CSC260: Calendar

Unless otherwise noted, homework assignments and projects are due at midnight the night before they are listed. Readings should be complete for the class with which they are listed.

This calendar may be updated over the course of the semester. Please consult it regularly. Unless otherwise noted, assignments are listed on the date they are due.

1. Week 1
2. Mon, Jan 25 - Introduction and Getting Started
   • Interactive Art Overview
3. Wed, Jan 27 - OOP review
   • class notes
   • Read: Quad
   • Due: If you are a 5 college student get a Smith Novell Netware account from ITS
4. Week 2
5. Mon, Feb 1 - Open GL (a crash course)
   • Due: Homework 1
6. Wed, Feb 3 - 2D Graphics
   • Code from class
7. Week 3
8. Mon, Feb 8 - Sprites
   • code from class
   • Due: Homework 2
9. Wed, Feb 10 - Motion and Time
   • code from class
   • Read: Digital Art by Christiane Paul pp. 7-25
10. Week 4
11. Mon, Feb 15 - Screen Based Interaction
    • code from class
12. Wed, Feb 17 - Rally Day (class cancelled)
    • Due: Homework 3 (Fri, Feb 19)
13. Week 5
14. Mon, Feb 22 - Visual Design and Communication
    • Read: basic principles of design ( 1, 2, 3) and elements of design (1 2 3 4 5)
15. Wed, Feb 24 - Computer Vision, Tracking, Surveillance, and Sousveilance
    • Read: Transforming Mirrors
    • View: Installations by David Rokeby
16. Week 6
17. Mon, Mar 1 - Sensing and Networking
18. Wed, Mar 3 - Symbolic State Management
    • Due: Homework 4
19. Week 7
20. Mon, Mar 8 - Non-Symbolic State Management
21. Wed, Mar 10 - Environmental and Embodied Interaction
    • Due: Project 1
22. Week 8
23. Spring Break
24.  
25. Week 9
26. Mon, Mar 22 - Tracking and Sensing
27. Wed, Mar 24 - Project 1 Critique
28. Week 10
29. Mon, Mar 29 - Lab
30. Wed, Mar 31 - Project 1 Critique (cont.)
    Project 2 (getting started)
31. Week 11
32. Mon, Apr 5 - Net-Art
    • Project 2 Proposal
33. Mon, Apr 7 - Physical, Embedded, and Pervasive Computing
34. Week 12
35. Mon, Apr 12 - Games and Narrative
36. Wed, Apr 14 - Project 2 Critique
37. Week 13
38. Mon, Apr 19 - VR and AR
39. Wed, Apr 21 - AI and A-Life
40. Week 14
41. Mon, Apr 26 - Work-in-Progress
42. Wed, Apr 28 - Final Critique
43. Final Week
44.  
    • Due: Final Project