Computer Graphics Seminar 2018/19 fall

Seminars

Programme

• 07.09.18: Introduction - Organization
• 14.09.18: Introduction - Geometry and Transformations^[1]
• 21.09.18: Introduction - Shading and Lighting^[1]
• 28.09.18: Introduction - Shaders Workshop (Handout, Tasks)^[1]
• 05.10.18: Student Presentation ICS Day
• 12.10.18: Specialist: Jaanus Jaggo developer of GroundForge, TribocalypseVR inter alia.
• 19.10.18: The CGVR Lab Field Trip
• 26.10.18: Post-Processing Effects - Viktor Mysko (pdf)
• 02.11.18: Specialist: Ats Kurvet from ExteriorBox
• 09.11.18: CPU vs GPU - Stanislav Belogrivov (pdf)
• 16.11.18: Use Case Study: Coco - Diana Grygorian (pdf)
• 23.11.18: Specialist: Hendrik Proosa from Kaldera (slides)
• 30.11.18: Motion Tracking - Markos Leemet
• 07.12.18: Reinforcement Learning in Games - Mahir Gulzar (pdf)
• 14.12.18: Modern GPU Architecture - Ismayil Tahmazov (pdf)
• 21.12.18: Project Presentations (14:15 - 18:00)
  Together with CGP students

[1] introductory topics - these include introduction to OpenGL and WebGL, standard graphics pipeline, vertex transformations, colors, lighting and shading models.

Chosen topics

1. Viktor Mysko - Post-Processing Effects, 26.10
2. Stanislav Belogrivov - CPU vs GPU, 09.11
3. Diana Grygorian - Use Case Study: Coco, 16.11
4. Markos Leemet - Motion Tracking, 30.11
5. Mahir Gulzar - Reinforcement Learning in Games, 07.12
6. Ismayil Tahmazov - Modern GPU Architecture, 14.12
7. Jaan Õmblus — Financial Data Visualization, 02.11

Some arbitrary possible topics

1. Color blending – What happens when there are transparent objects in your scene?
2. Lighting models – What are the common models? Where and when are they used?
3. Texturing – How can one sample from a texture? What kinds of artefacts may appear?
4. Curves – Why are they important in CG? What about curved surfaces?
5. Global illumination – Pick one or compare different methods: Radiosity, path tracing, photon mapping.
6. Realtime realistic rendering – Provide an overview of the common methods or pick some effect (light, wetness, fog, fur / hair, skin) and find out how it's rendered realistically in real time.
7. Non-realistic rendering – Where is it used and how is it achieved? Realtime vs prerendered?
8. Tessellation – How can this be done in OpenGL 4?
9. Post-processing effects – What effects are there? When and how are they used?
10. Procedural generation (PCG wiki) – Where and how is it used? How to apply procedural textures to procedurally generated meshes?
11. Physically-Based Shading – What is it? Why is it important to understand physical properties of materials for shading? What games / game engines use it?
12. Rendering in VR – What extra considerations are in VR? How do different technologies overcome them?
13. Vulkan – What can be done with it? Why is it useful? How to Vulkan?
14. Subsurface scattering – What is it? How it is implemented? What does it solve?
15. Reflections and caustics – What are the modern techniques, which do those?
16. GLSL vs HLSL – What are the differences? How are both used?
17. Use case study – Find out in detail how graphics are done in one game or movie.
18. Motion capture – What are the difficulties today? Best budget setup for it?
19. Modern GPU architecture – How are GPU-s built today? What are they optimized for? E.g. Vega, Kepler, Pascal.
20. Graphics on consoles / smartphones – What limitations are there in consoles or embedded systems vs the PC? How to overcome them compared to the PC approach?