CG Class 32, Mon 2017-12-04

1   Spring parallel computing course

ECSE-4740 Engineering Parallel Computing welcomes students wanting to learn state-of-the-art parallel computing facilities that is also affordable. That is, multicore Intel Xeon and Nvidia GPU.

Qualified students from any department are welcome. You will learn things that will be useful in your work.

2   Term project videos

Per the syllabus, one deliverable for your term project is a 3-minute video to be shown in class.

  1. This is one video per team.
  2. The actual length can be anywhere from 2 to 3 minutes.
  3. The class days are next Mon at 4 in DCC and next Wed at 6 in the lab.
  4. We will show up to 20 videos per day.
  5. If you prefer one day to the other, then email both Mou and Qiushi with your choice. First come, first served.
  6. Make the subject of your email CG Term Project Video Schedule.
  7. Send one email per team, and mention everyone's name.
  8. Email your video (or a downloadable link to it) to both Mou and Qiushi by the end of Dec 8. (This is a day later than the date in the syllabus.) They will combine them into one dir available for showing.
  9. Please ensure that your video is easy to play; we have 4 minutes per video including setup time, showing, and questions.
  10. I look forward to seeing what fun things people have done.
  11. What the video should cover:
    1. show that the features your doc describes actually work.
    2. show how to use it.
    3. describe any difficulties you had.
    4. describe major design decisions.

3   WebGL query

Victor Calvert writes,

The WebGL report shows current-environment specifics, including the maximum number of textures, maximum framebuffer resolution, and other information, retrieved via the WebGL API.

4   Chapter 14 ctd

See notes from last class.

The last slide set we saw was 14_1.