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Course unit, curriculum year 2022–2023
COMP.CE.430

Computer Graphics, 5 cr

Tampere University
Teaching periods
Active in period 1 (1.8.2022–23.10.2022)
Active in period 2 (24.10.2022–31.12.2022)
Course code
COMP.CE.430
Language of instruction
English
Academic years
2021–2022, 2022–2023, 2023–2024
Level of study
Advanced studies
Grading scale
General scale, 0-5
Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Markku Mäkitalo
Responsible organisation
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences 100 %
Coordinating organisation
Computing Sciences Studies 100 %
Core content
  • GPUs
  • 2D and 3D basics, Affine transformations, Coordinate spaces, Pinhole camera model
  • Basic shading, Phong shading, Pixel shaders (GLSL)
  • Ray tracing, Ray traversal, Whitted-style ray tracing
Complementary knowledge
  • Rasterization, Anti-aliasing
  • Scene graphs, Animation
  • Postprocessing, Deferred shading, Shadow mapping
  • Path tracing, Ray marching, Bounding volume hierarchies
Specialist knowledge
  • Level of Detail (LoD), Visibility determination
  • Physically based rendering (BRDF), Image-based lighting, Soft shadows, Global illumination
  • Real-time path tracing, Path tracing denoising
Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
Recommended prerequisites
Further information
Learning material
Equivalences
Studies that include this course
Completion option 1

Participation in teaching

01.09.2022 11.12.2022
Active in period 1 (1.8.2022–23.10.2022)
Active in period 2 (24.10.2022–31.12.2022)