University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

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Prerequisites

• AKA You should know this BEFORE the beginning of
  the semester

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Course Titles

• COMP 14/114
• Introduction to/Foundations of Programming
• COMP 121
• Data Structures
• MATH 83/147
• Elementary Linear Algebra

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Programming I

• Your grade will depend heavily on your
  programming skills
• I can help DEBUG code, not help WRITE code
• Copying other peoples code is an Honor Code
  violation, and will be reported
• excepting specific cases I will state when

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Programming II

• OpenGL will be taught in preparation for first
  two assignments
• OpenGL calls can be made from C/C/C and Java
• I will be providing sample UI code for C/C
• C and Java are allowed, but discouraged
• Cant help with debugging as much
• MATLAB is NOT allowed

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Programming III

• One option for final project is Shading Language
• I only know how to call these from C/C
• Projects will run for some time
• Memory Leaks cause problems
• Faster programming language ? faster execution

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Programming IV/Grading

• Partial Credit cant be given for code that
  doesnt work
• Intrinsic property of Computer Science
• Have I scared you off yet? ?

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Data Structures

• Computer Graphics uses data structures
• Data Abstraction a MUST
• Lists, vectors, arrays
• Trees
• Big O notation is used

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Linear Algebra

• Matrices and Vectors are key elements in graphics
• Matrix-matrix multiplies
• Matrix-vector multiplies
• Singular/non-singular matrices

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What if I dont know these things?

• If you are unfamiliar with these topics, contact
  me after class today
• Some can be quickly learned
• Some will make this class nearly impossible if
  you dont know them