italian version

Aims :

The aim is to provide the fundamentals in Computer Science (part I) and in Computer Graphics (part II).

Topics :

Part I – Fundamentals of Computer Science: i) introduction, hardware e software; ii) representation of information: characters, numbers, images and sounds.; iii) fundamentals of computer programming; iv) introduction to the C language.
Part II – Fundamentals of Computer Graphics: i) introduction: digital images; raster and vecor graphics; hardware and software; ii) raster graphics: structure, functions and performances of the human visual system (perception); colour space representation; image processing; iii) introduction to 3D graphics: graphics pipeline; render architecture; iv) modelling transformations; v) view transformations: projections; metaphors object vs viewer and pinhole camera; methods for camera positioning and to specify an arbitrary 3D view; vi) rendering: lighting and shading; models for light sources, local and global lighting; models for materials; local shading techniques and texture mapping; rasterization; clipping; antialiasing; hidden surface removal; vii) geometric modelling: curves and e surfaces; viii) solid modelling: representation schemes.

Textbooks :

S.Ceri, D.Mandrioli, L.Sbattella, "Informatica: arte e mestiere", 2a edizione, McGraw-Hill, 2004.
P. Zingaretti, "Fondamenti di Computer Graphics", Pitagora, 2004.

Exam :

Written and oral exam, plus a practical work for the part relative to “Laboratorio di Informatica Grafica”.

Tutorial Session :

Thursday evening.