Dr. Durant: CS-321 Computer Graphics: Oral Presentations (Fall 2004)

This assignment counts for 10% of your quarter grade. You only have 5 minutes to convince the class that you are knowledgeable on the subject you choose to present, so be sure to adequately prioritize this assignment.

Overview

As part of the course, each student will make a brief (five minute) technical presentation on some subject related to computer graphics. Some possible subjects are:

A graphics rendering algorithm.
A hardware component of a graphics system.
A programming technique found useful in the lab.
A new application of computer graphics.

This list is meant to stimulate ideas, not to limit the range of topics.

Guidelines

You must submit your topic to the instructor by 4:00 P.M. on Monday of week 6.
Presentations will be scheduled at the beginning of the class period. Therefore, presenters and other class members must be prompt.
Presentations are limited to five minutes in duration. Presenters exceeding this limit risk being unceremoniously cut off. A short period for questions and comments from class members will be provided and is not included in the five minute limit.
Each presenter should arrange for any necessary audio-visual equipment. The instructor will consult on this process if needed.
Grading will be based on content, clarity, relation of topic to computer graphics, appropriate use of audio-visual equipment, ability to answer questions, and appropriate use of time. (Evaluation sheet)
You should take this assignment seriously as it accounts for 10% of your quarter grade. Students who do not devote adequate time to researching and preparing their presentation should expect to receive a poor grade.

Schedule

The schedule of presenters will be determined during week 4.

Presentation time picking order (remaining students):

Week	Date	Speaker 1	Speaker 2
Week 8	Monday 25 October	A. Goberman Graphics algorithms...	J. Rubright 3-D Displays & Immersive Visualization
	Wednesday 27 October	D. Jaenchen OLED Displays	D. Petersen Synthetic Light
	Friday 29 October	D. Obmann OpenGL...	R. Sternhagen Video cables
Week 9	Monday 1 November	V. Vargas Texture mapping	S. Uttech Cross-OS graphics performance comparison
	Wednesday 3 November	P. Voisin Bistable display	J. Anderson Weather imaging
	Friday 5 November	R. Dostal Constructing a convex hull	C. Kracht Vertex Shaders
Week 10	Monday 8 November	T. McCraw Anisotropic filtering of 3-D surfaces	N. Weyrum Holographic imaging
	Wednesday 10 November	burnsw Graphics bottlenecks: CPU and video card	bottonij Sloan Digital Sky Survey
	Friday 12 November