural Surface Reconstruction
(slides)
(Readings: ) |
| 9 | Oct. 27 |
Shape Segmentation
(slides)
(Readings: A Survey on Mesh Segmentation Techniques) |
Shape Segmentation
(slides)
(Readings: A Survey on Mesh Segmentation Techniques) |
| 10 | Nov. 3 | Course Project Introduction and Q&A (slides) by Mingrui Zhao (TA) | November 8: 90-minute midterm test |
| 11 | Nov. 10 |
Shape Correspondence
(slides)
(Readings: A Survey on Shape Correspondence) |
Shape Correspondence
(slides)
(Readings: A Survey on Shape Correspondence) |
| 12 | Nov. 17 | 3D GenAI: can machine learn to generate 3D shapes? (slides) | 3D GenAI: can machine learn to generate 3D shapes? (slides) |
| 13 | Nov. 24 | Introduction to 3D Printing (slides) | New geometry problems for 3D printing (slides) |