Courses

Courses created and taught by members of the SDSC visualization team.

 

Table of Contents

Computer graphics
Visualization
VRML
Java 3D
Perl
Rapid prototyping
Misc.

Computer graphics courses

The following course notes have been developed over several years for college courses at UCSD.

Event Date Course notes
UCSD CSE 167 Multiple

Computer Graphics,
Mike Bailey

UCSD MAE 152 Multiple Computer Graphics for Engineers and Scientists,
Mike Bailey
UCSD MAE 293 Multiple Advanced Computer Graphics,
Mike Bailey

The following conference course notes are similar in content, but are each tuned to the audience and presentation time limitations of the particular conference.

Event Date Course notes
1994
SIGGRAPH 94 August 1994

Fundamentals of Computer Graphics Hardware,
Mike Bailey

1995
SIGGRAPH 95 August 1995

Introduction to Computer Graphics,
Mike Bailey

1996
SIGGRAPH 96 August 1996 Fundamentals of Computer Graphics Software and Hardware,
Mike Bailey
SIGGRAPH 96 August 1996 Introduction to Computer Graphics,
Mike Bailey
SIGGRAPH 96 August 1996 Sneaking Analytic Geometry Right by Them Using 3D Graphics,
Mike Bailey
1997
SIGGRAPH 97 August 1997 Fundamentals of Computer Graphics Software and Hardware,
Mike Bailey
SIGGRAPH 97 August 1997 Introduction to Computer Graphics,
Mike Bailey
1998
SIGGRAPH 98 August 1998 Fundamentals of Computer Graphics Software and Hardware,
Mike Bailey
SIGGRAPH 98 August 1998 Introduction to Computer Graphics,
Mike Bailey

Visualization courses

Event Date Course notes
Multiple Multiple Introduction to Visualization,
John Moreland

VRML courses

The following conference course notes are similar in content, but are each tuned to the audience and presentation time limitations of the particular conference.

The most comprehensive coverage of VRML is available in the SIGGRAPH 98 course notes.

Event Date Course notes
1996
Internet World Asia 96 May 1996 Introduction to VRML 1.0,
John Moreland
SIGGRAPH 96 August 1996

Introduction to VRML 2.0,
Dave Nadeau, John Moreland, Mike Heck

WebNet 96 October 1996

Introduction to VRML 2.0,
Dave Nadeau

1997
VRML 97 February 1997 Introduction to VRML 2.0,
Dave Nadeau
SDSC Training March 1997 Introduction to VRML 2.0,
Dave Nadeau, John Moreland
Internet World Asia 97 May 1997 Introduction to VRML 2.0,
John Moreland
SDSC Training June 1997 Introduction to VRML 97,
Dave Nadeau, John Moreland
SIGGRAPH 97 August 1997 Introduction to VRML 97,
Dave Nadeau, John Moreland, Mike Heck
Web Design & Development 97 West September 1997 Introduction to VRML 97,
John Moreland
Eurographics 97 September 1997 Introduction to VRML 97,
Dave Nadeau
Web Design & Development 97 East October 1997 Introduction to VRML 97,
John Moreland
Visualization 97 October 1997 Introduction to VRML 97 and Java3D,
Dave Nadeau
WebNet 97 November 1997 Introduction to VRML 97,
Dave Nadeau
1998
Western MultiConference 98 January 1998 Introduction to VRML 97,
Dave Nadeau
VRML 98 February 1998 Introduction to VRML 97,
Dave Nadeau
New York City SIGGRAPH
Pace University
May 1998 Introduction to VRML 97,
Dave Nadeau
Sydney Vislab June 1998 Introduction to VRML 97,
Dave Nadeau
SIGGRAPH 98 July 1998 Introduction to VRML 97,
Dave Nadeau, John Moreland, Mike Heck
Eurographics 98 August 1998 Introduction to VRML 97,
Dave Nadeau
WebNet 98 November 1998 Introduction to VRML 97, Parts 1 and 2,
Dave Nadeau

Java 3D courses

The following conference course notes are similar in content, but are each tuned to the audience and presentation time limitations of the particular conference.

The most comprehensive coverage of Java3D is available in the SIGGRAPH 99 course notes. The VR 99 course includes extra discussion of complex viewing scenarios.

Event Date Course notes
1997
SIGGRAPH 97 August 1997

Introduction to Java 3D,
Henry Sowizral, Michael Deering, Mike Bailey

Visualization 97 October 1997 Introduction to VRML 97 and Java3D,
Dave Nadeau
1998
SDSC Training June 1998 Introduction to Programming with Java 3D,
Henry Sowizral, Dave Nadeau, Mike Bailey
Sydney Vislab June 1998 Introduction to Programming with Java 3D,
Dave Nadeau
SIGGRAPH 98 July 1998 Introduction to Programming with Java 3D,
Henry Sowizral, Dave Nadeau, Michael Deering, Mike Baile
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Eurographics 98 August 1998 Introduction to Programming with Java 3D,
Dave Nadeau, Henry Sowizral
Visualization 98 October 1998 Introduction to Programming with Java 3D,
Dave Nadeau, Henry Sowizral, Mike Bailey
Michigan State University October 1998 Introduction to Programming with Java 3D,
Dave Nadeau
Supercomputing 98 November 1998 3D Graphics Programming with Java 3D,
Dave Nadeau, Henry Sowizral
1999
VR 99 March 1999 An Introduction to Programming AR and VR Applications with Java 3D,
Henry Sowizral, Dave Nadeau
SIGGRAPH 99 July 1999 Introduction to Programming with Java 3D,
Henry Sowizral, Dave Nadeau
Eurographics 99 August 1999 Introduction to Programming with Java 3D,
Dave Nadeau, Henry Sowizral
Visualization 99 October 1999 Introduction to Programming with Java 3D,
Dave Nadeau, Henry Sowizral

Perl courses

Event Date Course notes
Multiple Multiple Introduction to Perl,
John Moreland

Rapid prototyping courses

Event Date Course notes
Supercomputing 95 December 1995 Rapid Prototyping for Scientific Visualization,
Mike Bailey
SIGGRAPH 96 August 1996 The Use of Touch asn an I/O Device for Graphics and Visualization,
Mike Bailey
Visualization 98 October 1998 The Use of Solid Freeform Fabrication in Scientific Visualization,
Mike Bailey

Misc courses

Event Date Course notes
Supercomputing 95 December 1995 25 Rules for Using Color in Scientific Visualization,
Mike Bailey

 

 

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