15-464 / 15-664 Syllabus for Spring 2020

This is a tentative syllabus and will be adjusted according to results from Assignment 0 and in-class discussion.

Week of	Mon	Weds
Jan 13	Course Overview Assignment 0 OUT Slides	Introduction to Technical Animation Slides
Jan 20	MLK Day (NO CLASS)	Motion Capture Demo (Wean Hall 1334)
Jan 27	Inverse Kinematics References	More IK MiniProject 1 OUT Slides References
Feb 3	Motion Editing I References	Motion Editing II References
Feb 10	Rigging and Skinning References	Paper Presentations I Paper Presentations Final Project References
Feb 17	Miniproject 1 Presentations Miniproject 1 DUE	Simulation and Cloth References MiniProject 2 OUT
Feb 24	More Cloth References	Rigid Bodies and Contact (Yanzhe Yang) Slides References
Mar 2	Final Project Pitches	Optimization References
Mar 9	SPRING BREAK	SPRING BREAK
Mar 16	CLASS CANCELLED	Fluids References
Mar 23	Miniproject II Presentations Miniproject 2 DUE Supplementary Fluids Slides	More Fluids References
Mar 30	Fluids Wrapup References	Deformables References
Apr 6	Paper Presentations II Papers Presented Other References	Faces References
Apr 13	The Human Body References	Character Simulation References
Apr 17 (FRIDAY)	Learning References
Apr 20	Paper Presentations III Presentation References Learning References	Crowds References
Apr 27	FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATIONS	FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATIONS