15-464 Syllabus for Spring 2007

This is a tentative syllabus. There will be much more reading material posted as the course proceeds. Slides, handouts, and updates will be available through the course web page.

Week of Tue Thu
Jan 16 Introduction Forward kinematics / angle representations / splines
Jan 23 Cartoon Animation Filter Blending curves and shapes
Jan 30 More blending curves and shapes Inverse Kinematics
Feb 6 Inverse kinematics II Mesh deformation
Feb 13 Inverse kinematics on meshes Physically based simulation
  • Programming Asst #2 DUE / PRESENTATIONS

  • Reading: Parent Ch4.3-4.4 (also see B.6,B.7)
  • Reading: Baraff and Witkin's course notes, especially those on "Rigid Body Dynamics"
Feb 20 Cloth simulation Natural Phenomena
Feb 27 Physically based character animation (simulation and control) Physically based character animation (optimization)
Mar 6 NO CLASS (GDC)
NO CLASS (GDC)
Mar 13 SPRING BREAK
SPRING BREAK
Mar 20 Motion capture intro / lab visit
Meet in mocap lab: WeH 1334
  • Reading: Parent Ch6.7
NO CLASS - Takeo Igarashi lecture
Mar 27 Motion Editing Responsive Characters (Jim McCann)
Apr 3 CLASS CANCELLED
CLASS CANCELLED
Apr 10 Motion planning Combining motion capture and control
Apr 17 Motion style: what is style? NO CLASS -- CARNIVAL
Apr 24 Final project updates
Hands
May 1 Faces Final project presentations