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GitHub repo for the course website for CIS 565 at the University of Pennsylvania

http://seas.upenn.edu/~cis565/

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* [Class Schedule](#class-schedule)
* [Project Schedule](#project-schedule)

# Class Schedule

Monday classes (lectures) are in Moore 212, 6-9pm.

Wednesday classes (recitation, sometimes lectures) are in Towne 305, 6-9pm.

See the schedule for [Fall 2015](https://github.com/CIS565-Fall-2015/cis565-fall-2015.github.io#course-schedule) for a pretty good idea of where we are heading.

## Week 1

* [x] **Wednesday, September 31** - lecture
   * Course overview. [pptx](lectures/0-Course-Overview.pptx?raw=true)
   * CUDA crash course. [pptx](lectures/1-CUDA-Introduction-1.pptx?raw=true)
   * **Reading**: PMPP Chapter 3

## Week 2

* [x] **Monday, September 5** - No class, Labor Day
* [x] **Wednesday, September 7** - recitation. [Google Slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YIrnCkfwS-l4xAsi9iZ_ZKZl9LdgyOnfsxgBttiOXzs/edit?usp=sharing)
   * Intro to debugging with Parallel Nsight
   * Project 1 help

## Week 3

* [x] **Monday, September 12** - lecture and guest lecture
   * GPU architecture. [pptx](lectures/2-GPU-Architecture-Overview.pptx?raw=true)
   * README.md Tips. [pptx](lectures/2-README-Tips.pptx?raw=true)
   * **Reading**: PMPP Chapter 1, [Modern Microprocessors. A 90 Minute Guide!](http://www.lighterra.com/papers/modernmicroprocessors/), [How to make an attractive GitHub repo](https://github.com/pjcozzi/Articles/tree/master/CIS565/GitHubRepo#how-to-make-an-attractive-github-repo), [Presenter's Guide](https://github.com/AnalyticalGraphicsInc/cesium/tree/master/Documentation/Contributors/PresentersGuide#presenters-guide)
   * **Guest Lecture**: [Ishaan Singh](lectures/GuestLectures/IshaanSingh/README.md), Electronic Arts.  Penn alumnus
   * Slides: [pptx](https://www.dropbox.com/s/pyxob9m6jzkfi4s/Penn_cis565_sportsRenderingForModernConsoles.pptx?dl=0)
* [x] **Wednesday, September 14** - lecture
   * Parallel algorithms. [pptx](lectures/3-Parallel-Algorithms-1.pptx?raw=true)
   * **Reading**: [Parallel Prefix Sum (Scan) with CUDA](http://http.developer.nvidia.com/GPUGems3/gpugems3_ch39.html)

## Week 4

* [x] **Monday, September 19** - No class (Patrick on travel)
* [x] **Wednesday, September 21** - recitation (Patrick on travel)
   * Project 2 help
   * Path Tracing [Google Slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1q3h2GVDorEFzmESNfFwR6mODnzS6WbftiVsvaFNGihQ/edit?usp=sharing)

## Week 5

* [x] **Monday, September 26** - No class, DreamWorks info session at 6pm
* [x] **Wednesday, September 28** - lecture
   * CUDA: Part 2. [pptx](lectures/4-CUDA-Introduction-2-of-2.pptx?raw=true), [pdf](lectures/4-CUDA-Introduction-2-of-2.pdf?raw=true)
   * **Reading**: PMPP Chapter 4, 5, and 6

## Week 6

* [x] **Monday, October 3 (Jewish holiday)** - recitation (Patrick on travel)
   * Project 3 help [Google Slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qZRxBYM1X3FEq7ALkSWc6K1mHKQVhw5ZQ9t9P4qZDSs/edit?usp=sharing)
   * Intro to profiling with Parallel Nsight
* [x] **Wednesday, October 5** (Patrick on travel; start fall break early)

## Week 7

* [x] **Monday, October 10** - lecture
   * CUDA performance. [pptx](lectures/5-CUDA-Performance.pptx?raw=true), [pdf](lectures/5-CUDA-Performance.pdf?raw=true)
* [x] **Wednesday, October 12 (Jewish holiday)** - guest lecture
   * [Tim Kaldewey](http://www.kaldewey.com/), IBM Research

## Week 8

* [x] **Monday, October 17 (Jewish holiday)** - lecture
   * CUDA atomics. [pptx](lectures/6-CUDA-Atomics.pptx?raw=true), [pdf](lectures/6-CUDA-Atomics.pdf?raw=true)
   * Graphics pipeline. [pptx](lectures/6-Graphics-Pipeline.pptx?raw=true), [pdf](lectures/6-Graphics-Pipeline.pdf?raw=true)
* [x] **Wednesday, October 19** - recitation
   * Project 4 help [Google Slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_2yMU5O-_Zb9AjaDNugNtCoxeVDcsbapW9cEQKMiTyY/edit?usp=sharing)
   * Rasterization algorithms

## Week 9

* [x] **Monday, October 24 (Jewish holiday)** - lecture
   * Graphics pipeline (finish last week's slides)
   * GLSL. [pptx](lectures/7-GLSL.pptx?raw=true), [pdf](lectures/7-GLSL.pdf?raw=true)
   * OpenGL and WebGL. [pptx](lectures/7-WebGL.pptx?raw=true), [pdf](lectures/7-WebGL.pdf?raw=true)
   * **Reading**: RTR Chapters 1 and 2
* [x] **Wednesday, October 26** - extra office hours

## Week 10

* [x] **Monday, October 31** - lecture
   * OpenGL and WebGL (finish last week's slides)
   * Deferred Shading. [pptx](lectures/08-Deferred-Shading.pptx?raw=true), [pdf](lectures/08-Deferred-Shading.pdf?raw=true)
   * **Reading**
      * [WebGL Deferred Shading](https://hacks.mozilla.org/2014/01/webgl-deferred-shading/)
      * [WebGL Debugging and Profiling Tools](http://www.realtimerendering.com/blog/webgl-debugging-and-profiling-tools/)
      * [WebGL Resources](http://www.realtimerendering.com/webgl.html)
      * [WebGL code example](lectures/Fall%202015/webgl-examples)
      * RTR RTR Section 9.1
* [x] **Wednesday, November 2** - recitation
   * Student presentation: NVIDIA Pascal Architecture by Gabe Naghi. [pdf](lectures/NVIDIA-Pascal-Architecture.pdf?raw=true)
   * [Project 5 help](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Boz6uGFFAcgRVsWBtYtG5Jnm9nW5CFqoBkXUzSMNGb4/edit?usp=sharing)

## Week 11

* [x] **Monday, November 7** - guest lecture
   * [Explicit graphics APIs](lectures/GuestLectures/CorentinWallez), Corentin Wallez, Google Chrome. [Slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12YSEcLjyYStNDK9EwhPgRq05oIxpTIqC1GdKgJd_Jt4/edit?usp=sharing)
* [x] **Wednesday, November 9** - recitation
   * Project 6 Vulkan hands-on workshop
   * [Final project](https://github.com/CIS565-Fall-2016/Final-Project) kickoff

## Week 12

* [x] **Monday, November 14** - guest lecture
   * [How to Get Started in Virtual Reality if You are Me](lectures/GuestLectures/AmandaWatson/README.md) by Amanda Watson, Oculus
   * Skirkanich Hall Berger Auditorium (**not** Moore 212)
* [x] **Wednesday, November 16**
   * Final project pitches in the SIG lab

## Week 13

* [x] **Monday, November 21** - lecture
   * Final project presentations: milestone 1
* [x] **Wednesday, November 23** - No class, Thur-Fri class schedule on Tue-Wed

## Week 14

* [x] **Monday, November 28** - lecture
   * Final project presentations: milestone 2
* [x] **Wednesday, November 30** - guest lecture
   * [Phenomenological Transparency](lectures/GuestLectures/MorganMcGuire/README.md) by Morgan McGuire, Williams College / NVIDIA Research / Casual Effects

## Week 15

* [x] **Monday, December 5** - no class (Patrick on travel)
* [x] **Wednesday, December 7** - no class (Patrick on travel)

## Week 16

* [x] **Monday, December 12** - lecture
   * Final project presentations: milestone 3

## Final project final presentations

* [x] *Thursday, December 15**

# Project Schedule

* [x] P0 - [CUDA getting started](https://github.com/CIS565-Fall-2016/Project0-CUDA-Getting-Started/blob/master/INSTRUCTION.md)
   * Due Sunday, September 4
   * 0% of final grade
* [x] P1 - GPU Flocking
   * Due Tuesday, September 13
   * 5% of final grade
* [x] P2 - Stream compaction
   * Due Tuesday, September 27
   * 10% of final grade
* [x] P3 - GPU path tracer
   * Due Sunday, October 9
   * 10% of final grade
* [x] P4 - GPU rasterizer (or instructor-approved GPU Computing project)
   * Due Tuesday, October 25
   * 10% of final grade
* [x] P5 - [WebGL Deferred Shading](https://github.com/CIS565-Fall-2016/Project5-WebGL-Deferred-Shading-with-glTF) (or instructor-approved GPU Computing project)
   * Due Tuesday, November 8
   * 10% of final grade
* [x] P6 - Flocking with Vulkan and compute shaders
   * Due TBA
   * 5% of final grade
* [x] [Final project](https://github.com/CIS565-Fall-2016/Final-Project)
   * Due TBA
   * 50% of final grade

# Recitation Labs

* [x] GPU debugging with NVIDIA Nsight
* [x] GPU profiling with NVIDIA Nsight
* [ ] Open-source WebGL engines performance analysis
* [ ] Ray marching performance analysis
* [x] ~~Jetson TK1~~

# Bonus Slides

Material from previous semesters that we did not cover:

* [Parallel algorithms: Part 2](https://github.com/CIS565-Fall-2015/cis565-fall-2015.github.io/blob/master/lectures/5-Parallel-Algorithms-2.pptx?raw=true)
* [Mobile Graphics](https://github.com/CIS565-Fall-2015/cis565-fall-2015.github.io/blob/master/lectures/10-Mobile-Graphics.pptx?raw=true) 
* [Ray Marching](https://github.com/CIS565-Fall-2015/cis565-fall-2015.github.io/blob/master/lectures/12-Ray-Marching.pptx?raw=true)
* [CUDA Profiling and Debugging](http://cis565-fall-2014.github.io/lectures/09-22-CUDA-Profiling-and-Debugging.pptx) by Zakiuddin Shehzan Ayub Mohammed, ArrayFire
* [CUDA Odds and Ends](http://cis565-fall-2013.github.io/lectures/10-02-CUDA-Odds-and-Ends.pptx)
* [SSAO](http://cis565-fall-2014.github.io/lectures/11-03-Ambient-Occlusion.pptx)
* [Shadows](http://cis565-fall-2014.github.io/lectures/10-27-Shadows.pdf) by Sean Lilley
* [Z-Buffer Optimizations](http://cis565-fall-2013.github.io/lectures/11-06-Z-Buffer-Optimizations.pptx)
* [OpenGL Buffer Transfers](http://cis565-spring-2012.github.io/lectures/03-28-OpenGL-Buffer-Transfers.pptx)
* [glTF and Rest3D](http://cis565-fall-2013.github.io/lectures/12-04-glTF-and-rest3d.pptx) (also see [here](https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glTF#presentations-and-articles))
* [Modern GPU Architectures](http://cis565-spring-2012.github.io/lectures/04-18-Modern-GPUs.pptx) (modern in 2012) by Varun Sampath
* [Perspectives on Mobile Graphics, OpenGL, and the Future of Graphics Programming](http://cis565-fall-2012.github.io/lectures/11-12-Graphics-Mobile-APIs-Life.pdf) by Dave Shreiner
* [Graphics API Wrangling with ANGLE](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vN_KTFDaKjFlIgx1vM3ZFA4Rkf723onAAhIfKR7kmgA/edit?usp=sharing) by Shannon Woods, Google

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