To understand the physics of the light transport. To know and apply the basic Monte Carlo methods. To understand the main realistic visualization techniques. To know and understand some advanced realistic image synthesis techniques (state of the art). To be able to implement the basic realistic image synthesis algorithms. Use of English language. Writing a summary report. Giving an oral presentation.
1. Introduction 2. Physics of the light transport. 2.1. Definitions and concepts. 2.2. Light transport equation. 2.3. Reflection and scattering models. 3. Monte Carlo methods. 3.1. Sampling 3.2. Monte Carlo integration. 3.3. Quasi-Monte Carlo and other variance reduction techniques. 3.4. Random walk. 4. Illumination techniques. 4.1. Direct illumination 4.2. Path-tracing and bidirectional path-tracing. 4.3. Photon Mapping, Irradiance Cache 4.4. Radiosity 4.5. Ambient occlusion and obscurances. 5. Dynamic environments. 5.1. Temporal coherence. 5.2. Reuse of paths.
Tipus d’activitat Hores amb professor Hores sense professor Total Elaboració individual de treballs 3,00 18,00 21,00 Resolució d'exercicis 13,00 56,00 69,00 Sessió expositiva 22,00 15,00 37,00 Total 38,00 89,00 127
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Activitats d'avaluació: Descripció de l'activitat Avaluació de l'activitat % 1st assignment: Introduction to the software PBRT 10 2nd assignment: Monte Carlo methods 10 3rd assignment: global illumination 50 4th assignment: research articles 30
Not only assignments but also attendance to and participation in the lectures will be taken into account. Criteris específics de la nota «No Presentat»:"No presentat" means that the student has not handed out any assignment.