CS 594: Scientific Visualization

Spring, 1997

Administrative:

What: CS 594 (Sect 29371) first/second year graduate level reading course

Instructor: Bob Ward

Text: Angel, Edward, Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top-Down Approach with OpenGL, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1997. Various books and papers will provide supplemental material.

Prerequisites: Knowledge of C, basic concepts in scientific computing and computer systems, or consent of instructor

When: Wednesdays, 9:00 - 12:00, Spring, 1997

Where: 107 Ayres Hall

Objective:

This course provides a general introduction to, and basic understanding of, scientific visualization. Upon successful completion of course, students should understand the mathematical and computer science concepts involved in visualizing scientific data and be able to write visualization codes using OpenGL and be sufficiently knowledgeable to implement them, with minimal training, in other interfaces to visualization libraries.

Course work:

Students will prepare and present lectures, extensive weekly reading assignments, periodic programming assignments (using C), graded classroom participation.

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