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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%">Spring Course Announcement</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">Course #: CS4900/CS5900 A03 Special Topics in Computer Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">Title:
</span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%">Fundamentals of Ray Tracing</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Instructor: Jacob Schaupp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Contact Info:
<a href="mailto:js400421@ohio.edu">js400421@ohio.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Class: TR 9:30 – 10:50<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Location: ARC 101<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Credit: 3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">This experimental course presents an introduction to the theory and implementation of computer graphics algorithms involving ray tracing techniques. Ray traced-based
rendering techniques include algorithms such as: ray casting, recursive ray tracing, and path tracing. These algorithms result in high fidelity renders and can accurately simulate the behavior of natural light at the price of extreme computational cost. The
use of these algorithms due to this cost has been limited to the realm of cinema and visual effects. However, with modern advancements in GPU architectures, application of ray traced-based algorithms has made its way into the world of real-time rendering in
video games such as Cyberpunk 2077 and Alan Wake 2. When combined with specialized hardware, this opens the door to realistic shadows and reflections with minimal impact to performance in real-time rendering. This course will cover the basics of ray tracing
algorithms and the fundamental concepts which will equip students with the skills needed to write their own toy ray tracer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Topics to be covered:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Monte Carlo integration techniques<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Radiometry<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">BSDFs and material property definitions<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Path Tracing and light transport algorithms<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"> Pre-Requisites<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"> MATH 32*0, CS 3610, CS 4250 or CS 4350 (recommended), or by instructor consent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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