Research Catalog

Title

Course notes : SIGGRAPH 1992 / 19th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, McCormick Place, Chicago, July 26-31.

Author

SIGGRAPH (Conference) (19th : 1992 : Chicago, Ill.)

Publication

Chicago, Ill. : ACM SIGGRAPH '92, [1992-]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Marcus, Aaron, 1943-
• Gaskins, Tom.
• SIGGRAPH.
• IEEE Computer Society. Technical Committee--Computer Graphics.

Description

volumes : illustrations (some color); 28 cm +

Alternative Title

• SIGGRAPH 1992.
• ACM SIGGRAPH '92.
• SIGGRAPH 1992 course notes.
• SIGGRAPH '92 : course notes.

Subjects

• Interactive computer systems > Congresses
• Computer graphics > Congresses

Note

• "Sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group in Computer Graphics in cooperation with the IEEE Computer Society's Technical Committee on Computer Graphics"--Cover.
• Each volume's text supports the particular tutorial course organized by an expert in the field and presented by seasoned instructors.
• The computer disk (v. 12) and the videocassettes (v. 4, 9, 34 : 19 x 11 cm.) have the same titles as their respective courses.
• Computer disk in pocket of v. 12.
• Two textbooks supplied by the publisher: with v. 5, Graphic design for electronic documents and user interfaces / Aaron Marcus, c1992 (ACM Press tutorial series); with v. 30, PHIGS programming manual / Tom Gaskins, 1st ed., 1991, c1992.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• 1. Introduction to scientific visualization tools and techniques /organizer, Chuck Hansen -- 2. Interactive multimedia authoring and publishing / organizer, Hank Grebe -- 3. Fundamentals and overview of computer graphics / organizer, Olin Lathrop -- 4. Video technology for computer graphics / organizer, Dean Winkler (2 pts.) -- 5. Graphic design for user interfaces / organizer, Aaron Marcus --6. HDTV architectures from a computer graphics perspective / organizer, Gary Demos -- 7. Distributedscientific visualization on high-performance networks / co-organizers, Jeffrey A. Terstriep, Charles E. Catlett --8. Introduction to volume visualization / organizer, Arie Kaufman -- 9. Implementation of immersive virtual environments / organizer, Steve Bryson (2 pts.) -- 10 Color theory and models for computer graphics and visualization / organizer, Haim Levkowitz --11. Radiosity / organizer, Michael F. Cohen --
• 12. Fractals : from folk art to hyperreality / organizer, Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz -- 13. Causes and cures of performance anxiety in graphics systems / organizer, Eileen McGinnis --14. The OpenGL graphics interface / organizer, Randi J. Rost -- 15. Curve and surface design : from geometry to applications / organizer, Alyn P. Rockwood -- 16. Particle system modeling, animation, and physically based techniques / organizer, Donald H. House -- 17. Advanced techniques in human modeling, animation, and rendering / organizer, Daniel Thalmann -- 18. Global illumination / organizer, Paul Heckbert -- 19. An introduction to physically based modeling / co-organizers, Andrew P. Witkin, Michael Kass -- 21. Writing RenderMan shaders / co-organizers,Tony Apodaca, Darwyn Peachey -- 23. Procedural modeling and renderingtechniques / organizer, David S. Ebert --
• 30. PEX programming : a mixture of PHIGS, PEXlib, X and Motif / organizer, Jan Hardenbergh -- 32. Business visualization applications / co-organizers, Irwin M. Jarett, Steve Cohen -- 34. 3D visualization in medicine / co-organizers, Derek Ney, Elliot K. Fishman (2 pts.) -- 40. Computer graphics in the production of "FernGully : the last rainforest" / organizer, Bill Kroyer -- 42. How to design something that cannot be printed : the computer artist and digital pre-press / organizer, Frank Romano -- 44. Applications of computer graphics to molecular modeling / organizer, T.J. O'Donnell.

OCLC

• 78420988
• ocm78420988
• SCSB-2954917

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries