CS248B: Autumn 2022

Stanford CS248B, Fall 2022

Fundamentals of Computer Graphics:
Animation and Simulation

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to computer graphics, focusing on fundamental concepts and techniques in Computer Animation and Physics Simulation. Topics include numerical integration, 3D character modeling, keyframe animation, skinning/rigging, inverse kinematics, rigid body dynamics, deformable body simulation, and fluid simulation.

Demo Video

Watch the 2-minute demo video to see what exciting projects you would be working on in this course!

Basic Info

Instructors: Doug James and Karen Liu

Time: Tuesday and Thursday 1:30-2:50PM (First class on 9/27)

Location: Gates B3 (in person) and streamed live & recorded using Panopto (see links in Canvas)

See the course info page for more info on policies and logistics.

Fall 2022 Schedule

Lectures for each class will be made available shortly before class.

09/27	Introduction
09/29	Some Mathematical and Geometrical Foundations
10/04	Particle Systems & ODEs
10/06	Resolving Particle Collisions
10/11	Collision Detection & Proximity Queries (Part I)
10/13	Collision Detection & Proximity Queries (Part II)
10/18	Deformable Models (Part I)
10/20	Deformable Models (Part II)
10/25	Deformable Models (Part III)
10/27	Fluid Animation
11/01	Rigid Bodies
11/03	3D Orientation
11/10	Constrained Rigid Body Systems
11/15	Character Modeling
11/17	Inverse Kinematics
11/29	Keyframe Interpolation
12/01	Data-driven Animation
12/06	Physics-based Animation
12/08	Final Review (Part 2)

Programming Assignments

Release Date	Due date	Assignment title
10/06	10/25	P1: Time-stepping dynamical systems
10/28	11/13	P2: Deformable body simulation
11/18	12/09	P3: Inverse kinematics

Written Homework

Release Date	Due date	Homework title
09/29	10/06	HW 1: Math foundations
10/21	10/28	HW 2: Numerical integration
11/13	11/28	HW 3: Rigid body dynamics and kinematics
11/30	12/07	HW 4: Animation control