Meetings are Tuesday evenings from 5:30 - 7:30pm

Date Foley & van Dam Cohen & Wallace Topic
February 1 Ch. 1, 3 Ch. 1, 2
February 8 Ch. 4, 5 Ch. 3
February 15 Ch. 6, 8 Ch. 4
February 22 Ch. 10, 11 Ch. 5
February 29 Ch. 12, 13 Ch. 6
March 14 Ch. 14, 15 Ch. 7, 8
March 21 Ch. 16 Ch. 9
March 28 Ch. 17 Ch. 10, 11
April 11 Problem Session
April 18 Color Spaces
April 25 Sampling and Reconstruction
May 2 Curves and Transforms
May 9 Radiosity, Shading, Physical Units
May 16
May 23

Graphics notes from UC Davis
Brian Smits' Radiosity class from Utah
Peter Shirley's Utah Graphics Classes

Old Quals Problems
1994 physiqual
1995 physiqual solutions
1996 physiqual


From the official systems qual syllabus:

Knowledge of basic representations of surfaces and solids, scan-conversion algorithms, geometric transformations, viewing projections, visible-surface determination, and shading models, as covered in CS 248. Understanding of basic issues in input and display hardware, graphics software, and user interface design. Some knowledge in depth of either curve, surface, and solid modeling and geometric algorithms at the level of CS 348A, or of sampling, filtering, and local and global illumination methods at the level of CS 348B.

Typical references for the material in 248, 348A, and 348B, are the online course notes, where available, and the following three books: