Computer Graphics (CMU 15-362/662)
Basic Info
Mon/Wed 11:00am-12:20pm
MM 103
Instructor: Nancy Pollard
See the course info page for more info on policies and logistics.
Spring 2026 Schedule
| Jan 12 |
Assignment 0.0 OUT
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| Jan 14 |
Assignment 0.5 OUT
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| Jan 19 |
MLK Holiday --- NO CLASS ---
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| Jan 21 |
Assignment 0.0 DUE
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| Jan 26 |
Assignment 0.5 DUE
Assignment 1.0 OUT
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| Jan 28 | |
| Feb 2 | |
| Feb 4 |
Assignment 1.0 DUE (Friday, Feb 6)
Assignment 1.5 OUT
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| Feb 9 | |
| Feb 11 |
Midterm
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| Feb 16 |
Assignment 1.5 DUE
Assignment 2.0 OUT
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| Feb 18 |
Digital Geometry Processing
Assignment 2.5 OUT
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| Feb 23 |
Geometric Queries
Assignment 2.0 DUE
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| Feb 25 |
Spatial Data Structures
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| Mar 2 |
SPRING BREAK
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| Mar 4 |
SPRING BREAK
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| Mar 9 |
Special Topics in Graphics I
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| Mar 11 |
Special Topics in Graphics II
Assignment 2.5 DUE
Assignment 3.0 OUT
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| Mar 16 |
Color and Radiometry
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| Mar 18 |
The Rendering Equation
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| Mar 23 |
The Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function
Assignment 3.0 DUE
Assignment 3.5 OUT
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| Mar 25 |
Variance Reduction
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| Mar 30 |
The Principles of Animation
Assignment 3.5 DUE
Assignment 4.0 OUT
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| Apr 1 |
Splines
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| Apr 6 |
Kinematics
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| Apr 8 |
Simulation and ODEs
Assignment 4.0 DUE
Assignment 4.5 OUT
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| Apr 13 |
Partial Differential Equations
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| Apr 15 |
Optimization and More
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| Apr 20 |
Final Review
Assignment 4.5 DUE
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| Apr 22 |
Course WrapUp
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| TBD |
FINAL EXAM (TBD)
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Assignments and Projects
| (Due 1/21) | Assignnment 0.0: Math Review |
| (Due 1/26) | Assignment 0.5: Code Review |
| (Due 2/6) | Assignment 1.0: Rasterizer Checkpoint |
| (Due 2/16) | Assignment 1.5: Rasterizer |
| (Due 2/23) | Assignment 2.0: MeshEdit Checkpoint |
| (Due 3/11) | Assignment 2.5: MeshEdit |
| (Due 3/23) | Assignment 3.0: PathTracer Checkpoint |
| (Due 3/30) | Assignment 3.5: PathTracer |
| (Due 4/8) | Assignment 4.0: Animation Checkpoint |
| (Due 4/20) | Assignment 4.5: Animation |
Acknowledgments
Thanks to past contributors to course material: Keenan Crane, Kayvon Fatahalian, Stelian Coros, Nancy Pollard, Michael Choquette, Se-Joon Chung, Sky Gao, Qiuyi Jia, Zach Shearer, Bryce Summers, Nick Sharp, Maxwell Slater, Oscar Dadfar.