I'm the teaching assistant for CIS 565: GPU Programming and Architecture taught by Patrick Cozzi this semester , and I'm handling the homework assignments this semester. CIS 565 covers both real-time graphics and GPU computing using CUDA. For the real-time graphics portion, we switched languages from Cg to GLSL this year, so I took the time to rewrite all the sample code using GLSL and proper OpenGL 3.3.
The first programming assignment introduced students to basic shader programming. We had 3 different components, showing the students how to create a basic vertex shader, a basic fragment shader, and how to perform image processing in a shader.
The second assignment had some more interesting problems. The first component had the students create a globe with many layered textured effects. This showed how artists can use textures to drive attributes behind basic color, and how layered effects can create complex visuals. The second component was a screen-space ambient occlusion algorithm. The main goals for this problem was to introduce the student to deferred lighting and rendering, and show them the effects and performance of different sampling schemes. Sampling is an important topic and applies to students in many different areas, such as graphics, vision, signal processing, and media encoding/decoding.
The homeworks can be viewed here: CIS 565 Homework
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