Winter Term 2024/25
Computer Graphics
Winter Term 2024/25
This course provides the theoretical and practical foundations for computer graphics. It gives a wide overview of topics, techniques, and approaches used in various aspects of computer graphics with a focus on image synthesis and rendering, including texturing, shading, aliasing, sampling, and many more. After introducing the two basic algorithms for image synthesis, ray tracing and rasterization, it discusses the physical foundations of ray tracing in greater depth. As part of the [practical exercises](#assignments), the students incrementally build their own ray tracing system, which they will then use to generate a high-quality rendering for the end-of-term [rendering competition](#rendering-competition). Additionally, on the discretion of the course organizers, an additional BVH speed competition may be held for bonus points.
Read moreMonte Carlo Ray Tracing
Winter Term 2024/25
Monte Carlo ray tracing is a popular technique to render realistic images. It is used for movies, architecture, video games, and product design. This seminar looks at a broad range of methods to make rendering via Monte Carlo ray tracing more efficient. We will look at rendering algorithms, from a basic path tracer to photon mapping, at sampling and material models, Markov chains and path guiding, and more. Each student will implement the assigned paper in a simplified setting, present the paper, and write a short summary of it.
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Advanced Rendering Techniques
Summer Term 2024
What does it take to render stunning life-like visuals, like those from your favorite blockbusters? In this seminar, the students jointly decide on a shot they want to re-create, and then build both the virtual 3D scene, as well as the program that will produce a photo-realistic render thereof. Based on the shot, each student is assigned an advanced rendering topic (volume rendering, path guiding, etc) and is then responsible for implementing it in both the scene and the renderer. The work will be supported through close collaboration with expert advisors from our chair, funds for professional 3D assets, compute clusters of the university, and high-end workstations at our chair.
Read moreDigitale Souveränität
Summer Term 2024
Wir laden Sie herzlich ein zur multidisziplinären Ringvorlesung Digitale Souveränität. Die Veranstaltung findet online statt und ist eine Kooperation zwischen der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg und dem Deutschen Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI) sowie der Universität des Saarlandes.
Read moreRealistic Image Synthesis
Summer Term 2024
This advanced lecture discusses the mathematical concepts and algorithms that are used to simulate the propagation of light in a virtual scene. The topics include Monte Carlo sampling, various Global Illumination algorithms (from the basic Path Tracing algorithm to more advanced algorithms like Vertex Connection and Merging), and HDR imaging. In the practical exercises, the students implement some of the algorithms discussed in the lecture in a lightweight rendering framework.
Read moreComputer Graphics 1
Winter Term 2023/24
This course provides the theoretical and practical foundations for computer graphics. It gives a wide overview of topics, techniques, and approaches used in various aspects of computer graphics with a focus on image synthesis and rendering, including texturing, shading, aliasing, sampling, and many more. After introducing the two basic algorithms for image synthesis, ray tracing and rasterization, it discusses the physical foundations of ray tracing in greater depth. As part of the [practical exercises](#assignments), the students incrementally build their own ray tracing system, which they will then use to generate a high-quality rendering for the end-of-term [rendering competition](#rendering-competition). Additionally, on the discretion of the course organizers, an additional BVH speed competition may be held for bonus points.
Read moreRealistic Image Synthesis
Summer Term 2024
This advanced lecture discusses the mathematical concepts and algorithms that are used to simulate the propagation of light in a virtual scene. The topics include Monte Carlo sampling, various Global Illumination algorithms (from the basic Path Tracing algorithm to more advanced algorithms like Vertex Connection and Merging), and HDR imaging. In the practical exercises, the students implement some of the algorithms discussed in the lecture in a lightweight rendering framework.
Read moreGPU Programming
Winter Term 2020/21
This course provides an introduction to CUDA and programming parallel hardware architectures like todays GPUs. We will show how to program with CUDA and what problems can be solved efficiently with modern GPUs. The discussed algorithms are not necessarily related to Computer Graphics. The course will be accompanied by practical exercises and the students will have to work on a small project to pass. The format of the course will change mid-way through the term. Two-hour lectures and one-hour tutorials will be replaced by practical work on larger projects. The course focuses entirely on parallel programming on modern GPUs. CUDA will be used to implement all practical assignments which will include common parallel primitives like parallel prefix sum, parallel reduction, and parallel sorting algorithms (e.g. radix sort). In addition to the training material available from NVIDIA and other sources, we will also use some of the recent scientific papers for up-to-date results and programming methods.
Read moreMonte Carlo Ray Tracing
Winter Term 2023/24
Monte Carlo ray tracing is a popular technique to render realistic images. It is used for movies, architecture, video games, and product design. This seminar looks at a broad range of methods to make rendering via Monte Carlo ray tracing more efficient. We will look at rendering algorithms, from a basic path tracer to photon mapping, at sampling and material models, Markov chains and path guiding, and more. Each student will give a presentation on an assigned paper, write a short summary, and reproduce the key idea in a simplified setting.
Read moreAlgorithms for Realtime Raytracing
Summer Term 2022
With the rise of hardware raytracing new algorithms were created for games and other visualizations with a limited time to render the geometry onto the screen. Waiting hours for a single frame is not an option. Even while modern hardware raytracing helps to get the underlying intersection of the scene fast, a clever algorithm is key to balance interactivity and quality. In this seminar you will implement, adapt, and evaluate a state-of-the-art algorithm presented in a recent paper. The implementation will be within the [AnyDSL](https://github.com/AnyDSL/anydsl) framework in the hybrid renderer [Ignis](https://github.com/PearCoding/Ignis), which is capable of rendering for hours like offline renderers or for some milliseconds as used in games on a GPU or CPU.
Read moreAdvanced Rendering Techniques
Summer Term 2024
What does it take to render stunning life-like visuals, like those from your favorite blockbusters? In this seminar, the students jointly decide on a shot they want to re-create, and then build both the virtual 3D scene, as well as the program that will produce a photo-realistic render thereof. Based on the shot, each student is assigned an advanced rendering topic (volume rendering, path guiding, etc) and is then responsible for implementing it in both the scene and the renderer. The work will be supported through close collaboration with expert advisors from our chair, funds for professional 3D assets, compute clusters of the university, and high-end workstations at our chair.
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