This is a tentative syllabus. There will be more topics and reading material posted as the course proceeds.
| Week of | Mon | Weds |
| Jan 16 | MLK Day No Class
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Course Overview
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| Jan 23 | Eftychios Sifakis Seminar | Intro to Animation |
| Jan 30 | Mocap Lab Demo (WeH 1334)
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IK |
| Feb 6 | More IK and Motion Spaces | Skinning |
| Feb 13 | Recent Research | PAPER SESSION I |
| Feb 20 | MiniProject 1 presentations
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Simulation |
| Feb 27 | Simulation and Cloth | More Cloth |
| Mar 6 | FINAL PROJECT PITCHES
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Final Project Follow-up |
| Mar 13 | SPRING BREAK
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SPRING BREAK
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| Mar 20 | Fluids | MiniProject 2 Presentations
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| Mar 27 | More Fluids
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Deformables |
| Apr 3 | Paper Session II | Real-Time Raymarching (Jim McCann)
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| Apr 10 | Character Simulation
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Character Control and Paper Session III |
| Apr 17 | Rendering | VR |
| Apr 24 | Paper Session IV | Crowds / AI
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| May 1 | Final Project Presentations
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Final Project Presentations
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