The Animation of Natural Phenomena Number: CSD 15-869 Instructor: Adrien Treuille Office Hours: After class, or by appointment. Time: MW 12:00pm - 1:20pm (Starts Sept 8!) Location: WEH 5409

Summary

This class covers physical simulation in computer graphics. The goal is to teach a broad swath of techniques—from particle systems to human animation—while learning some math, working on fun projects, and practicing quick problem solving and public presentation skills.

Overview

The class is organized in a pipeline fashion. Each class starts with a class presentation on the previous class's topic. These presentations should deepen your understanding of the state-of-the-art. Then we'll have a lecture. Finally, we'll try to answer a question on the next week's topic--essentially challenging you to solve the problem better than the existing techniques. Graphically, this looks like this: Class n Class n+1 Class n+2 30 mins Paper Presentation Paper Presentation Paper Presentation 30 mins Lecture Lecture Lecture 20 mins Question Question Question Topic A Topic B Topic C Topic D Topic E Grading is computed as follows: (24%) Project 1. (24%) Project 2. (36%) Final Project. (16%) Class Presentation / Participation. Grading for late projects must be negotiated with me before the project is due.

Project 1 Winners

Note: Click on an image to see the video. 1st Place: Bren Meeder 2nd Place: Heegun Lee 3rd Place: Jee Lee

Project 2 Winners

Note: Click on an image to see the video. 1st Place: Bren Meeder 2nd Place (TIE): Kristin Siu 2nd Place (TIE): Heegun Lee 3rd Place: Matt Stanton

Syllabus

Note: This syllabus may change during the course. Keep checking back.   Particles Name: Introduction Date: Mon 09/08 Slides: Lecture 1 Slides Name: Differential Equations Date: Wed 09/10 Reading: Differential Equation Basics Slides: Lecture 2 Slides Name: Implicit Integration and Particles Date: Mon 09/15 Slides: Lecture 3 Slides Reading: Implicit Methods for Differential Equations Name: Symplectic Integration and Constraints Date: Wed 09/17 Reading: Constrained Dynamics (sections 1-4 only) Slides: Lecture 4 Slides Notes: Presentation of first project. Project: Project 1 Description Project: Project 1 Skeleton Code Project: Project 1 Supplemental Reading: An Introduction to the Conjugate Gradient Method Without the Agonizing Pain Project: Building project 1 in Visual Studio 2008 Name: Hair Date: Mon 09/22 Slides: Lecture 5 Slides Name: Cloth Date: Wed 09/24 Presentation: Hair (Jee) Slides: Lecture 6 Slides Name: Cloth Collisions Date: Mon 09/29 Presentation: Cloth (Matt) Slides: Lecture 7 Slides Reading: Robust Treatment of Collisions, Contact and Friction for Cloth Animation Name: Crowds Date: Wed 10/01 Presentation: Cloth Collisions (Bren) Slides: Lecture 8 Slides Reading: Simulating Dynamical Features Of Escape Panic   Fluids Name: Partial Differential Equation Basics Date: Mon 10/06 Presentation: Crowds (Tedo) Presentation: Crowds (Frank) Reading: Realistic Animation of Liquids Slides: Lecture 9 Slides Notes: First project due. Name: Stable Fluids Date: Wed 10/08 Presentation: Finite Difference Fluids (Heegun) Reading: Stable Fluids Slides: Lecture 10 Slides Notes: Presentation of second project. Project: Project 2 Description Project: Project 2 Skeleton Code Name: Boundaries and Free Surface Fluids Date: Mon 10/13 Slides: Lecture 11 Slides Presentation: Smoke (Linus) Presentation: Smoke (Tedo 10/16) Presentation: Water (Fadzuli 10/16) Name: Particle-Based Fluids Date: Mon 10/20 Slides: Lecture 12 Slides Presentation: Splash (Riva)   Rigid Bodies Name: Rigid Bodies Date: Wed 10/22 Reading: Rigid Body Simulation (Baraff) (pages G1-G31) Slides: Lecture 13 Slides Presentation: Rigid Bodies (Jill) Name: Rigid Body Collisions Date: Mon 10/27 Reading: Rigid Body Simulation (Baraff) (pages G32-G67) Slides: Lecture 14 Slides Presentation: Rigid Bodies (Octavio) Notes: Second project due.   Deformable Name: Deformable Objects Date: Wed 10/29 Slides: Lecture 15 Slides Presentation: Collisions (Fadzuli) Name: Deformable Volumes Date: Mon 11/03 Slides: Lecture 16 Slides Presentation: Deformable (Riva) Name: Deformable Collisions Date: Wed 11/05 Slides: Lecture 17 Slides Presentation: Deformable (Bren)   Humans Name: Human Performance Capture Date: Mon 11/10 Slides: Lecture 18 Slides Presentation: Deformable (Heegun) Name: Data-Driven Human Animation Date: Wed 11/12 Slides: Lecture 19 Slides Presentation: Performance Capture (Jill) Name: Physics-Based Human Animation Date: Mon 11/17 Reading: Model Reduction for Real-time Fluids (Sections 1, 3, and 4) Slides: Lecture 20 Slides Presentation: Humans (Frank) Name: AMD Lecture: Physics on the GPU Date: Wed 11/19   Advanced Name: Control Date: Mon 11/24 Presentation: Humans (Kristin) Presentation: Humans (Jee) Presentation: Optimization (Linus) Name: Model Reduction Date: Mon 12/01 Presentation: Control (Kristin) Presentation: Control (Octavio) Presentation: Model Reduction (Matt) Name: Final Project Presentations Date: Wed 12/03 Notes: Final project due.