Winter Term 2002/2003

Keywords: Foundations of visual perception, colour, 2D lines, filling, clipping, grey tone methods, antialiasing, 2D image data formats, PostScript language; ways of representing 3D objects, VRML; topological characterisations, Euler operations; geometry, homogeneous coordinates, vector transformations and clipping in 3D, determination of visible surfaces, reflection models, shading methods; triangulation; descriptions of curves and curved surfaces: Bezier and B spline curves, interpolation, patches; raytracing, radiosity; texture mapping, fractals, grammars; Java 3D; image enhancement; animation.

Keywords: Fundamentals in evolution biology, genetic algorithms, evolution strategies, classical ALife systems (Cellular Automata, Tierra, Animates), measures of diversity and complexity, Boolean networks, "edge of chaos" principle; reproduction of real evolution trends (example: early land plants); multiagent paradigm, fundamentals of socionics.

Selected recent texts concerning stereography and AI methods for 3D data evaluation with applications in the virtual reconstruction of scenes will be read and discussed.

Keywords: Basic concepts of interactive graphics for computer scientists and engineers, special input techniques, internal representation of geometric data, construction at the screen, performance of construction software; example software packages: Java3D, AutoCAD.

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