Course notes
Subtitle: SIGGRAPH 1992
By: 19th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, McCormick Place, Chicago, July 26-31
Contributors: SIGGRAPH; IEEE Computer Society. Technical Committee--Computer Graphics; Marcus, Aaron, 1943-; Gaskins, Tom
Publisher: ACM SIGGRAPH '92
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Subjects: Computer graphics; Congresses; Interactive computer systems
Other titles: SIGGRAPH 1992.; ACM SIGGRAPH '92.; SIGGRAPH 1992 course notes.; SIGGRAPH '92 : course notes.
Notes: "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.

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